The game developer has made three enhancements to the Raid Type machine. These have successfully reduced the difficulty of running Raid Type machines. However, this difficulty remains high.
I believe that the reason for this is that the fourth proposed enhancement has not been implemented.
The fourth tweak is to increase the durability of Raid Type machines, so I hope it will be implemented soon.
Proposed enhancements to the Raid Type machine and their outline
1) Reduce the amount of thrusters consumed during high-speed movement.
2) Skill: Assault Booster will be added to all Raid Types.
3) Skill: Maneuver Armor Lv2 will be enhanced.
4) The machine you are using will have its defense increased if the enemy team has three or more machines of a disadvantageous type.
Raid Type machines often find themselves in situations where the enemy team contains many machines of their own disadvantaged type (=General Type machines). This means that a Raid Type machine is vulnerable to interference from a General Type machine when attacking a favored machine (=Support Type machine). For this reason, factors that increase the durability of Raid Type machines have a great influence on the ease with which machines can be handled.
We are already 1/3 of the way through 2021, and in that time the environment in the game is changing. We believe that the major change is the performance enhancements to Raid Type machines.
Raid Type machines have a low priority in serious competitions such as rating matches. I feel that such a perception has taken root in users. The game developers are now taking steps to change this perception. I am under the impression that these enhancements will be somewhat well received by users who primarily use Raid Type machines.
My most awaited enhancement, [a system to reduce the damage you take from enemies of unfavorable type machines when there are many of them], has yet to be implemented. Therefore, I have not finalized my evaluation of these measures.