You're wrongly assuming that they're both blobs.

I'm not sure what you're agreeing with since I was only making a statement. I actually disagree with what you're saying. Unless AoE kills absolutely everyone on field when used it'll be just another tool that those with more people can use against those with less.

The only way you can kill a group bigger than yours is to whittle them down whilst not losing any of your own squad. No game mechanics will solve this however presenting people with more options will allow for more interesting and complex tactics and strategy. This added complexity is how small squads kill large ones, because the small squads can utilise the added level of complexity better than the large squad can. AoE damage isn't complex, it's really rather simple hence will benefit the larger squads that can utilise simpler mechanics more against smaller entities.

We're getting into semantics here but if you think the attacking force of 19 versus 46 in that very short snippet of a long fight was the "Blob" then you need your head checking. The M2S squad there was relatively small and extremely organised. We weren't in such a confined space because that's where the ECM or RR guy was, the squad was there because I told them to be. That's one of the defining characteristics I have for a blob, whether or not they can execute complex commands in an orderly and timely fashion, if you can't then you're probably part of a blob.

Your statement regarding blobs is also rather contradictory, you said that in the picture we were the blob however we were 19 versus 46.

However you are right in one sense Anni, in that very specific situation we would've had the most to lose should we have had AoE used against us.

Current Mechanics? Interference needs to effect range significantly more or speed, otherwise it's a joke. As has been proved time and time again when no one pays any attention to it when creating your squad composition.

Big enough to need what?

That's sort of my point. Even though people reach the maximum interference levels quite frequently nobody cares about it enough to split up their group. Interference as it stands is a joke.

Something we agree on. Interference should have the cap removed and it should effect the most important factors in combat such as locking range significantly more. The idea of splash damage on robot death sounds nice however it will harm those who are organised that keep their groups tight and coordinated versus what I would define as a "Blob" who are largely un-organised and spread out as a result. The only reason the "Blob" is as effective as we've seen is because their cumulative attributes such as HP and accumulator are greater along with the ability for someone taking damage to be absorbed by the group whilst continuing to push the smaller group away. Unless the smaller group can kill those in the larger group in their initial volley they are powerless.

Where you're failing is by trying to have a single definition of a "Blob". Whether or not something is or isn't a blob depends on a variety of factors. I was simply stating one of those factors in my opinion.

It seems you've completely failed to either read or understand my post since I explicitly stated that there is no single definition of a blob.

This is not why the interference system doesn't work. The interference system is designed to project negative effects onto those who form up with significant numbers of people in a confined space. The current effects exerted when these circumstances are met are not sufficient enough for the people being effected to change their group composition meaning that the overwhelming large group of people so close together that you cannot engage them in any form other than suicide will stay just that, interference or not.

From the developer blog. Insert another coin and try again.