Rail Rifle is rail tech, like the forge gun. It's not a blaster, although the types are similar (but not quite the same). The Rail Rifles gets its bonus from the Caldari stuff.

Which works great with the combat in EVE. Which I do enjoy. But doesn't really work here, so it IS different here.

But if the CalAssault had a range bonus for hybrid weapons, they'd be able to kill the GalAssault with their longer-range RR before it closed in enough to hit.

...which is exactly why the same dynamic can't be transferred over from EVE.

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Back to the main topic though, Plasma Cannon, Shotgun, Assault Rifle and Ion Pistol are all treated as Blaster weapons.

Balancing with range and damage bonuses works great in a game where your aim is controlled by AI. It doesn't work so well when players are aiming manually (even with aim assist).

That type of balance works in EVE because of how the gameplay works in EVE. Id doesn't work in DUST for the same reason.

Open beta.

Level 5 Sharpshooter was god tier compared with using Prototype weapons with Prototype s
kills to give massive damage buffs.

We had longer TTK than we do now, the gap in damage between Standard and Proto was larger, the skills which gave passive damage buffs gave larger buffs than we get now, and applied to both shields and armour instead of just one or the other. In spite of that, having the extra range from Sharpshooter skill was easily enough to tip the balance in favour of a Standard AR fighting against a Prototype model without the Sharpshooter skill.

If they give Caldari a range buff for Blaster weapons and Gallente a damage buff, Caldari will have LONG RANGE SHOTGUNS, and will be killing with RR from outside the range anyone else can even hit targets with the same weapon.

IT.
DOESN'T.
WORK.
IN.
A.
SHOOTER.

What's a lie?

That giving one suit a range bonus would end up with that suit having longer range than suits without the range bonus?

Or that when they had a bonus which gave your weapons longer range, it gave a larger advantage than stacking multiple skills which give more damage?

I used the Sharpshooter skill as exactly what you asked for - EVIDENCE THAT IT DOESN'T WORK IN A SHOOTER. The skill was removed from the game BECAUSE IT DIDN'T WORK IN A SHOOTER. Bringing it back as a suit bonus WOULD NOT WORK EITHER.

So we're up to lies from you, ignorance of facts from you, and denial of valid evidence because it's a skill that got removed when the fact that the skill was removed is proof of the exact point I was bringing it up to prove.



Also... just looking a bit closer at this part:


lolno.

I'm a Shotgun Scout on my most active character (WITHOUT a Cloak, and have been since closed beta) and this is a horrifically and terribly bad idea. If you suck that badly with Shotguns, that's fine. Use a gun which is MEANT to have range.