So i was on my make shift scout with 153 over all health and of course it dies alot.... BUT i get on my heavy with 1047 over all health. My hmg needs to be reloaded so i start on the endless process of reloading it, when a redberry pops up. i switch to my advanced submachine gun. Mind you all that no other redberrys were presently around. The redberry starts to shoot before i started... and it killed my 1047 health heavy in 2 SECONDS. And what mysterious weapon of mass destruction killed me that quick? A D@MN MILITIA ASSAULT RIFLE. IT WAS A COMPLETE STARTER FIT SUIT. I would love to have someone try to explain how it is ive dumped so much d@mn SP into my character but no matter what i do the militia is still better then me? whats the point then to strive for proto gear if that much shield and armor is takin away by a starter rifle

Thanks.

OK, I think you've hit the true OP/FOTM item in Uprising 1.4: the Active Scanner. If you know where the enemy is then you can setup the encounter to your best advantage. It doesn't matter if they are running full proto or militia. I run lone wolf and use the scanner. I know when to run from blobs and where individuals are so that I'm ready to shoot when they appear. If I'm jumped because it took me took long to kill someone then I'm dead.

Combat awareness now trumps gear in almost every case.

I guess the next question is should a person consider themselves dead if surprised? Shouldn't shields and armor give them at least a little reaction time?

Range amp is at V, precision enhancement is at IV, and dampening is at V. Should I be getting surprised? I wouldn't have thought so.

Range amp is at V, precision enhancement is at IV, and dampening is at V. Should I be getting surprised? I wouldn't have thought so.

Not true. The game was actually bad in 1.3.

Poor hit detection
Too many AFKers (compared to now)
Not that many faction contracts
No functional aim-assist
Graphics were needing improvement
Maps were unbalanced

1.4 fixed most of that.
Way better hit detection
Not that many AFKers
More faction contracts
A functioning aim assist (still needs tuning)
Graphics are much more crisp, clear, and load faster
The new maps are well balanced to prevent snipers from dominating every match

The only way to take down that much HP in 2 seconds is with continuous headshots. Without headshots it would only do 850 damage in those 2 seconds.

dont forget they militia damage mod on that starter fit

The only way to take down that much HP in 2 seconds is with continuous headshots. Without headshots it would only do 850 damage in those 2 seconds.
2 seconds is about 12 shots (all having to hit). 12 shots is a lot of bullets.

Hit detection is still crap for everything but the full auto weapons
AFKers - fair point
faction contracts are the same, they go by EVE, not dust
aim assist should never be in an FPS game, it makes it ****
graphics are a moot point, they need to fix core mechanics and **** off with the graphics
new maps are nice, should of been working on play testing bugs though.

Not to mention the old chromo hardcrash bug is back.

How the hell did you get elected? Jesus christ.

He was not elected.

Well, I mean, are you gonna argue with the son of god? I wouldn't... Might turn me into a fish sandwich.

Elected, selected... the point is, it was a colossal mistake.

This has been happening a lot we've noticed. Starter suits worn by players you've never heard of in NPC corps ripping up advanced and proto suits in no time whatsoever. 2-3 seconds and its over.

Starter fits taking out proto fits routinely, and all of a sudden after 1.4, tells me something is badly wrong here.

So i was on my make shift scout with 153 over all health and of course it dies alot.... BUT i get on my heavy with 1047 over all health. My hmg needs to be reloaded so i start on the endless process of reloading it, when a redberry pops up. i switch to my advanced submachine gun. Mind you all that no other redberrys were presently around. The redberry starts to shoot before i started... and it killed my 1047 health heavy in 2 SECONDS. And what mysterious weapon of mass destruction killed me that quick? A D@MN MILITIA ASSAULT RIFLE. IT WAS A COMPLETE STARTER FIT SUIT. I would love to have someone try to explain how it is ive dumped so much d@mn SP into my character but no matter what i do the militia is still better then me? whats the point then to strive for proto gear if that much shield and armor is takin away by a starter rifle

Broke game still broke.

It's ok GTA out in a week, then broke game be dead.

It makes me sad but thems the breaks.

Hit detection is still crap for everything but the full auto weapons

Nope. Shotgun hit detection is vastly improved. Also, my scrambler rifle (not the assault one) seems to hit just fine.

How the hell did you get elected? Jesus christ.

IRL, weapon fire from militia weapons hurt like hell still.

So i was on my make shift scout with 153 over all health and of course it dies alot.... BUT i get on my heavy with 1047 over all health. My hmg needs to be reloaded so i start on the endless process of reloading it, when a redberry pops up. i switch to my advanced submachine gun. Mind you all that no other redberrys were presently around. The redberry starts to shoot before i started... and it killed my 1047 health heavy in 2 SECONDS. And what mysterious weapon of mass destruction killed me that quick? A D@MN MILITIA ASSAULT RIFLE. IT WAS A COMPLETE STARTER FIT SUIT. I would love to have someone try to explain how it is ive dumped so much d@mn SP into my character but no matter what i do the militia is still better then me? whats the point then to strive for proto gear if that much shield and armor is takin away by a starter rifle

Headshots drop a heavy so fast he comes on the forums to post about it :), but seriously anyone considered he could have taken a couple to the face ?

Not real life, man if were gonna start all that my mass driver should mirror the hammer grenade launcher hmm?
Besides its not nessecarily the miltia part thats the problem, proto gives you an edge, a handicap,, not a guaranteed kill, the problem a heavy who is supoosed to be resistant to small arms fire, can be dropped in to seconds by an ar, there sure as hell is something wrong there!!

You see that guy that killed you in the report. You don't see the guys that hurt you too. Several times this week I've been in what I thought was 1 v 1 and end up being killed by someone I didn't see.

Bomb suits are not bomb proof. They're just there to make sure they have something to go bury.

Resists =/= Immune.

Small Arms are what regular non clone infantry use.

We're clone soldiers our weaponry is a league above that crap.

The standard issue Gauss Rifles given to most Caldari Army infantrymen, for example; are not powerful enough to penetrate our shields or armor and lacks smart targeting. Which is why they had to upgraded the technology to a small railgun.

Most of our guns have the safeties turned off, calibur upsized to the point they almost require vehicle mounting, radiation hazards, and deadly amounts of backscatter and pressure waves to kill most regular operators.

The HMG weighs a good 300 lbs loaded and is typically something you would have found on aircraft and more designed to shoot other aircraft down.