StarSide Blood and Steel Tournament

[Crashmaster]

I figured there was going to be a station, I didn't count on the spectator cores absorbing as many missiles as they did.

Same here - I had the other logic swarmer spammer.

 

[Panpiper]

That random targeting, unpredictable nature of swarmers is what keeps them balanced. Other missiles can be shot down, but with swarm numbers, that becomes unfeasible. They need to be easily diverted.

I use swarmers myself for most of my workhorse builds, and I think the balance is just right. The only problem right now is the relative ineffectiveness of point defense due to tracking issues, and the propensity for server admins to boost maximum speeds, which seriously increases the power of missiles, as it makes them that much harder to shoot down.

 

[Spartan-089]

Better missile defense AI settings will help curb missile superiority.

 

[Sven_The_Slayer]

Better missile defense AI settings will help curb missile superiority.

I also want to see flares designed specifically for defense against heat seekers. Radar jammer protects against "radar guided" missiles such as beam and pulse missiles and flares are used to distract heat seekers.

 

[Tshara]

My first battle is up. Very excited. It’s a lot of fun seeing it from a different point of view.

 

[Drakkart]

Yay finally the day 2 videos come!

 

[Raiben]

Sorry about how long these videos are taking, I had a crash with my video recording software, and It requires me to use a repair tool on all the footage to get it back, then a lot of messing around to get it to a decent quality. Regardless, matches 3 and 4 will be out today. Thank you for bearing with me on this.
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Here is the first video, the 2nd is uploading(or possibly uploaded already) and will be out shortly after this post.

 

[Raisinbat]

"Should we check out turrets before the fight?"
"You shouldn't have to."
"Ok! "

 

[Winterhome]

Bumping thread, hoping the remaining footage is still remotely usable.

 

[Raiben]

Just finished up editing all the footage etc. Thankfully, It's all basically usable, and it's all being uploaded to the StarSide channel as we speak. Expect them to be released over the weekend! I'll push them out as fast as I can though. Here is the channel link for everyone here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkoBmJ_fMjNtmiQje9ViOwg
[DOUBLEPOST=1429349938,1429347504][/DOUBLEPOST]Nevermind y'all, All the fights are coming out today! Starting.. now.. Each episode will release every 2 hours until we hit the Grand Final, that will be out later tonight(It was a longer episode and is taking forever to upload/process). Enjoy!

 

[Drakkart]

Nice seeing all this finally released now when will the winner of the design contest portion be made public?