I really think Blockade battlefront are just sabotaging themselves
See, don't get me wrong, I love this game. But with STBB gaining new competitors soon, I really only want the best for the game. The problem is that they're kind of doing this to themselves. With the lack of updates and content, terrible balancing, and a bunch of other issues, the game is becoming a lot worse than it needs to be. I really love STBB, which is why I have so many criticisms of it.
- Small units – Small units are basically useless at this point. Most characters are either extremely early-game or end-game, with almost nothing in between, which is really disappointing. There are so many characters in this game, yet there is barely any reason to use most of them besides mastery. Some characters really need buffs or even complete reworks. TV Woman is a great example because you can see how much potential she could have had. Just imagine if she actually used her parasite in a way similar to how she does in the series. I feel like they really fumbled a lot of the female characters and Special Agents compared to their male counterparts because they could have done so much more with them. The Drillmen and Clockmen are another huge problem. There is basically zero reason to use most of them, especially the Drillmen. They're just so fodder, even though they could actually be good if the devs put some time into improving the characters they already have. I would've assumed they were focusing on finishing Multiverse, but at this point it feels like they're all over the place. Overall, most of the normal units just suck, and I really think a lot of them need major changes. Characters like Artemis, Athena, Camera Woman 1.0, Speaker Woman, TV Woman, basically every Drillman, almost every Clockman except Titan Clockman, and plenty of others need some serious attention. It just feels like most normal characters that aren't Titans are completely irrelevant.
- Titans – Titans have a pretty big problem too. The game heavily favors the late game, which makes playing solo almost impossible sometimes, and that's especially annoying because a lot of people, including myself, play solo. I would say the main trio are actually pretty good. Titan Speakerman is fucking amazing if you know how to play him, and he fits the glass-cannon role perfectly. He's extremely powerful, but you actually have to know what you're doing. UTTV is just insanely good and is probably the best character in the game. But then you get to UTCM, and he kind of sucks. He's extremely reliant on having a team or being played by a very good player, which isn't really the case with the other Titans. A lot of the special Titans also feel way too reliant on having a 100M skin, which is terrible for new players because they're obviously not going to have access to something like that easily. It just makes the game even more discouraging for newer players. In my opinion, TSM, TCM, and TV are some of the better examples because they actually fulfill their roles really well, but the rest of the Titan roster has a lot more problems.
- Dev Team – I honestly don't think the devs even read the suggestions page in the Discord sometimes, and that's only hurting the game. There doesn't seem to be a clear roadmap for what they actually want to add or where they want STBB to go. One thing I really hated was them saying they weren't going to add Duchess for some reason. She's crucial to the story and would make an amazing boss fight. She genuinely has the potential to be one of the best bosses in the game. Decisions like that just make it feel like they're sabotaging themselves when they already have so much potential to work with.
I could honestly go on forever. This game really needs some changes to make the experience more enjoyable. The endless grind gets really tiring, and then you look at the units page and realize that a huge portion of the roster is just terrible. I'd say around 75% of the units are either bad or completely outclassed. Even if the game added more player slots per server, I feel like everyone would still end up using the same handful of characters because there is just no reason to use anyone else. The game just needs Alot of balancing and lots of changes to actually be perfect i still love the game though