No-one-ganks like-Gaston
Seykal Expeditionary Group Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.07.17 18:25:00 -
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If lock-ons are taken away from Swarms and have to be tracked manually, I'd say they should get a slight increase to speed and damage in return. Yeah, current swarms are basically a point and click adventure, but taking away the lock on and forcing a Swarmer to focus on their target means they can't swap out weapons, can't even look to see who's shooting at them or from what angle, and will always miss the shot if the target goes behind cover before the missiles connect. It's a lot of extra risk added to the weapon. Forge gun and Plasma cannon are both fire away and hope you hit. Current Swarms are just fire away. Your suggested Swarms are fire and intent focus. It very much would become a skill and dedication weapon at that point, and would need to be buffed, accordingly.
I don't play with swarms or vehicles so I can't really voice my opinion about their current damage and speed. They can be pretty hard to dodge, but usually going around cover or just over a hill is enough to make their tracking go stupid and blow themselves up. Obviously there isn't always cover or a hill to take advantage of, but, just like with forge guns and plasma cannons, if you're out in the open that's the risk you're taking. It's entirely possible they could stand some balancing. |
No-one-ganks like-Gaston
Seykal Expeditionary Group Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.07.17 19:03:00 -
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Breakin Stuff wrote:No sir, they would NOT need to be buffed. At all.
Swarms do more DPS to shields than forge guns do to armor. By almost double. I said only if the lock-on were taken away and the Swarmer were forced to manually track their target the entire time their missiles were air-borne, and only because of the massively increased risk the Swarmer would take on in order to keep on target in that case because of inability to swap out weapons or even look to see who was shooting or where if they intended to keep the vehicle at bay. And I said only slight.
I also said I don't use Swarms or vehicles, though, so if you've got more experience with them and can definitively say, no, a buff would be bad even in that case, then I don't have much choice but to concede. |