I'd just like to post a quick note to thank the nice folks at Ensemble / Robot for the fantastic balance the multiplayer game has.  Playing 1v1 I get matched against people playing all different leaders and races which clearly means people think they can win (or at least have a good time) with each leader/race.  I know I've certainly played every leader in 1v1 and found each to have their own winning ways.  Notwithstanding some issues raised on the forums, this seems like a very strong vote of confidence on the game balance.

I've been playing RTS games since Dune 2 and I'm really enjoying the gameplay elements that make Halo Wars unique.  The incredible controller-friendly control scheme, the simplified micro, the streamlined abilities, the tight basebuilding mechanic and the incredibly fun macro strategy of the game all come together to make something really unique in the RTS genre.

Good work guys, thanks for making something that's so much fun.  I can't wait to see what DLC you have in store for the community.

/Oni512

/signed

Well balanced aside from a couple units.  Good job.  I'm also seeing all factions in 1v1.  :)

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GT: Skynnee/FootlongKhan
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Lol, think about what you guys are saying. everything in the game is controlled to an extreme degree. more so than any other rts i've seen. yet, it's still got balance issues. ensemble never really has had to balance different factions or races before. their style is the exact same thing for each race but the special unit is different, which shows up in halowars. the difference is they also have two different races. but they ONLY have two lol. most rts come pretty dang balanced with 3 races. (those 3 races much, much different from eachother)

but to be fair... starcraft did take blizzard 4-6 years to make. es probably spent less than 2 years on halo wars.

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Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If you still dont agree, you're a mile away, and you still have their shoes.

I have yet to see anything truly unbalanced.  And I pretty much just ignore all the "unbalanced" ranters, most of them have no clue what they're talking about.

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My thread for Halo Wars newbies:
http://www.halowars.com/forums/thread/627837.aspx

/signed People who complain about leaders and units being overpowerd, really need to play more

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/signed just because I feel like it

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Design a Faction

http://www.halowars.com/forums/thread/795978.aspx

I loved Starcraft, but lets remember, not only did Blizzard take forever to build that game, but then it took another couple of years to properly balance it with patches.

I'm certain we'll get balance tweaks from Robot before too long (by that I mean 2-3 months).

jonnyrock30:

I loved Starcraft, but lets remember, not only did Blizzard take forever to build that game, but then it took another couple of years to properly balance it with patches.

I'm certain we'll get balance tweaks from Robot before too long (by that I mean 2-3 months).

I sure hope so. I'd like to go 1v1 vs a robot employee to show them why the cov heroes can be truely unbalanced vs any other unit. in rock paper scissors, the prophet is like calling GOD and winning no matter what. I'm true skill 39 and all i see anymore is prohpet players. no diversity.

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Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If you still dont agree, you're a mile away, and you still have their shoes.

zigzagrocket:

jonnyrock30:

I loved Starcraft, but lets remember, not only did Blizzard take forever to build that game, but then it took another couple of years to properly balance it with patches.

I'm certain we'll get balance tweaks from Robot before too long (by that I mean 2-3 months).

I sure hope so. I'd like to go 1v1 vs a robot employee to show them why the cov heroes can be truely unbalanced vs any other unit. in rock paper scissors, the prophet is like calling GOD and winning no matter what. I'm true skill 39 and all i see anymore is prohpet players. no diversity.

Concentrate fire from Air Units, which will drive the Prophet out and then focus on ground.  Build a few Scorps to take the hits, and Wolverines behind them to take out Vamps.  Early game, just ignore him, without Blessed Immolation he is a joke attack-wise.

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Sharpest:

Now go kill yourself. All the cool kids are doing it.

The Eighth Column http://beforehalowars.spruz.com/

in 1v1 a unsc player will never survive past turrets and hogs. it's not possible. i dont even see unsc players anymore. when i do, i just use em for points til they resign.

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Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If you still dont agree, you're a mile away, and you still have their shoes.

zigzagrocket:in 1v1 a unsc player will never survive past turrets and hogs. it's not possible. i dont even see unsc players anymore. when i do, i just use em for points til they resign.

Funny, i see a lot of people saying the exact opposite.

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Sharpest:

Now go kill yourself. All the cool kids are doing it.

The Eighth Column http://beforehalowars.spruz.com/

/shrug

it could be that i have been extremely lucky in my match ups and avoided all the good unsc. i doubt that though.

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Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If you still dont agree, you're a mile away, and you still have their shoes.

but to be fair... starcraft did take blizzard 4-6 years to make. es probably spent less than 2 years on halo wars.

Well it took them a little over 4 years to create Halo Wars

zigzagrocket:in 1v1 a unsc player will never survive past turrets and hogs. it's not possible. i dont even see unsc players anymore. when i do, i just use em for points til they resign.

Its funny i used to believe the opposite of what you said, i always thought they got stronger late game.

But ive really started to change my mind now, i started playing as covi today just to see what it was like and i was sick of being put against them. But the only thing covi struggle against is hornets/hawks and thats not even that bad. If you keep messing his eco up and his tech level the UNSC wont stand a chance vs covi. Scorpians/grizzlys i find just are no match for hunters and the leader to back them up, ODST's if they get that far die so easily to jackels. Hawks do die relativly easily to vampires and leader.

Only thing i can think off to even trouble covi is cobra's and even then they are limited. This is what i have found in the 15 games i played, and even them i am just starting to play them so i should get better with them in due time. Also 1 fully upgraded PoR and 5 hunters fully upgraded took out a scarab, that is pretty stupid if you ask me :\

Oh and im not saying the game is unbalanced.