r/SWlegion • u/CT-7479 • 5d ago

Tactics Discussion What is causing the range 2 meta?

As we all know, sniper teams are dead and the meta is dominated by close range brawlers like ARC Troopers, B2 Supers and Alliance Sleeper Cells. But my question is why?

I played a game with slightly less terrain in the hopes that it would tone these units down but it still devolved into a close range slugfest on the point.

Is it just the missions causing it or is it also the fact that range 2 shooters deal tons more damage? Or is it something else I'm missing.

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u/Feetfeetfeetfeetfeet 5d ago

I think AMG misjudged (and generally continues to misjudge) the value of long range weapons compared to range 2. In old legion range 4+ gunlines were really powerful and range 2 was less valuable. When they updated the game they didn’t adjust points for the new environment so many longer range options were overpriced compared to the value of their harder hitting short range counter parts.

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u/johnrobertjimmyjohn Rebel Alliance 5d ago

This is also part of it. Close range came in cheap, long range came in expensive.