Exhibit A - Time to Kill Verses Range
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X axis represents range.
Y axis represents damage.

Exhibit B- Number of Engagements versus range.

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X axis represents range
Y axis represents frequency of encounters

sniping in dust is the most **** tarded thing..and not even a little bit realistic i agree with what i saw in your post wolf saber as i scanned it (for reals that **** might as well be a prologue to ur book)

bullet dispersion needs to be raised on certain weapons

and the whole bullets going around walls and through them is complete bullshit and needs to be fixed

one thing that did bother me sniping in dust is not hard it is easy and ******** not even a little bit realistic bullet travel in dust is laughable to be honest dust is going to end up just like halo 2 a bunch of assholes running around sniping eachother and thats it

I've got 12 million skill points and I can get just as many kills using militia gear , this isn't right :/ why did I level up?

I would like to add that the base Dropsuit speed be brought back up, especially for scouts. Since the hit detection is fixed, I want my 11+m/s back. Scouts are simply too slow ATM.

Hey now. Trick-shot of Duty is fo realz bro. Don't hate. Themz take mad skillz yo!

you're old, you got nothing more to do in life than read and play games, im young and ima do what ever the hell i want, i like dust 514 so i play it, i like football so i play it, i dislike reading so i dont waste my time on it but i love to argue and im too lazy to capitalize the "i" in my writing because i can do what ever the fk i want.

So how many other people have 30/50 hindsight?

Tell that to the people QQing about duv and imp wrecking face on the battlefield. I'm sure they will have a different take on it than you.

CCP, I love what you've done with TTK it means i can kill more people with one mag, not 2 mags to kill one.

Someone suggested adding multiple hit boxes to the player.
Efficiencies:

100% - Head
60% - Chest
50% - Lower Torso
30% - Limbs

This could outright fix ttk issues no?

.....Your shitting me? How in the world is that almost breaking the game? If anything it's our only advantage. Plus, will there be a fix on stunlocking and phantom running for Scouts?

Good to see that you aren't afraid to speak your mind.

On the other hand, raising TTK makes engagements less focused on gun game, and more on appropriate counters and tactics.

TL;DR for those who are lazy.
Damage values are percentage based, which yield larger values from higher bases. By decreasing TTK, you devalue that percentage (for example, right now the bonus is killing 0.1 seconds faster, but with a higher base, that bonus could be increased to about 0.5)

If you increase TTK, using weapons that are more effective vs. shields or armor would play a major factor in who wins firefights, not just who can apply DPS the fastest (hence the AR or ScR spam nowadays)

FOR EXAMPLE:

Gallente GK.0 vs Caldari CK.0 (assume stereotype tanking, with gallente stacking armor and caldari stacking shields)

lets just assume equal eHP, with 600 total.
100-500 for GK.0 and 500-100 for CK.0

Lets say that they both use AR's.

Standard DPS for AR is about 440

The Armor tank will rip through the shields in 1 second and the armor in 1/4 of a second. TTK is now roughly 1.25 seconds.
The Shield tank will rip through the shields in .2 seconds and the armor in 1.26 seconds. TTK is now 1.4

The difference is around 0.15 seconds. Thats a measly 66 damage with the AR. About 2 bullets difference. You miss 2 shots, and the armor tank loses his advantage.

Now lets say that we increase the TTK. Lets make them heavies with 2000eHP instead.

700-1300 vs. 1300-700 <-------- I know it's not realistic, thats not the point. I've really increased the eHP. Lets see the effect

So now we have to deal 2000 damage with a 440 DPS weapon. With an AR, the armor tanked heavy will kill the targets shields in 2.7 seconds and kill the armor in 1.7. TTK is now 4.4 seconds.

Now lets compare that to the other shoe. The Shield tanked one will kill the shields in 1.4 seconds and get through the armor in 3.3 seconds. Total TTK is now 4.7

That's only a .3 second difference, but that difference is around 132 eHP left to the survivor.

Now lets see what happens you enter the Advantageous encounter: You have an Armor tank with an ScR and an SMG as a backup. You face off against a Shield tank with only a ScR. Time for more maths.

700-1300 vs 1300-700

ScR does 20% extra damage to shields, but lets assume for DPS sake, that the DPS is equal to an AR. (This is to show the percentage difference, not the weapon difference).

Armor tank rips though the shields in 2.4 seconds. Switch to SMG. SMG deals 10% extra damage to armor (once again, DPS is still 440). Armor is gone in 1.4 seconds. TTK is now 3.8. That is almost a full second faster than the other tank. That is 440 eHP. You should win that engagement every time on equal ground.

With larger TTK's, the game will reward people who engage targets based on their weapons strengths. Right now, it's just a game of who shot who first with the AR or ScR.

-Remove the emergency 10% damage buff on all weapons
-Reevaluate TTK and buff under performing weapons
-Remove the proficiency skill or make it affect DPS indirectly
-Reevaluate TTK
-Reduce the cap on strafing speed
-Reevaluate TTK
-Buff dropsuit base EHP
-Reevaluate TTK

After the thread named something like "CCP Allows glitchers to win tournament", IWS decided he'd drop some opinion which: Justified the use of glitches and called you **** if you were on the wrong end of the glitch. As he is a face of CPM combined the opinion I got is that IWS and CPM are jokes.
No possible way of being jealous of IWS

This would be rather interesting even if, at minimum, Stability, recoil and RoF are used more as balancing sticks.

If you are incapable of reading, you are incapable of delivering an educated opinion. Anyone with an ounce of intelligence is not intimidated by a couple posts with actual content in them.

Therefore it is best you remain silent where possible. This will allow the flow of good ideas and help stem the flow of ignorant ones.

why did you not mention nerfing aim assist?

I'm against nerfing aim assist.
You don't want people to go back raging about controller issues, it is at a nice balance right nowl
Just a reduction in weapon damage across the board.

Good to see we agree about something for once

Let's cut to the chase. Is CCP looking at TTK, or should I just take another extended break until things get sorted out?

Nice, Im awaiting the changes eagerly. Might actually play a few games when they are released.

If it's being actively monitored like the academy, I might as well take a break then.

Following up out of curiosity ...
Was the feedback well-received?

I stopped reading when you didn't address the rail rifle as the number one reason this game is no longer fun. Engagements that used to involve multiple weapons and ranges are being shot out long range with the rail rifle. Map design hasn't changed much since chromosome so its like the viziam. An extremely powerful accurate weapon that everyone uses. Diversity is sorely lacking.
Rail 514. Tank or rifle you choose.