Higby on Magriders

[Gatekeeper]

I don't have a problem with them rebalancing the Mag vs the Prowler and Van, given the k/d stats they produced to support it.

And the Saron was (is?) clearly overpowered. It's really the only choice for Mag secondary, which is a clear indicator that it isn't balanced. Don't know how it compares to guns for the other tanks, but it's not balanced against the other options for the Mag, which is at least as serious a problem IMO.

However, nerfing the Mag at the same time as buffing the others seems a slightly suspect approach to balance. Surely it'd be better to do one or the other, see where that gets us, and only add the second change if it's still needed?

We saw a lot of see-saw balance in PS1 where things received multiple buffs or nerfs and so became far too strong or weak - it'd be nice to avoid that this time around.

Finally, I can't help feeling that if the Prowler was the strongest AI tank (which appears to be the case) then buffing it to be just as strong an AV platform as the Mag without either buffing the Mag's AI ability or nerfing the Prowler's AI power is not good balance. Tanks don't exist in a vacuum.