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Posted - 2014.02.10 05:54:00 -
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Joel II X wrote:COVERT SUBTERFUGE wrote:No it's not necessary for all weapons; there shouldn't be 4 shotguns, 4 MDs, 4 swarms etc but sticking someone with a pointy object is one of the oldest forms of combat so it's not beyond the realms of possibility that each race came up with their own take on this combat method.
I take it my thread sparked this topic. The only reason I brought it up is that 1.8 seems to be aligning races with their tech and the Min scout seemed to be a strange exception. Swarms, Mass Driver, Plasma Cannon are racial light AV. Not the same, but fill the same category. This is true racial parity.
CCP's statement about the Mass Driver/Light AV is a little ambiguous:
That said, to the point of the OP, with knives specifically, I think the idea of having four different sets is a bit silly. However, a racial melee weapon for each race would be nice, and there's a lot of space within "melee" for variety I think.
I wouldn't think 4 shotguns, 4 MDs, etc. are necessary, but each race having a form of Light AV, for one, would make sense. You have to imagine that the Amarr would have some sort of AV weapon to use with their ground forces prior to meeting other races, right?
There doesn't need to be a "copy" of each weapon for each race. However, some kinds of weapons fill pretty unique roles that you'd expect every race to probably have in their arsenal. For example, the sniper rifle. A really long-range weapon used to take out people is almost a universal "type" of weapon in any game and any armed forces. It seems reasonable that some kind of "Sniping" rifle would be had by all races, though you'd expect the functionality to vary somewhat.
Similarly, some sort of short range/close quarters firearm beyond melee seems likely. As a close-quarters option that doesn't require physical strength on the part of the user is reasonable. The debatable part is whether a sidearm pistol already fits this, or some sort of "SMG" type weapon should be in every races' arsenal. Arguably, something like the Magsec is really above and beyond what's required here.
Those are what I'd call the core elements of racial parity weapon-wise (that we have left). Some kind of melee, some kind of AV, some kind of sniping rifle, and some sort of short-range/cqc suppression weapon. Though some weapons, like the Plasma Cannon, do a rather crap job of fill their role as well.
Dren and Templar equipment stats, wrong since release.
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