I hate Aeon so much it's unreal

[1997]

Let me start by saying that this is purely a semi-funny, semi-serious rant. There is nothing to discuss, I don't want anything changed or patched or nerfed or whatever, it's all good. I just hate them. I dislike everything about this faction, even when playing as them.

I bought Supreme Commander on release day. I bought Forged Alliance on release, and SupCom 2. The day I first installed this game back in 2007 was just amazing. I remember playing the demo - Finn's Revenge, only Cybrans. While I enjoy the UEF and Cybrans, both in terms of gameplay and lore, I have not managed to develop any warm feelings for the "Aeon", their arsenal, their cause, their design, or anything else. The Colossus is cool I guess.

Some of these might only happen in either FAF or LOUD, I play all sorts of versions and can't always keep track. It's just a collection of memories and feelings.

Basically, I just want the Aeon to ♥♥♥♥ off with their...
1) T1 light tanks that stay exactly one nanomillimeter out of PD sight range
2) Czar suicide donuts whose crews probably seek enlightenment by way of T3 sams
3) T2 """destroyers""" shooting plasma goo beams across half the map, at least they die to T1 subs
4) Tx hover units that just float around the map and do whatever they want and wherever they want and can't be hit with torpedoes
5) projectiles that randomly punch through shields sometimes and snipe your sensors or whatever is the most annoying in that moment
6) "unit bubbles" that they love to form in supcom2 and their doctrine of "just float directly into the enemy bro", guess they just love "sacrificing" themselves for the greater something
7) glowing bloom on every building and unit, even a simple energy storage looks like they're holding Sunday service inside (which they most likely do), at least all their building materials are pure white as a contrast amirite (maybe the ultimate camo? if you can't hide just make everything look the same, spy planes hate this trick)
8) missile defense being a ball of guiding light that still draws all missiles into your shields (again with the self-destructive design)
9) calling themselves crusaders and princesses and whatnot, just get in the damn robot like Fletcher

Anyway. For the aforementioned reasons I can never become an Aeon player. Greetings from the other side. May SupCom live forever.

Lastly, a big thank you to the active community and modders keeping things going. Maps, mods, updates, it's amazing that it gets preserved so dilligently.

Good Night.

[Deggo]

I would die for Rhianne Burke

No hate

[Scourge012]

I actually generally like the Aeon. Most of their most annoying traits are lore friendly or informed. Not like the other two factions aren't that, but they sometimes seem a bit samey, the UEF and Cybran do...but Aeon is definitely assymetric and unique. That said, they were ruined in SupCom 2. Those dang names, man. They went from being "Obsidian" and "Tempest" to dumb stuff like "Pulinsmash." Come on. That's totally not how a cult thinks! "Hey guys, we used to be burning the galaxy in the name of our Alien overlords, but look what that got us. Let's just get rid of our navy entirely and tell a bunch of dad jokes. That's the key to success." FFS, Gaspowered Games! What were you smoking? And can I have some?

Oh, and that dang Missile defense. What a load. I always put it outside my shield bubble and surround it by walls...still gets sniped, though. Their T2 Point defense is the best in the game, IMO, though. So they got that going for them.

[Red Spot]

Keyword; Collossus
Get there, spam them, air support required. Nothing beats a group of ASF-supported Collossi. :)

[Antineutron]

Originally posted by Red Spot:

Nothing beats a group of ASF-supported Collossi. :)

percivals

[Stoic⁧⁧Sirius]

Not to be rude, but that first point of yours... Just build radar? Idk, that sounds like an incredibly easy-to-solve problem. Hell, you can even just keep a land scout near it if that's where one of your armies currently is

[Antineutron]

I think they meant the pd attack range, if I remember right, aurora has its range just slightly longer than t1 pd

the real way to deal with them are t1 bombers as they kill them with 1 bomb most of time due to its half hp of other factions' t1 tanks and aurora being so slow at changing direction it is hard to miss them

[Stoic⁧⁧Sirius]

Just jumped into a quick match on FAF to check. You are incorrect. 1v1, the point defense of all four factions are capable of reaching and killing Auroras. This applies to both attack-move and specific attack orders. I tried microing an aurora just out of range and it doesn't work either. Loses against groups of 5 as well; no magic just-so-happens-to-be-slightly-pushed-away Auroras. PDs win.

[Antineutron]

hm maybe op wasn't using FAF then, I do remember aurora being able to hit pd without it hitting the aurora for some reason too though, maybe it was some previous version or a bug or something

can pd can see aurora even without radar at max range?

[Stoic⁧⁧Sirius]

Checked in vanilla Supcom. Same exact deal.

Originally posted by Antineutron:

can pd can see aurora even without radar at max range?

This is what OP was complaining about in the first place. Both the Aurora and point defense have higher attack range than sight range. This in turn means that whoever possesses radar, or another source of vision, will win the engagement

[Sagi]

When i'm in charge they don't have a princess but a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Queen!

[SteelHorn]

NO helpful towers that build stuff withing an area. They are Awesome! Forgot the name. Tech towers or something.

[MostLostNoob]

Originally posted by SteelHorn:

NO helpful towers that build stuff withing an area. They are Awesome! Forgot the name. Tech towers or something.

Cybran Hives or UEF Kennels?

[Antineutron]

aeon instead get unique sacrifice ability, allowing them to do things like teleporting galactic colossus

[darkninja4259]

if i remember right uef kicked them cyber geeks off planet then cyber geeks find alien life and learn from them then kill them? then aeon are the last remaning aliens or people who saw what they did and reforged into aeon? on a other note aeon t2 yeet missiles are the best XD

[Bolt]

Originally posted by darkninja4259:

if i remember right uef kicked them cyber geeks off planet then cyber geeks find alien life and learn from them then kill them? then aeon are the last remaning aliens or people who saw what they did and reforged into aeon? on a other note aeon t2 yeet missiles are the best XD

Everything about this is wrong but have a nice day.