DUST Search - No incentive for Proficiency ...

SHANN da MAN wrote:

CCP made their Proficiency Skill the wrong way. Instead of increasing the strongest damage type of the weapon, Proficiency should increase the weakest damage type.

Example : ScR Damage 120% Shield - 80% Armor
Prof 5 increases Shield Damage : ScR Damage 135% Shield - 80% Armor

Prof 5 SHOULD increase Armor : ScR Damage 120% Shield - 95% Armor

To become Proficient in something is to overcome its weakness ... this should mean that Proficiency Skill would increase a weapons weaker Damage type to make the soldier more deadly.

As the Proficiency Skill exists in 1.8 there is really no reason to skill into it ... (in the example above) the shields will already be depleted very rapidly with the base Damage of 120% ... increasing the damage vs. shields will have little effect on the weapon's overall performance.

This leaves little to no reason for someone to Skill into a weapon's Proficiency, other than being required to be able to equip PROTO/Officer Weapons, as little to no benefit becomes of it.

If Proficiency Skill improved the weapon's WEAKER Damage type there would be incentive for people to skill as high as they could in a weapon's Proficiency, as it would greatly improve the weapon's overall performance.


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Soldier Sorajord Subsonic Synthesis RISE of LEGION 166	Posted - 2014.03.08 05:27:00 - [1] - Quote SHANN da MAN wrote: CCP made their Proficiency Skill the wrong way. Instead of increasing the strongest damage type of the weapon, Proficiency should increase the weakest damage type. Example : ScR Damage 120% Shield - 80% Armor Prof 5 increases Shield Damage : ScR Damage 135% Shield - 80% Armor Prof 5 SHOULD increase Armor : ScR Damage 120% Shield - 95% Armor To become Proficient in something is to overcome its weakness ... this should mean that Proficiency Skill would increase a weapons weaker Damage type to make the soldier more deadly. As the Proficiency Skill exists in 1.8 there is really no reason to skill into it ... (in the example above) the shields will already be depleted very rapidly with the base Damage of 120% ... increasing the damage vs. shields will have little effect on the weapon's overall performance. This leaves little to no reason for someone to Skill into a weapon's Proficiency, other than being required to be able to equip PROTO/Officer Weapons, as little to no benefit becomes of it. If Proficiency Skill improved the weapon's WEAKER Damage type there would be incentive for people to skill as high as they could in a weapon's Proficiency, as it would greatly improve the weapon's overall performance. Overall, No. Why? it's really quite simple. If this were the case, people would cry for nerfs. It would make every weapon the same, except for playstyle. That's exactly how it'd end up. We'd end up with the longest range weapon with the fastest shooting gun at the top, and everthing else underneath. Specialization factor would suck. People would all end up using the same weapon. I don't know about you but i don't want to run into a team where every person is using parallel weapons. Facing off with Full RR teams right now is horrible. I couldn't imagine it if it damaged shields like it does armor. It'd suck! But hey if you want everybody using the same weapon maybe they should look at your idea. If you don't, then -1. -1. -Sor. Click Here to set up a Character that will get an AR, SMG, and a Caldari BPO
Soldier Sorajord Subsonic Synthesis RISE of LEGION 166	Posted - 2014.03.08 05:31:00 - [2] - Quote SHANN da MAN wrote: calisk galern wrote: SHANN da MAN wrote: calisk galern wrote: causes more damage....why wouldn't I get this skill? Causes only slightly more damage to your weapon's most effective damage type. This will not appreciably increase your weapon's overall performance. Is this REALLY worth spending 1.5 Million SP to Skill up? when you have 40 million sp you'd be surprised what you find worth spending sp on Well, you are the exception ... MOST players in this game have less than half the SP you do ... and spending a month's worth of SP on a marginally effective skill is probably out of their reach when there are so many more skills that produce a better effect per SP spent you do realize that proficiency is a specialization skill. Specialized players can do amazing around 10M, with dedicated SP into a certain build/Certain Weapon. Ex: Amarr Sentinel Lvl 5 armor 5 shield 5 hmg 5 prof 5. all at 10m sp. plus other skills. Click Here to set up a Character that will get an AR, SMG, and a Caldari BPO