The Eristic
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Posted - 2014.02.15 07:19:00 -
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Do the actual classes need to be 1-to-1 identical across the races? Will the Amarr, for instance, ever have an actual Sniper Rifle or Shotgun or Light AV? Why not create Mil versions of their ALL the weapons and build the starter classes around the more interesting playstyles some of them allow? Amarr Suppressor w/ LR, Min Demo with MD, Gal Breacher with PlC (or Shotgun, if you wanna be... casul), et cetera. Could list the starter fits at racial selection screen, or at least info about a race's style to guide new players' choice. |
The Eristic
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Posted - 2014.02.15 08:03:00 -
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Talking about slight different things. Suits classes (as in Light/Medium/Heavy) are one thing, and every race needs an option for each with racially appropriate stats. However, weapons/equipment (and the "themed" fittings to be built with them) are another. Caldari are essentially long range fighters, so the RR and SR and (well, pre-nerf) Swarms make sense. A Cal Shotty wouldn't really jive with their philosophy (though I guess... dumbfire swarms!). We don't know what the third Amarr weapon will be, but I wouldn't bet on it being a shotty, either. What I guess we really need to know is if the weapons are going stop at Racial Rifle, Racial Specialist, Racial AV, or if those are even the way CCP is approaching weapon development. If we look at them:
Cal: RR SR SL
Gal: AR SG PlC
Min: CR MD Precision Rifle (.50 cal with armor piercing rounds?)
Amarr: ScR LR ???
It would appear we could categorize them in the aforementioned trifurcate manner, but who knows, things get murky. Like, is the laser a suppressive weapon or their version of a sniper? The PlC is described as being designed for "confined space combat", but a dev mentioned it as being an AV weapon in a post here (works best in those confined spaces rather than AV, ime). If the PR is the Min instance of the Sniper class, then do they have AV coming? Alternatively, none of these classifications or ideas could be the reality. CCP might be thinking every race gets three weapons plain and simple with regard for "class", or maybe they'll just give us more and more new weapons over time whenever they cook up something they like. |