First off to the developers, thank you so much for making such an awesome game. I've never played the original, but after playing Renegade X, I can tell that I missed out on so much fun a decade back.
After playing some hundreds of hours in the betas, I have a some issues concerning the balancing in Renegade X.
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GDI/Nod
Soldier-
Recoil should be reduced slightly. Though this class can dish out a very high dps when spraying at the head, it's too difficult to do so on people shooting at you while zig-zagging and jumping around.
Marksman-
Increase bullet speed.
Engineer/Hotwire/Technician-
No change necessary.
About the remote C4s though. Once placed, they are considered a mine, and this is a huge reason why people overmine in this game. I think mines and remote C4s should have separate limit counts. For example, mine limit 0/45 and C4 limit 0/5. This should prevent a lot more people from accidentaly hampering the team.
Mobius/Mendoza-
Out of the three choices for the 1000 credit classes, these volt rifle classes are arguably the worst. If you use them against a vehicle rush, you'll might end up getting run over because you can't fire and sprint away like a Raveshaw or Sydney.
Slightly increasing the fire range of the volt rifles will make them more useful in their anti-vehicle purposes without really changing their effectivness against infantry.
The secondary fire should be even faster so the DPS is greater, making it a more viable option in close quarters.
Mobile Artillery/MRLS-
Decrease overall damage by 10%. At only 450 credits, you can deal massive punishment to pretty much anything in the game with either vehicle. Once you get to a spot where you can spam at buildings, you'll see your credits skyrocket in no time. Light armor is the real weakness of these two, but their speed makes up for it because they can easily back away from aggressive infantry, snipers, and other vehicles.
Airstrikes:
Make them as they were in terms of effectivness in Beta 1, but keep the 800 credit price tag. As of right now, you're much better off spending your money on something else.
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Nod
Flamethrower-
I heard this class was really bad in the original because of hitbox issues. I must say this class is also really bad in Renegade X, and I fear what it could have possibly been like in C&C Renegade. The DPS is small, even if all your flame projectiles hits the target. About that, getting the flames to hit other infantry is very difficult in the first place.
A change to make this class more useful is to increase the fire rate so it'll be easier to hit your target more frequently, and increase the damage so you actually do something instead of putting up light shows for GDI.
Chem Trooper-
I know they're immune to Tiberium, but I think that they should still do damage to each other with their main weapon if GDI happens to get a spy, just without the burn damage. Other than that, no change necessary.
Stealth tank-
It's known to be one of the least cost effective vehicles in the game. You're basically toast when a Mobius, a Sydney, a Patch, or a(n) Hotwire/Engineer (maybe), or any class with a Tiberium auto rifle finds you up close since they'll attract the attention of other enemies. The missiles are so pathetic versus infantry because of the huge parabolic arc when you fire, as well as the tiny splash radius. If you try to run over the person who found you, they'll likely throw a C4 at you, forcing you to leave your stank (you're gone if you're not a technician or engineer), making you exposed to hijackers, Havocs and Deadeyes (if you cannot make it back to a safe spot in time).
However, I understand that you're not supposed to use stanks as a front line vehicle. I am aware that you're supposed to sneak behind an enemy line of vehicles and pick off the ones that are damaged and retreating, or to run over busy Hotwires or snipers, or to ambush MRLS. It's also great cover for nukes. It can be quite cost effective in these ways, but I believe that the stank needs some sort of chance when it gets caught and must fight back, as well as stronger harassing efforts.
The missile arc should be removed and the splash radius of the missiles should be increased somewhat. The damage should also be increased by 5-10%. Right now, I don't dare to attack a mammoth tank, medium tank unless they have no repairman and are around 45% health. Humvees and Buggies are one of your biggest vehicle threats if you don't have teammates around, since your missiles would always miss if they're right next to you. Other players should be taking the effort to dodge your missiles, not to sit right next to your tank so the missiles would arc right over them.
I also happened to notice that C4s that are placed on your tank can sometimes be stuck inside the tiny crevices in the stank model itself. This makes it impossible for you to remove it, therefore losing your vehicle.
Raveshaw-
Just a little thing: I figured that the red from the clothing is a little too noticeable. Snipers can see you clearly even if you're hiding in a dark spot. If it's possible, toning down the glow would make it equal for both Sydney and Raveshaw in hiding situations. Other than that, I see no real problems with the Railgun or the Personal Ion Cannon.
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GDI
Grenadier-
Add self damage.
McFarland-
Overpowered. There's no real explanation needed; I think the majority of the players know why he's too strong.
Add self damage from both primary and secondary fire. Decrease secondary fire splash radius and range. Decrease number of bullets per shot in the primary fire and increase the spread.
Mammoth tank-
Perhaps the least cost effective thing in the game right now.
First off, what can you get for 1500 other than a mammy? We can get yourself or your teammates three MRLS and a McFarland, as well as hundreds of other choices. Basically, it doesn't live up to its cost, unless you're camping in the base the whole entire game. Because of its huge size and slow speed, it's very prone to C4s, mobile artillery, flame tanks, and maybe Apaches that know how to dodge your missiles. If you don't have multiple repairman with you, you're pretty much screwed out in the open since you're a priority target.
The mammoth is supposed to be the one to absorb most of the damage for your team, I know. There's just too many cases when the tank will be helpless after, lets say, a Sakura picks off all your Hotwires and you're up against multiple Artillerys.
Changing the mammoth back to what it was at Beta 1 is a good move in my opinion. The bigger punch on the tusk missiles gives you a reasonably higher overall DPS and makes Apaches more reluctant to harass you. The greater speed would help you fall back when necessary, and makes it easier to kill infantry standing right next to your tank.
Orca-
I understand that Apaches should get the advantage over Orcas because of GDI's tank superiority, but the machine gun needs a buff. It's weak because you'll likely miss most of your shots against infantry.
Increasing the speed of the bullets would make it easier to deal with them.
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I don't know if this is considered an exploit, but in the beginning of a match, choose the Engineer class and start killing yourself with the remote C4s. Each time you do so, you'll get 10 credits and five points on the scoreboard, as well as a kill (for those who care about KD ratio).
