DUST Search - why prototype gear should be better

killertojo42 wrote:

I know I'm about to get a lot of hatred for this but i believe prototype gear should be better, we all push to get prototype gear just to find out when we get it that it's so closely equal to advanced gear that it's almost not worth it entirely with examples to when you look at the attributes fot combat rifles or at least it pops up this way on my account but advanced combat rifles have more power than prototype combat rifles and the biggest damage gap between a basic and prototype weapon goes to the scrambler rifles with a difference of a prototype viziam doing only 7 more damage than the basic version and onky doing 4 more damage than the advanced crw, all other weapon ddamage gaps are much smaller and then you look at dropsuits and you're absolutely pissed when you notice all prototype suits have the same base armor and shields as their basic versions, the only thing they do right are modules and equipment but it's already confirmed that they'll nerf equipment in the next patch and probably they'll nerf module in the future too making prototype less desirable


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Ghost Kaisar Fatal Absolution General Tso's Alliance 2975	Posted - 2014.02.14 02:14:00 - [1] - Quote killertojo42 wrote: I know I'm about to get a lot of hatred for this but i believe prototype gear should be better, we all push to get prototype gear just to find out when we get it that it's so closely equal to advanced gear that it's almost not worth it entirely with examples to when you look at the attributes fot combat rifles or at least it pops up this way on my account but advanced combat rifles have more power than prototype combat rifles and the biggest damage gap between a basic and prototype weapon goes to the scrambler rifles with a difference of a prototype viziam doing only 7 more damage than the basic version and onky doing 4 more damage than the advanced crw, all other weapon ddamage gaps are much smaller and then you look at dropsuits and you're absolutely pissed when you notice all prototype suits have the same base armor and shields as their basic versions, the only thing they do right are modules and equipment but it's already confirmed that they'll nerf equipment in the next patch and probably they'll nerf module in the future too making prototype less desirable First things first. Fix that wall of text. My eyes hurt. Second: Proto gear SHOULD be better. Nobody I know argues against that. The problem right now is the fact that there is no game mode where you can AVOID proto. Newberries get thrown into the meat grinder and get chewed up and spit out. They need to do one of two things: 1.) Tiericide. Best answer by far. Proto suits become the basic versions. All other suits are simply specialized versions. Not better all around, but better in some areas, and worse in others. 2.) Restrict Basic, Advanced, and Proto gear in pubs. In short, you have modes where Basic is the highest you can use, Adv is the highest, and then "Low Sec" where anything goes. This will help player retention, and create areas where you can play against people at the same fitting level as you. (although you will still see some people going into basic with tricked out Core skill suits. That can't be helped. This is why Tiericide is the better option) Nothing says "F**K YOU!" like a direct Flaylock to the face. Minmatar. In Rust we trust.