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Posted - 2013.08.22 03:47:00 -
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I haven't ever had a really strong opinion on the respecs issue, my personal opinion is mostly just, "if they give us a respec, I have no problem with that, but if they don't, I'm fine with that too." But I wanted to throw out a little musings on my part just because there are hundreds of threads on this and lolwhynot throw my opinion into the mix.
Before I start my opinion: No, I have not spec'ed into FotM, nor have I ever done it. I have played Minnie Logistics since mid-E3 and I believe I always will. I usually use the AR due to my lack of a sidearm, but spec'ed into ScRs this build since I smelled some serious shield usage coming up. Now Calogi shields have had a nerf (nothing major) and armor is getting a buff (really major), and guess what? I don't want my ScR anymore. It is going to do a total of jack + **** to heavies running with excess of 800 armor alone, not to mention shields. So yeah, I am partially biased to getting a respec, deal with it.
The anti-respec crowd typically comes up with the, "FotM user benefit" argument when it comes to the discussion of respecs. They don't want a respec because all the noobs will flock to the most powerful weapon. I don't favor respecs despite this, but rather because of it. To elaborate on this, what do you think would have happened to the flaylock if it hadn't become FotM? It wouldn't have gotten so much attention, and consequently wouldn't have gotten its well-deserved nerf. There would still be a select few that used it, however. They would destroy enemies with their sidearm that functioned as well as a primary, inflate their K/DR, drink noob tears, etc. A few people would complain on the forums, perhaps, but not enough to warrant action from CCP. So the weapon never gets balanced. Same story for the TAC AR, same story for REs, same story for Replication Swarm Launchers, same story for every "OP" weapon in the game. This is because if only a few people do well with a weapon, it is working as intended, its niche has been reached, and it is "balanced" in CCP's eyes.
So right now you are saying, "but people will build up SP and spend it in other weapons anyways, everyone will still find the "OP" weapons without respecs!" True, but it won't happen as quickly. Respec now, everyone flocks to the most powerful weapon, CCP takes information about the weapon, and they make necessary adjustments, and (hopefully) the weapon becomes balanced. This is opposed to: No respec ever, people slowly accumulate SP to go from STD, to ADV, to PRO weapon by weapon before they find whatever is the most unbalanced while in the mean-time a select few people have already found the best weapon and are raping face, collecting tears, etc. and they continue to do it until enough noobs have spec'ed into it to warrant CCP's attention on the matter.
Tl;dr, Respecs promote balance by drawing attention to the "OP" weapons, we don't need them to be AUR purchased systems, they should just be done when any kind of rebalancing or new content is added so the imbalances are found faster, and henceforth the game becomes more fun faster as well. |
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Posted - 2013.08.22 04:06:00 -
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SILVERBACK 02 wrote:firstly what is wrong with FOTM?
if a player likes that weapon and plays better with it why isnt he allowed to use it...
for example-
you wouldnt go to a gun range shoot a weapon that isnt zeroed to you, if your personal weapon that is zeroed to you on the range next to it.
if you can support the FOTM argument please explain?
I don't have a problem using a weapon that you like best, but when everyone is using that same weapon, it is probably is a "one size fits all" situation, which is bad when you want every weapon to be equally viable at its own situation. The exception to this rule is the AR, although it is less viable in all situations while at the same time is viable in ALL situations. This is compared to say the shotgun, which can't do anything at range, but can do much, much more than the AR at CQC. |