Until CCP and people make that distinction this game will always be considered laughable on the world gaming stage when it comes to legitimate competition.

Thats correct.

Choice only matters until CCP pulls the rug and then tells you HTFU and this is New Eden yada yada

#ChoiceIsAnIllusion #KeepGrinding #BuyAurum

This game will ALWAYS be laughable on the professional level until they add in a mode that gives all players equal amounts of SP and ISK to pull from.

Otherwise, it will always be a niche game that never receives any meaningful recognition from the pro circuit.

Oh the SCR does the same as well - aim slightly left or right of your target and charge a shot and fire.

The main reason you see less Scramblers are due to the rise of the Rail and Combat but that doesnt mean that the spamming of 70-80 dmg shots was balanced.

All of the rifles needed balancing in different ways but CCP hasnt figured out how to find the nuggets on their forum or cant program those nuggets.

ON TTK - Once again they attacked it on many fronts while making some weird sidesteps - no HMG, No Vehicle, no armor speed penalty change.

I guess its round 1.

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With the slow time to kill anybody in a scout suit and a keyboard will be able to matrix across the field this was a problem in beta.

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The damage mod nerf, like any other nerf, has made them useless to all but maybe snipers.

The damage mod Nerf was absolutely necessary as the mod itself was entirely too powerful, more powerful than the proficiency skill which is just silly. The current numbers means that if you want the extra damage then you will lose tank making it viable to have two roles, taking for survivability and damage for alpha strikes and maneuverability/flanking. It will also mean you can't just run in and kill 5 people on your own like it is now. That's just absurd.

Yes you won't be able to take multiple guys anymore (good thing) but in order to take you down quickly would require two guys, sort of speak. The TTK is fine but certain factors within the game that were not looked at, these over extend the TTK past what CCP might have intended. This being HP modules, dual tanking, clip size damage etc.

I will still use dmg mods on my Amarr sentinel, dual tanking is a sin and should not be tolerated.

I think your point about 5-to-1 craziness is well taken, but I think the damage mod bonus/proficiency issue it more complicated. I am happy to get into to detail here if anyone is interested, but my point boils down to: In EVE, Tech II weapon upgrades (eg, gyrostabilizers, ballistic control systems, etc.) not only grant a very large bonus to damage and ROF or tracking speed, or etc., depending on the specific module, there are also basic- and advanced-level skills that grant HUGE bonuses (basic-leve skills generally granting 5%/level, advanced usually granting 2%-3%/level), and each only applies to a specific type of weapon. This leads me to believe that the best solution would be weapon upgrades for specific weapons, that grant weapon-relevant bonuses and not necessary increases to raw damage output. For example, plasma-based weapons (SG, AR) might get bonuses to ROF and spread (maybe the weapon upgrade is an improved cyclotron, allowing for faster output in a more focused area) or scrambler weapons would get bonuses to cooldown and ROF (ROF = less heat buildup per shot), rails could get ROF and damage bonuses (eg, improved capacitor holds more charge and charges faster), or projectiles could get damage and spread bonuses (improved ammo and better barrel rifling).

Anyway, just my two cents.