Kazeno Rannaa
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Posted - 2013.09.13 10:04:00 -
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The funny thing is that CCP SHANGHI, with this issue of the AR, has completely negated the lore of EVE. The weapon's range is completely out of tune. How is it that a laser rifle barely out ranges it and the pulse laser SR/ASR is completely dominated by a HROF blaster??
Granter, at close range, in EVE lore standards, the blaster should dominate. It should especially be so if some one is into speed tanking. But to have a blaster completely crush a laser, SR, or ASR at the medium to long range is ridiculous. For the AR to crush the shotgun at extreme CQC is just as ridiculous. Throw in the aimbot and now it become ludicrous speed.
How do I now this, well, I'll tell you. Typically I am a ASR Amarr logi. The weapon takes some skill, but not as much as the SR. With heat build up and a hefty amount of barrel travel upward, control burst is the only way to go to be affective. But to be out ranged by a high dispersion weapon that has a barrel that heat up and turns red while not suffering from the drawbacks of said visual heat buildup makes no sense. Combine that with the supreme range, High ROF, the seemingly meaningless dispersion, and the aim bot, when I decide to not be in a match and fight with bouts of frustration, THE AR IS THE WAY TO GO!!
I typically can have an EXILE AR chew through my ADV Amarr Logi suit at 530 + EHP in about 5-6 shots regularly and have had an AR blow through me in 2-3 shots on a number of occasions while in a one on on firefight. And I have done the same. Mind you this is without proficiency or damage mods.
On the other hand, with my ASR, 25-30 rounds at medium range, and IF at point-blank range, it would still take me on average 10-20 rounds to chew through an advance suit. And that is with complex damage mods and prof. 5.
HOw does this not sound screwy and the SP I spent on SR/ASR as the largest waste of fuking time while being a total act in frustration????
THE AR IS AND HAS BEEN SINCE BEFORE CHROMOSOME< OP >.
CCP Shnaghi, FIX THIS SHITE and please delve into the concept of how to balance, because as of right now you are surely sucking the life blood of this game through the complete elimination of any sort of viable variety. |