DUST Search - Amarr assault and RoF bonus- hidden blessing?

Ghost Kaisar wrote:

Lynn Beck wrote:

I'm not going to source this, but i'm not making this up:

When the new assault bonuses were being thought up, the first idea CCP had was Rof, this seemed bad for Amarr players, as their Semi auto Scrambler rifle wouldn't benefit(well, except for modded controller users) but i elieve this bonus would apply BRILLIANTLY to the laser, and here's why:

The laser rifle(abbreviated LR from here out) heats up 'per second' not per shot, so much like the Scr, shooting more bullets at once will cause it to deal more damage, with the same heat.

The LR also benefits from it's damage increase- i do not recall which thread/dev found this out, but here goes- of 0.8 damage PER SHOT. This is not a factor of heat over time as many of us (myself included) thought.

I'm proposing that we (and as a matari, this scares me i'm thinking this) REBUFF the SCR's damage to 1.7 levels, but nerf Rof by 30% or so (10% DPS nerf along with 25% for skill application, maybe 10% for that?) and give the amarr scout a laser weapon RoF bonus(!) as this would benefit the Scr, ScrP, and LR.

Alternatively, we could re-rollback(uhh) the 1.8 bonus to include RoF.

Simply throwing a thought out.

No.

The point of nerfing something is to stop it from being too powerful.

Giving the weapon a skill point work around only means that the weapon becomes OP again only in HIGH SP PLAYERS.

This is bad.

Very bad.


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Lynn Beck Wake N' Bake Inc Top Men. 872	Posted - 2014.03.21 07:44:00 - [1] - Quote I'm not going to source this, but i'm not making this up: When the new assault bonuses were being thought up, the first idea CCP had was Rof, this seemed bad for Amarr players, as their Semi auto Scrambler rifle wouldn't benefit(well, except for modded controller users) but i elieve this bonus would apply BRILLIANTLY to the laser, and here's why: The laser rifle(abbreviated LR from here out) heats up 'per second' not per shot, so much like the Scr, shooting more bullets at once will cause it to deal more damage, with the same heat. The LR also benefits from it's damage increase- i do not recall which thread/dev found this out, but here goes- of 0.8 damage PER SHOT. This is not a factor of heat over time as many of us (myself included) thought. I'm proposing that we (and as a matari, this scares me i'm thinking this) REBUFF the SCR's damage to 1.7 levels, but nerf Rof by 30% or so (10% DPS nerf along with 25% for skill application, maybe 10% for that?) and give the amarr scout a laser weapon RoF bonus(!) as this would benefit the Scr, ScrP, and LR. Alternatively, we could re-rollback(uhh) the 1.8 bonus to include RoF. Simply throwing a thought out. 'Sorry Dakka, they're just so... Beautiful.' -cries- Tits are my new god, as the Galscout has enlightened me.
Lynn Beck Wake N' Bake Inc Top Men. 872	Posted - 2014.03.21 08:01:00 - [2] - Quote Ghost Kaisar wrote: Lynn Beck wrote: I'm not going to source this, but i'm not making this up: When the new assault bonuses were being thought up, the first idea CCP had was Rof, this seemed bad for Amarr players, as their Semi auto Scrambler rifle wouldn't benefit(well, except for modded controller users) but i elieve this bonus would apply BRILLIANTLY to the laser, and here's why: The laser rifle(abbreviated LR from here out) heats up 'per second' not per shot, so much like the Scr, shooting more bullets at once will cause it to deal more damage, with the same heat. The LR also benefits from it's damage increase- i do not recall which thread/dev found this out, but here goes- of 0.8 damage PER SHOT. This is not a factor of heat over time as many of us (myself included) thought. I'm proposing that we (and as a matari, this scares me i'm thinking this) REBUFF the SCR's damage to 1.7 levels, but nerf Rof by 30% or so (10% DPS nerf along with 25% for skill application, maybe 10% for that?) and give the amarr scout a laser weapon RoF bonus(!) as this would benefit the Scr, ScrP, and LR. Alternatively, we could re-rollback(uhh) the 1.8 bonus to include RoF. Simply throwing a thought out. No. The point of nerfing something is to stop it from being too powerful. Giving the weapon a skill point work around only means that the weapon becomes OP again only in HIGH SP PLAYERS. This is bad. Very bad. Alright, so i'll redact that part, but would tou be opposed to the Amarr scout getting a 10% RoF buff, in addition to 5% bonus to stamina? I'm personally liking this idea, but i don't main an amarr character, so I was throwing this out. Also, i recall a comment on the -original- 1.8 assault bonuses(RoF to racial weaponry) stating that RoF would only harm the LR and make no sense on the Scr. 'Sorry Dakka, they're just so... Beautiful.' -cries- Tits are my new god, as the Galscout has enlightened me.
Lynn Beck Wake N' Bake Inc Top Men. 872	Posted - 2014.03.21 08:10:00 - [3] - Quote #IphoneIsBad I'm not sure you understand(then again it's 4AM and i'm about to boot up Monster Hunter...) but the heat metric is 'per second' and not 'per shot' Try a basic scrambler rifle, and fire it once a second. You might get to about 7-9 shots before OH. However, spamming the trigger as fast as possible(or modded controller) and you get near 19-30 or so with an UNBONUSED SCR. While i don't like the thought of making it nearly necessary to use modcontrollers to operate it efficiently, i do like the idea of using the 10% RoF bonus i proposed to buff the LR, as it is not detrimental to the weapon in any way(maybe in ammo consumption, but that's not that bad) 'Sorry Dakka, they're just so... Beautiful.' -cries- Tits are my new god, as the Galscout has enlightened me.
Lynn Beck Wake N' Bake Inc Top Men. 872	Posted - 2014.03.21 08:37:00 - [4] - Quote Auris Lionesse wrote: How do we fix caldari assault and gallente assault? All the assaults need new role bonuses two since 25% fitting to weapons means I still have more CPU and pg on a scout or logi after fitting than any assault suit. Hony i liked the Rof bonus being the original bonus for all assaults, as it just gave a universal dps buff. Combine that with the current bonuses of clipsize/hipfire/reload and such... I don't know. Imagine a Gallente assault with a Breach AR(25% hipfire/kick reduction) along with a 10% RoF bonus. I imagine you would have people whining 'breach AR too accurate!' Or 'Breach AR murdered me from 45meters!' 'Sorry Dakka, they're just so... Beautiful.' -cries- Tits are my new god, as the Galscout has enlightened me.