Jebus McKing
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Posted - 2014.02.05 07:50:00 -
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Justin Tymes wrote:With Heavies with immune to it, and Assaults and Commandos resistant to it, I doubt it.
So? You can still flux them and use the MD's indirect fire capabilities to finish them off, occasionally. They can't run away.
I'm not saying that the MD will be good against every combination of suits and mods, and it does not have to be, but it will certainly find its niche.
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Jebus McKing
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Posted - 2014.02.05 10:47:00 -
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Justin Tymes wrote:Jebus McKing wrote:Justin Tymes wrote:With Heavies with immune to it, and Assaults and Commandos resistant to it, I doubt it. So? You can still flux them and use the MD's indirect fire capabilities to finish them off, occasionally. They can't run away. I'm not saying that the MD will be good against every combination of suits and mods, and it does not have to be, but it will certainly find its niche. Someone hasn't used the MD competitively I see. If you're bad to useless against half of the suits in the game, you're not viable competitively. And Core Grenade > Flux because Rifle DPS is too high to take advantage to the Flux with the MD.
Competitively? You mean that huge mess that is PC? No, I'm sorry, I stopped caring about that a while ago.
But really what would you want the MD to be capable of? Killing people no matter what suit or fitting they use in <2 seconds like the rifles do at the moment? That'd be 1-2 shots from a MD and you're dead. Does not sound like it'd be fun.
Of course you are going to lose if you attack a rifle user head on. The MD is a niche weapon, like the Laser Rifle, Shotgun and Plasma Cannon. What makes these weapons unique is that they are NOT useful in a "fair" fight. You have to pick your fights.
I'm not saying that the MD is good as it is, in fact I think that it needs some work, same as Laser Rifle and Plasma Cannon, and I think that rifles are a bit too effective in what they do. But at the same time I don't want the MD to be a kind of rifle that shoots explosive rounds and is useful in every situation.
The MD is infinitely more fun to use than a rifle and if you pick your fights it still is a decent weapon. I would never recommend people to not bother with a weapon they think is fun solely because at the moment there are better choices for competitive play.
tl;dr if you have fun with a weapon skill into it; stats are constantly changing; what is useless today might be FOTM 3 months form now
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