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Arkena Wyrnspire
Fatal Absolution
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Posted - 2014.03.05 21:53:00 -
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I'm curious as to why the breach variant was nerfed equally as hard as the main variant.
Quick comparison:
Current STD AR DPS: 425
Current STD BAR DPS: 340
The BAR presently has a slower rate of fire (and thus is potentially less reliable) as well as having less damage per clip. It does, however, have a slightly tighter hipfire spread.
But look at that DPS. It is, by far, the lowest of all of the rifles. None of the other rifles dip below 425 DPS base, leaving the BAR (which is in the shortest ranged rifle class) as the weakest hitting weapon.
In 1.8:
1.8 STD AR DPS: 375
1.8 STD BAR DPS: 300
The BAR appears to be getting nerfed by the exact same percentage as the main variant, despite it already being much weaker. In 1.8 it will, in fact, have the lowest DPS of all hitscan weapons - every sidearm will do better DPS. Even the flaylock on splash damage alone will out-damage it.
This is problematic. So, I would like to ask - why was the same blanket damage reduction applied to this weapon when it clearly didn't need it? The old DPS would be perfectly acceptable on this weapon - it'd still be the lowest DPS of all the rifles, but not by nearly as much of a margin.
Incidentally, regarding the notion that it is a 'mimic weapon' and therefore should be worse than the other rifles - this is a terrible argument. The assault variants of the other rifles are equally as good as the normal assault rifle, and there is no point in having a weapon that is simply 'worse' than the others.
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Arkena Wyrnspire
Fatal Absolution
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Posted - 2014.03.05 22:06:00 -
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Reav Hannari wrote:Do you honestly think the shortest range weapon, with the slowest rate of fire and half the magazine of other weapons should have high damage? Oh, wait...
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Arkena Wyrnspire
Fatal Absolution
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Posted - 2014.03.05 22:25:00 -
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CLONE117 wrote:i dont think a straight up damage nerf to all weapons is going to fix ttk. its just gonna make pub stomps 50x worse than normal.
This is true.
Due to the huge HP increases between tiers, prototype tier equipment will be... difficult to deal with without having it yourself.
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Arkena Wyrnspire
Fatal Absolution
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Posted - 2014.03.05 22:47:00 -
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CLONE117 wrote:if the hmg remains largely the same in 1.8 hopefully i can work around the new issues to arise but i only see this damage nerf as a straight nerf to mlt vets. its going to be next to impossible to kill anything with mlt with a nerf like that. unless ccp decides to raise base clip sizes of all guns and give more ammo to compensate for the decreased damage.
The HMG does not appear to have any changes.
Which is amusing. And quite probably a mistake.
You have long since made your choice. What you make now is a mistake.
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