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Kristoff Atruin
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Posted - 2013.09.25 03:17:00 -
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I'm an AR user. It's the only weapon I have trained to a prototype level. I want ARs to be toned down.
Let that sink in for a moment. I want the only weapon I am capable of using to be toned down. It is OP. There's a reason 60% or higher of the playerbase uses ARs. This whole build has been a giant clusterf*ck, and rapid fire weapons (aside from the HMG) are to blame. The time to kill has gone down to a Rainbow 6 shooter level of one shot one kill, effectively. You don't get to react. Your skill points in shield extension or armor plating don't count for anything. All that matters is that you're using an AR or assault scrambler, and that you shot the other guy first.
Imagine if every frigate in eve came with a doomsday device on it. That is what Dust is today. Subdreddit has 382 people in it who have logged in during the last 30 days. After a few weeks with this ridiculous instakill version of Dust the average number of players logged in for our corp has dropped to less than 10.
People do not enjoy playing Dust in it's current state.
My approach to this is to log in and play a few games with cheap fits in a squad, and log out the moment I get bored. Lately I'm getting about two games in before I get to that point. The only reason I'm still logging in every day is because of the SP bonus. If it weren't for that I'd play once every three days. I used to cap out every week and then start leveling an alt.
Yes Dust has had some major improvements, and yes it will continue to do so. But I think the game has come to a critical point. The massive buff to high ROF weapons was a gigantic leap in the wrong direction. People just die way too fast. If this doesn't get fixed quickly, I'm concerned that the playerbase is going to fall off a cliff that will take years to recover from.
I think even the laser rifle may need to be looked at. I loved it back in the day and was sad when it became useless, but now I think it's just too powerful again. This is all about time to kill, not how powerful one weapon is compared to another. |
Kristoff Atruin
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Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.09.25 03:31:00 -
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Just to elaborate on the point, I do enjoy FPS games where you die extremely quickly. I've played the hell out of Operation Flashpoint and similar games. The fact is that it is a play style that does not mesh with the character development and dropsuit customization of Dust. This one change makes 90% of the game entirely irrelevant. |
Kristoff Atruin
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Posted - 2013.09.26 03:37:00 -
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The auto scrambler being at a high SP level is a big part of its limited use. I'd have to log in and check, but I think it's also more expensive than a GEK as well. Combine this with a lot of people running only logi suits, it means that they have to always use the high end weapon in the line or be helpless up close. I skilled it up on an alt and it hits fairly accurately at a surprisingly long range, despite the scatter. |
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