DUST Search - Repair tool is absolutely UP (math)

jhon hartigan wrote:

I-Shayz-I wrote:

The repair tool isn't like the medgun in Team Fortress 2.

The idea is that you can heal players outside of battle, or use cover to your advantage to keep someone alive while they're fighting.

Also, who ever takes ALL of the bulets from a weapon? Unless you're being a noob and standing perfectly still, the dispersion, movement, and player aim all is taken into account. People never estimate any sort of "error" margins into their math and I hate it.

Just because my core focused can't heal faster than a weapon can "potentially" do damage, doesn't mean they can't still go 60/2 (i.e. hardly dying) with me getting over 5k wp.

The minmatar bonus actually makes std and adv repair tools really good, and proto even better (besides core focused nerf). As I am the player that once score over 7000 wp in a single match with a repair tool, I can say that the repair tools are FINE, and that the nerfs are understandable.

You are right, I also did some math considering the fact that none hit every shot but I didnt wanted to write too much.
So the fact is: none thing you should use it between a battle, you should only use it after a battle to let ur mates be ready for the Next one. So in the battle it is stupid to use it instead of your weapon.
In My opinion you should be awarded with more efficiency for this effort you r doing to play with your mates and doing team play.


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Denak Kalamari Intaki Liberation Front Intaki Prosperity Initiative 1046	Posted - 2014.02.08 17:40:00 - [1] - Quote jhon hartigan wrote: I-Shayz-I wrote: The repair tool isn't like the medgun in Team Fortress 2. The idea is that you can heal players outside of battle, or use cover to your advantage to keep someone alive while they're fighting. Also, who ever takes ALL of the bulets from a weapon? Unless you're being a noob and standing perfectly still, the dispersion, movement, and player aim all is taken into account. People never estimate any sort of "error" margins into their math and I hate it. Just because my core focused can't heal faster than a weapon can "potentially" do damage, doesn't mean they can't still go 60/2 (i.e. hardly dying) with me getting over 5k wp. The minmatar bonus actually makes std and adv repair tools really good, and proto even better (besides core focused nerf). As I am the player that once score over 7000 wp in a single match with a repair tool, I can say that the repair tools are FINE, and that the nerfs are understandable. You are right, I also did some math considering the fact that none hit every shot but I didnt wanted to write too much. So the fact is: none thing you should use it between a battle, you should only use it after a battle to let ur mates be ready for the Next one. So in the battle it is stupid to use it instead of your weapon. In My opinion you should be awarded with more efficiency for this effort you r doing to play with your mates and doing team play. The problem here is the fact that extra gunfire isn't always the be all end all solution to every single situation on the battlefield. I'll provide you a few examples. In scenario one, you are a logistics with a repair tool and an assault rifle, teaming up with a heavy using an HMG. You suddenly end up fighting against four enemies with your heavy teammate. You whip out your assault rifle and begin shooting at the enemies with your heavy teammate. Despite your best attempts, you get overwhelmed and you die, leaving your heavy buddy without support, who dies soon after you. Scenario two is quite similar, but instead of whipping out your assault rifle, you whip out your repair tool and begin repairing the heavy while he starts ripping away at the enemies. You dodge the gunfire the best you can, while your heavy keeps eliminating the enemies one by one while you were keeping his armor topped up. You both live through the scenario, you restock both your ammunition with nanohives and you live to fight another battle. As others have said already, the repair tool bonus allows you to repair people faster and from farther ranges, letting them get back to battle much faster which would be a crucial factor in winning or losing a game. It is also useful for keeping people alive while in a firefight, but not to the extent where they are immune to gunfire completely. Grahisha of ILF // Writer of Thoughts of a Clone Soldier // Latest entry published Jan. 29th