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Jaysyn Larrisen OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 689	Posted - 2014.01.17 20:09:00 - [1] - Quote CCP Frame wrote: Mercenaries of New Eden, our Game Design team is now ready to share new Weapon Stats and Ranges planned for the next release! Please take a look at these spreadsheets and tell us what you think. Remember, this is all still very work in progress! [img]http://web.ccpgamescdn.com/dust/news.control/65556/1/pistolranges.jpg[/img] [img]http://web.ccpgamescdn.com/dust/news.control/65556/1/weaponsuprising18.jpg[/img] UPDATE: And due to the popular demand, here is the excel sheet version of all the data! Once again, keep your feedback constructive, and we will definitely consider all of it :) Awesome job with the suits, CCP...I like the overal theme that you are going for. Lots of great comments about the suits and role bonus concepts so i didn't want to touch on that. I would like to make a couple comments on the new sidearms (which is very nice way to fill out the racial armories). 1) Awesome that you've added these; gives some great flavor and racial playstyle options. 2) Holy ***! at the charge up times for sidearms! The MagSec has a LONGER charge up time than the Rail Rifle (.3 vs .25) and it's intended as the shorter range / CQC offering for the Caldari? I absolutely don't see the point of this; I would think the sidearm of a given race would try to fill gaps or provide options that would work in concert with the primary or special weapons fo the given race. I'm all about the long range but I have ZERO incentive to use this or the bolt pistol with the Caldari primary rifle. 3) The Bolt pistol is also listed as a "full- auto" weapon with a .25sec charge time and it has very similar ranges with the MagSec...what's the difference in the weapons? It does 140+ dmg per shot and its full-auto...typo? By nomenclature and manufacturer the both appear to be Caldari....are they both Caldari? 4) Ion pistol... 1.45sec charge up time...WTF!? It also has by far the shortest range of any of the new sidearms. My guess is that the alpha dmg from the Bolt pistol should go with this weapon, correct? Overall, really glad these offerings are on the table but i'm not really sure how they are intended to mix with the existing weapons. Sidearms when laid next to light weapons and special weapons (shotgun, sniper, MD, Laser) should give a race a full suit of options for the battlefield. Example, with the long range power of my RR and how the disadvantages of the weapons come into play in shorter engagements the sidearm should be optimized to help out there...you could maintain the low ROF, high dmg model but why the charge up time and particularly the charge up time longer than the RR? Is the intent to nerf the RR with a higher charge up time? Right now the SMG is my goto for shortrange or CQC engagements instead of the RR...seems like that's kind of the design theory and I am confused by how these weapons complement or give tactical options to the racial armories. "Third star to the right...straight ahead 'till morning."*
Jaysyn Larrisen OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 690	Posted - 2014.01.19 04:11:00 - [2] - Quote Curious to hear from the community on their thoughts about the charge up times and functions for the new sidearms. Generally I think the charge up mechanic is a good idea in some circumstances...the RR for instance it works very well. I know there is much discussion about the length of the charge time and I make no secret of my opinion that the RR is fine where it's at. That said, I go to my SMG quite a bit to offset the disadvantages of the weapon when things up close. That said...I would like to know what you guys think of sidearm weapons with a charge up function. With the rail it keeps you honest about staying at optimal range. When you close the gap it seems like the charge up for non-alpha damage weapons can really leave you holding the bag. For weapons that charge up damage or deliver major first round damage I like the function. It's very much like the options i had with the SCR. For weapons that deal flat rate damage in short range / CQC the charge up time seems to run very counter to purpose. "Third star to the right...straight ahead 'till morning."

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