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Posted - 2014.02.15 07:39:00 -
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dont you think the reason they would consider using a rifle over a heavy weapon is the fact that their only heavy anti personal weapon IS A GLORIFIED SHOTGUN?
you ******* morons should never be in charge of balance. why should a heavy suit be limited to heavy weapons only, thus putting a ****** band aid on the situation?
this ridiculous kind of thinking has lead to the magically disappearing bullets we have now, people complaining that enemies who won't fist fight them are pussies, infantry AV being either OP or useless, etc.
MORE MECHANICS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. a heavy sacrifices mobility, ewar and equipment to field the best defence and offence, yet moves like a snail and jumps like a cripple. logically, a heavy weapon should overall be the best weapon in its role. yet, i hear people stating that its role of point defence means that it is acceptable to have poor heavy weapons, which is mind numbingly simple minded to say. a heavy should be relegated to point defence because it is its most effective role, NOT ITS ONLY ROLE. if heavies become OP, nerf their speed before anything else, because it won't completely cripple them as a class, less than nerfing their ideal weapons.
ALL WEAPONS SHOULD BE BALANCED AROUND RIFLES. When a light minmatar AR outperforms a minmatar HMG, SOMETHING IS CLEARLY WRONG. The LR should have range similiar or greater than the RR. The shotgun should scare people as it did in chromosome. The MD should have consistent but low single target dps, enough to suppress and engage groups but not enough to be used as a shotgun. The sniper rifle should outrange all weapons, have much higher dps potential but have drawbacks like naturally ineffective hipfire dps due to recoil and slight bullet drop and leading requirements at extreme ranges.
RENDERING AND WEAPONS HAVING RANGE ARE ESSENTIAL FOR BALANCE. want cover and patience to be useful? want thinking and strategy rewarded? want to counter the big mean heavy shooting his big pew pew gun? guns having range more than 50m makes running out in the open suddenly a danger, the heavy a huge target to be molested from unknown places, the tank to be chewed at from shadows darting from bush to bush (or crate to crate). A targets ability to retaliate is severely reduced when being attacked from unknown places and they deserve it, since they had the nerve to give in to the lust for WP and leave the safe haven of nearby cover.
tl;dr stop putting band aids on something that needs stitches and medicine, the heavies use RRs because their hmg is a gimmick and way too niche to be any more than a glorified shotgun
here's a thought, how would you feel if sidearms were better than light weapons? oh right, remember what happened to the flaylock pistol? |