DUST Search - [Request]Freddom MD needs a buff. ( or nerf the EXO)

Piraten Hovnoret wrote:

Awry Barux wrote:

Proto gear is MEANT to provide only small benefits over ADV gear, for greatly increased costs. That's the entire design philosophy behind the tier system. All other light weapons (except the swarm) have the same tiny amount of improvement. If anything, the MD actually gets a bigger boost due to the splash radius increase. When this design philosophy gets ignored, as it is for shield extenders (where proto is fully 2x as good as ADV), the game gets dumb as everyone flocks to proto tier, as it becomes the only viable option. Then we get proto stomps and a terrible NPE, and then no one new plays Dust, and the game that we all love slowly dies.
I smell an entitled SP-rich veteran, mad because people without full proto can compete on a mildly even playing field.

lol only played for just over 3 months so thanx for saying I am a veteran.

To the rest of your post I hear you and understand what you are saying/typing and I respect that however I don't agree with your arguments at al. What you are saying is that some one with no sp and time invested should compete on equal terms of a proto outfitt. I can never ever agree on that. The proto stomp issue is a hole other matter that need to be addressed however that was not what this topic was about was it?


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Awry Barux Shining Flame Amarr Empire 72	Posted - 2013.09.20 05:13:00 - [1] - Quote Proto gear is MEANT to provide only small benefits over ADV gear, for greatly increased costs. That's the entire design philosophy behind the tier system. All other light weapons (except the swarm) have the same tiny amount of improvement. If anything, the MD actually gets a bigger boost due to the splash radius increase. When this design philosophy gets ignored, as it is for shield extenders (where proto is fully 2x as good as ADV), the game gets dumb as everyone flocks to proto tier, as it becomes the only viable option. Then we get proto stomps and a terrible NPE, and then no one new plays Dust, and the game that we all love slowly dies. I smell an entitled SP-rich veteran, mad because people without full proto can compete on a mildly even playing field.
Awry Barux Shining Flame Amarr Empire 76	Posted - 2013.09.20 13:48:00 - [2] - Quote Piraten Hovnoret wrote: Awry Barux wrote: Proto gear is MEANT to provide only small benefits over ADV gear, for greatly increased costs. That's the entire design philosophy behind the tier system. All other light weapons (except the swarm) have the same tiny amount of improvement. If anything, the MD actually gets a bigger boost due to the splash radius increase. When this design philosophy gets ignored, as it is for shield extenders (where proto is fully 2x as good as ADV), the game gets dumb as everyone flocks to proto tier, as it becomes the only viable option. Then we get proto stomps and a terrible NPE, and then no one new plays Dust, and the game that we all love slowly dies. I smell an entitled SP-rich veteran, mad because people without full proto can compete on a mildly even playing field. lol only played for just over 3 months so thanx for saying I am a veteran. To the rest of your post I hear you and understand what you are saying/typing and I respect that however I don't agree with your arguments at al. What you are saying is that some one with no sp and time invested should compete on equal terms of a proto outfitt. I can never ever agree on that. The proto stomp issue is a hole other matter that need to be addressed however that was not what this topic was about was it? I'm not saying it should be perfectly even, I'm just saying that proto shouldn't be massively more effective than ADV gear. Someone with ZERO sp and time invested should definitely be at a disadvantage, but someone who has invested a moderate amount of SP and time (say, 2 months) shouldn't be stuck being only half as effective numerically as someone who's been around for 6+ months. Proto stomping is not a whole other matter. Buffing proto at the expense of advanced gear will directly encourage people to run proto in pubs, since being in proto would mean that, BY THE NUMBERS, you are nearly guaranteed to win unless you're completely incompetent.