bolsh lee wrote:CCP Remnant wrote: First and foremost, combat should be fun. Long TTK is not fun if itGÇÖs the result of loose controls, poor aim assists or dance-strafing/bunny-hopping combat
I don't know what hes smoking but a short TTK isn't any fun as well, especially in a game like Dust where your SP/Gear determine your survivability and pocketbook at the end of the day..
EDIT: And IMO long-er- TTK can be extremely fun it can encourage more squad tactics/game play, medics can actually survive to do their job, Scouts can retreat and come back for a hit and run, heavies can patrol a point encouraging other heavies/anti-heavy weapons to push the point the list could go on and on... With the TTK the way it is now none of that is achievable, heavies die damn near as fast and advanced suits.. hence why everyone and their mother is running brick tanked proto logi...
What's so fun about shooting and shooting and shooting at the same guy and NEVER KILLING THEM?
Longer TTK would result in just that, less fun and EVEN MORE frustration for people complaining about how 'unkillable' someone is.
The real issue isn't the TTK, it's the range you are engaging at. If you get closer to the enemy, then damn right you should also die fast. Shorter ranges = shorter TTK. That is what the ARs were developed for and they do it well. Now if you stay out and engage outside the ARs optimal range (like 75 to 80 meters) your TTK increases dramatically, as it should. With the introduction of the other two race's weapons, players are engaging at longer ranges. This means that my shields get "plinked" by them and I get more time to react/take-cover/return-fire. But if the same happened at a shorter range, then I would be dead before I had time to react.
Everyone here that is attributing TTK to the game or to OP weapons etc need to start realizing the real source of the shorter TTK. It's you. Engaging right in the face of the enemy should get you killed fast. That's what all these weapons seem to do best and you are complaining about it?
Again, I tried to explain the issue in more detail here, but apparently people don't always read the links.
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1593171#post1593171