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RestlessSpirits
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Posted - 2013.08.30 22:00:00 -
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So......which guns are we allowed to use and not be @ssholes? AR is OP, MD is OP, Swarms have apparently been OP, and apparently people are saying they're getting ready to be even more OPier, Forgegun is OP, Grenades are OP, Sniper Rifle is OP. I think that's all of it. I guess I'm using a Plasma Cannon and a Scrambler Pistol from now on. It's not about how much fun I'm having while playing Dust, it's about what I can do personally to make Dust more fun for everyone else.
Seriously though, I've been playing for a month, just broke 3 mil SP a few nights ago. I have my AR Operation at 5, AR Sharpshooter at 2, AR clip size at 2, and AR proficiency at 1, I run an ADV Breach, and I can't damage **** lol. I bought 100 Duvolles a week or 2 ago and have only used 2. With my current skills, the Duvolle is no scarier than the GEK or Breach (and i'm also running a Light Weapon DMG Mod). I don't run the Duvolle currently because other than my ADV Min Assault Suit, ADV Shield Extenders, and ADV Light Weapon DMG Mod, all my other stuff is STD and running with a Duvolle is stupid because i'm still way to squishy to be risking that kind of ISK for almost no benefit.
That being said, whenever I do end up maxing out all my skills in the AR tree yeah, I will be powerful as hell with the AR, but not because of the AR. Unless you literally JUST got out of the Academy, when someone runs up on you and kills you in 1-2 seconds with a Militia AR, the last thing you should think is "oh, that damn Militia AR is too strong". Dude, go equip a Militia AR (I know most everyone has probably used it for at least one clones worth of fighting at some point in their Dust career) and try it out. If you're not skilled into it much/at all it won't be OP for you. I have personally only used the MIL AR, ADV GEK, ADV Breach, and Duvolle, so i'm not at all knowledgeable on the other variants. Now I don't know, but I would imagine any weapon in Dust would be pretty ******* strong if you got its Proficiency up to level 5.
To touch on the issue of balance real quick, I personally feel people need to lay off CCP and their attempts to balance the game, at least a bit. Look at the type of game we are playing. For example, CCP creates and balances the MD right? Now what happens when a single MD runs into say a single AR? What happens when a single MD runs into 2 ARs and a Flaylock? What happens when 3 MDs run into an SMG and a HMG? And what happens when you're playing the Skim Junction Skirmish Map and there is 8 MDs with 3 Dropships and 3 LAVs constantly circling the city, with random assaults, heavies, and logis mixed in? Now factor in the different levels of gear and skills that everyone in this imaginary match is using. My point is this is a tough game to balance, no matter what anyone says, and at some point we are all going to have to suck it the **** up and accept a build if Dust is ever going to progress.
I'm not saying anything is OP or UP, I've personally tried to not pay any attention to that. I will say this AR stuff is being blown way out of proportion. If your problem is simply that so many people use the AR, well tough *******, i'll be god damned if someone is going to tell me what weapon I should be using/should enjoy using. If you feel the AR is OP, I don't know, it seems the jury is still out on that, and I won't comment.
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