There is one unsettling thing, dear CCP Devs, because this means *another* AV nerf and sniper rifle nerf to point that only thale and charge would be viable option.
Please reconsider that, because we have a AV crisis, and serious problem with full-time redline thale snipers (I still want to counter that by using ishukone SR with 3 dmg mode to kill pesky sniper before he move his tanked dropsuit behind deep-redlined cover. And yes, there is no other way to remove that guys from sniper nests.)

this may be unpopular but we hope TTK stays as is as we support tiercide. the biggest hurdle for new players is the health gap that ensures they have virtually no chance to kill high SP players [see their kdrs for proof]

the game will always struggle if high sp players have 3 and 4 times the health of beginners. the game should be focused on skill and have better gear & skills provide more subtle advantages. we ahve enjoyed seeing kills with militia weapons and we hope it continues. the days of the 4 minute bunnyhop battle are long gone and lets face it, they should be.

ur making our argument however, u support low TTK for new players but not for u? is killing them 1shoturdead skill based? all suits should have hp totals reasonably close to other suits of the same class. give adv and proto suits advantages in recharge rate, movement speed [make them lighter] repair rate and have them be more efficient [less cpu/pg cost] the same with weapons. would much rather see them also separated in a subtle manner that focuses on skill rather than 'my higher sp makes me god'

the lack of new players and retention of them is proof the hp gap was a terrible idea. as were the 3 minute bunnyhop sessions.

Short TTK is the norm in quality shooters, remember? MAG, BF, COD all have short TTKs. Fans of the genre are used to it, not the other way around.

I'm a scout and have no problem with short TTK. It makes me more careful and makes combat more realistic imo.

Can someone articulately explain why longer TTK is supposedly bad without trying to drag new players into the argument for leverage? Core gameplay and new player experience may be the most neglected things in Dust, but they're two completely different things and should be treated as such. Saying that the current TTK is better for new players is pretty ignorant when everything other than extenders plates (and arguably repair modules) are pretty much a waste of SP. That -10% recharge delay on a militia shield regulator is pretty useless and barely noticeable when you have max skill on a complex. Damage profiles don't matter when you can just stack damage mods on a ScR to deal with a Gallente suit like you had a combat or rail rifle. These are game balancing issues that indirectly affect NPE but shouldn't be brought up in the same sentence.

[quote=Garrett Blacknova]Add damage multipliers when you attack someone's flank and rear. Problem solved. Basing TTK on builds before 1.4-1.5 only clutters up the issue because broken game mechanics, in this case hit detection complicate things. Hit detection is (arguably) fixed so you need to reevaluate from the point it was fixed.