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BL4CKST4R
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Posted - 2013.08.08 17:58:00 -
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Not op, it just needs to be put in its place when all variants come out. |
BL4CKST4R
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Posted - 2013.08.08 18:16:00 -
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gbghg wrote:I wouldn't say its op, it just lacks any downside unlike pretty much every other weapon in the game which have things quick limit them, overheats, charge up times, visibly giving away your position etc. Give the AR something that limits it like a shorter range or an overheat or a slower rate of fire. Weapons need something to limit them otherwise they become something of a jack of all trades.
Many of these weapons have really big upsides, for example the mass driver lacks accuracy but at proto level you dont need to be accurate since you get a splash radius of 8.25, the scrambler rifle overheats but if your accurate you can kill anything with 2 charged shots, the shotgun has low range but has unmatched stopping power. The assault rifle sits between all of these + and negatives so its not the best but not the worst either. |
BL4CKST4R
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League of Infamy
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Posted - 2013.08.09 11:28:00 -
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Delta 749 wrote:The rifle is fine as is
Is it used a lot? Yeah
Know why? Because its the bog standard gun type that rarely changes in function from FPS game to FPS game so when someone sees it they think "Ok, I know this style of weapon and its familiar to me and because this game time locks weapons and bonuses I think Ill go for something I know I can use to good effect rather than spend a bunch of points on things I am unfamiliar with"
Thats also partially why SMGs are one of the most popular sidearms, familiarity and possibly why HMGs are more popular than forge guns
The more similar a weapon's name is to a modern FPS weapon the more it is used, that's my assumption. CCP should rename every weapon into something futuristic like the Sniper rifle would be the Heavy rail rifle, and the Caldari assault rifle would be the Light rail rifle or the Combat rail rifle, the Gallente AR could be the Plasma rifle or Plasma Carbine, I don't know about the projectile (Minmatar weapons). |
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