Tech Priest Meta is creating so much friction in Siege that it's not fun anymore.
Tech Priest Meta is creating so much friction in Siege.
It basically creates two types of players those that DO know the Tech Priest Meta and those who DON'T.
The players that DO know the Tech Priest Meta tend to resent those that DON'T know the Tech Priest Meta because they are the ones spending all the credits buying Tech Priests while those who DON'T know the Tech Priest Meta are essentially just free loading refusing to spend their credits.
I was in several siege matches yesterday where players where quitting after WAVE 3 when they notice that one of the players isn't buying Tech Priests, this happened several times, myself included but I waited until WAVE 7 when I noticed both my teammates where not buying Tech Priest or just not buying anything at all not even turrets, I just bailed, because it sucks if you are the only one making an effort.
There was one game where on WAVE 1 one player was already shouting on comms "Get Tech Priests! Get Tech Priests!" and I was like "Yeah, I'm getting one, I know the meta" but the other player didn't get a Tech Priest so on WAVE 2 the player yelling "Get Tech Priests!" quit just like that because he wanted a perfect 3 Tech Priest layout, didn't even give the other guy a chance or just buying it himself.
The Tech Priest Meta isn't very well explained and I DO NOT blame people for not knowing about it which is why they should just remove it and create a system that allows us to gain points regularly without Tech Priests. Even if my teammates are not buying Tech Priests, I am fine as long as they buy other things like Turrets or Mines but some players just don't bother. I personally don't care about Voltus anymore Turrets and Mines do it better for me.
What do you guys think?
Edit: The Tech Priest Meta, explained.
- The Investment: Tech Priests cost 200 requisition credits each.
- The Return: If kept alive for 5 minutes, they generate 320 credits for every single player, paying out in 40-credit ticks. If all three teammates buy one, your squad makes a massive net profit of ~760 credits.
- Optimal Buy Waves: To scale your economy perfectly, only buy Tech Priests on Waves 1, 6, 11, 16, 21 and so on...
- Protection: They can die. You must spend a portion of your early points on Tarantula Sentry Guns, Cadians, and minefields to keep them alive.
- Tech Priests also spawn area pickups like ammo boxes, health restorative items and various grenades.
- Only 1 Tech Priests can be purchased for each Terminal, if you can't buy a Tech Priest in a Terminal it means a Tech Priest is already present at that terminal.