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When is there ever cover against starfighters? I constantly get fried by starfighters in GA no matter what map.
Especially Hoth which is very similiar to Geonosis in it's fist phase, in that sense, doesn't offer a lot of cover against Starfighters.
While some GA maps (like Hoth or Crait) are also very exposed for a phase or two, they have more cover than Geonosis and (more importantly) they transition indoors at some point during the match, so you’re not constantly under fire from ships. We judge on a case by case basis for overall map balancing. For Geonosis, you’d constantly be under fire in GA and while it does transition into the capital ships in CS, a majority of the gameplay is planet-side. There are also no objectives to attack or protect (AT-TE, MTT, etc.) that would “distract” the fighters on such an exposed environment.