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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2014.03.26 00:13:00 -
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1.8 has brought us many fun new toys to play with and some much needed balancing, but somehow a weapon has escaped balancing altogether. It's not the RR, no, the RR does a reasonable amount of damage now. It still excels at mid-to-long range engagements; which is working as intended.
You probably already know what I am going to say, don't you? Yes, the CR. This broken rifle appears to still be instantly melting anything in it's path, even shield tankers like myself, it's supposed weakness.
So CCP, let's try this again, please keep the CR from being an I Win button. It's okay for it to be powerful at PRO tiers, but it's annihilating anyone at STD level and that's just not cool.
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2014.03.26 01:22:00 -
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Operative 1171 Aajli wrote:The CR should melt things at CQ, but it does seem to be doing that at too far a range. Minmatar weapons are supposed to be deadly up close with a small optimal.
THAT is how I picture the CR working: up close it shreds, but it's damage decreases sharply the father away you are.
Meanwhile, the RR has a "blindspot" around it due to the spool up time, making it a poor choice for CQC.
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Posted - 2014.03.26 01:27:00 -
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pseudosnipre wrote:QQ makes my clone sad. Besides, the only QQ I hear from the popular kids is "the rail rifle is still killing me in its optimal range, nerf it harder!"
I found myself pumping round after round into mercs today with my rail rifle and them not exploding into bits... which was actually what I wanted to see. I should not have a weapon that insta-gibs people.
Every CR encounter I had was decidedly NOT so balanced.
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Posted - 2014.03.26 01:36:00 -
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Patrlck 56 wrote:Really? I was having a lot of trouble earlier killing a Proto Caldari Scout with my Combat Rifle... but it's still OP.
Scouts are slippery. I'm in an assault and I just lost my +10% shield extender efficacy bonus. I watched in horror as wave after wave of Gallente scouts with CR murdered dozens of people every match with impunity.
I am not usually one for claiming X weapon or X dropsuit is a crutch. I mean, sometimes someone is just plain better with that weapon or dropsuits... but in this case the weapon does seem to be doing a lot of the work. It's fast, it has a respectable range, scope, and burst fire.
Maybe it was just because it is Tuesday and all of the proto-stomping corps are on. I will try again on Sunday and see how I do.
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2014.03.26 01:44:00 -
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pseudosnipre wrote:I agree, but they're the cool kids...what can ya do?
I guess just die a lot to CR's and hope CCP is gathering data on them, notices the trend of deaths vs. CR and makes an adjustment? That's all I know to do.
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Posted - 2014.03.26 12:40:00 -
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Nosid Katona wrote:I thought that was supposed to be Blasters, low range high damage CQC masters with falloff that limits their range. If CR is supposed to be king close, with SCR king at mid or 1v1 engaments, and RR is king of long range, where does that leave the Blaster or AR?
Blasters and projectile weaponry fulfill similar roles as close-to-mid range weapons. However, remember that projectile is anti-armor, blaster is anti-shield...
...in the CR's case: anti-everything-that-has-lived-or-ever-will-live
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Posted - 2014.03.26 13:25:00 -
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steadyhand amarr wrote:Ccp balances by data so if the CR starts going over the top it will get hit hard, I'm more inclined to believe its bug and still has the old base damage buff applied
Surely CCP wouldn't miss something like that... would they?...
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Posted - 2014.03.26 13:34:00 -
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Jack McReady wrote:You are all late, this was certain when the devs posted the new weapon stats  basic math skills, you lack them.
I saw the numbers in the 1.7 devblog, and then again in the 1.8 devblog, but I tend to withhold judgement until I see the weapon in action. After seeing it in action I can say the number cruncher's suspicions have been confirmed.
Jack McReady wrote:Beside that, there are a lot more important issues in 1.8 than "I DIE TO CR CAUSE I SUCK PLS NERF",
Why is it that when someone makes an argument against something the first thing people assume it that the person issuing the complaint is bad at Dust? The CR is outperforming other weapons in the same category, hell, even you admitted the CR's numbers were suspect in your own post. Yet you feel the need to put someone down for complaining about a broken weapon...
Oh, and people in my squads are also complaining about the CR, I just happen to be the only one who visits the forums on a regular basis. One of my out-of-game friends uses the CR and even he admits that it is a beastly weapon, but he's a "ride the gravy train while you can" kind of guy.
Jack McReady wrote:you can expect that the CR will stay like that for at least a month.
You are probably right. CCP doesn't hotfix things very quickly. Until they do I'll keep putting up with it. I mean, I've been managing since 1.7 went live so I can make it a bit longer... it just sucks now because almost every other weapon in the same class has been nerfed.
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Posted - 2014.03.26 17:38:00 -
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Emperor1349 wrote:You miss one burst with the CR and your numbers mean nothing. Unlike a full auto where you have the opportunity to correct your aim and only waste a few rounds of the clip.
If you just squeeze the trigger and pray in 1.8 the RR walks up like a sonofabitch. You should perform short bursts if you ever hope to hit anything.
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Posted - 2014.03.26 23:03:00 -
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Nosid Katona wrote:This still doesn't answer my other question, if CR is CQC, Scrambler mid/1v1, and rail is long range, where does this leave the AR? Where does it excel that others do not?
The AR is underperforming right now.
Let's compare the Duvolle Assault Rifle to the Boundless Combat Rifle...
The CR has: more DPS, better optimal range, better accuracy rating, faster reload speed, and requires less PG/CPU.
The AR has: a larger clip by 4 rounds.
So I feel for AR users. I'm not completely sure the AR needed as hard of a damage nerf as it got. I feel the combat rifle needs it's optimal reduced by 20% and it's fitting requirements brought closer to the AR's as well. That's where I would start, but I don't have the data CCP has at their fingertips.
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