DUST Search - Heavies are getting nerfed

Severus Smith wrote:

I have been waiting a year for this patch. One year so that I could play a Caldari Heavy. I have endured heavies being crappy and lackluster for forever, until today. I logged in to try the patch and actually enjoyed this game. Heavies felt powerful but slow and I died many times for reasons that made sense (being in the open, being outnumbered, being outranged, reloading, etc) and I actually turned to my wife (who gave up on DUST months ago) and said "This finally feels right, I could actually play this game. Maybe".

And then I log into the forums to post that I had fun for once and that maybe, just maybe, DUST 514 might be getting better. And then I find this thread...

F*** you. Way to hype me up and then kill it. The only thing that sucks more than this news was finding out that Oculus VR was bought by f***ing Facebook.

So if this goes through I am done. I am sick and tired of finding niche roles that aren't the cookie cutter CoD run and gun and kill everything (Assault) class only to have them nerfed into the ground because they may require some thought or effort for said CoD run and gun and kill class players to deal with.

Please. Please don't do this.


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Apison Valusgeffen THIRD EARTH INCORPORATED Dark Taboo 17	Posted - 2014.03.27 02:22:00 - [1] - Quote Severus Smith wrote: I have been waiting a year for this patch. One year so that I could play a Caldari Heavy. I have endured heavies being crappy and lackluster for forever, until today. I logged in to try the patch and actually enjoyed this game. Heavies felt powerful but slow and I died many times for reasons that made sense (being in the open, being outnumbered, being outranged, reloading, etc) and I actually turned to my wife (who gave up on DUST months ago) and said "This finally feels right, I could actually play this game. Maybe". And then I log into the forums to post that I had fun for once and that maybe, just maybe, DUST 514 might be getting better. And then I find this thread... F* you. Way to hype me up and then kill it. The only thing that sucks more than this news was finding out that Oculus VR was bought by f*ing Facebook. So if this goes through I am done. I am sick and tired of finding niche roles that aren't the cookie cutter CoD run and gun and kill everything (Assault) class only to have them nerfed into the ground because they may require some thought or effort for said CoD run and gun and kill class players to deal with. Please. Please don't do this. A hearty AMEN to this!!! I had a similar experience. I am now a Gallente heavy and I was in a match last night guarding a point. A medium frame came at me and did some damage. I took him down and grabbed some cover while my repper did it's thing. Another came at me with the same result, and then a third, all the while slowly taking down more HP than my repper could recover. Finally 3 came at me at once. Two engaged me head on while the other flanked me from the left. I was barely able to take down the closest enemy in front of me while the other and the flanker took me down. I have to say, this was a very satisfying engagement. Even though I died... I WAS SUPPOSED TO DIE!! It "made sense"! They used tactics to overwhelm me rather than one lone medium frame outgunning my 2400 rpm HMG in cqc. I felt like I was actually doing what a heavy is supposed to do, namely absorb a lot of damage, deal a lot of damage, and yes, fall in the face of overwhelming opposition and smart tactics. In other matches I was also out ranged by CRs, RRs and ARs, done in while reloading, and yes, shotgunned to death in the back by cloaked scouts. While these were all frustrating deaths, they all, once again, "made sense". I really like the new heavy frames. And the heavy role feels more right than it has in a long time. Please CCP, don't nerf it into wrong-dom again.