I-Shayz-I
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:56:00 -
[1] - Quote
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tvSN2pezNA
In this episode of Extra Cedits, they talk about the idea of choice and how it is important to have meaningful decisions in your game.
If you skip to 2:14 (the important part), he explains how a choice that is able to be calculated with math in order to produce the best results is not a meaningful choice. He then goes on to say how WoW had this problem at one point, where a player's choice wasn't based on what was good for their playstyle, but was good to be competitive.
Basically, their choice of playstyle was meaningless because other choices were obviously better, so the only way to play the game "properly" was with a certain playstyle.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE ASSAULT RIFLE.
I want my choice of weapon and playstyle to be about what I like to do, not about what will do the most damage or have the greatest effect. I choose to use the Assault Scrambler rifle because it has longer range and is good against shield tanks, but why choose this weapon when the Assault Rifle is clearly better?
Every other weapon is balanced and works well within their limits, yet the AR doesn't have any of these restrictions. CCP even said that the Assault Rifle is designed to be a short range weapon, so why is it that it can still snipe across the map with absolute precision? (i.e. it shoots where you point with hardly any spread when aiming down sights) |
I-Shayz-I
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
964
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Posted - 2013.09.27 22:14:00 -
[2] - Quote
Draco Cerberus wrote:I think you are confusing the Duvolle with the Duvolle Tactical Rifle. The Duvolle you pay about 40k for while the Burst and Tac variants you pay around 70k for. These weapons are balanced by the cost of them. Are you seriously complaining that a Scrambler at proto level can't compete with an AR at proto level for damage and range as well as ROF? Take a look at all the stats, not just the most common range at which 1 stray bullet after a barrage from all sides kills you and in all reality there are generally more groups of people using focus fire to bring down targets that incorporate many types of weapons, most of which do not register on your death report, only the last bullet.
Went face to face against a militia heavy with a militia AR and lost...I was using a prototype suit with more ehp, and a prototype assault scrambler rifle and died before I could even get his shields down.
Yet my weapon is supposed to be more effective against shields, and I was even using two damage mods!
Sure, he could have been hitting me with headshots the entire time, but the assault rifle shouldn't be THAT accurate to be able to rapid fire rounds into a player's skull from long range. |