Cotsy8
The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar
DARKSTAR ARMY
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Posted - 2014.03.30 18:17:00 -
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Aisha Ctarl wrote:Imagine yourself as a completely new player. 500K ISK and SP to your name. Since you're new you've searched the web and have come across this chart. You figure you want to go in the scout direction. Mind you, you the reader are viewing this chart as a completely new player. Your options are.... Stay hidden - Pretty good thing for any player Find enemies - Can't kill what you can't find/see Run longer - You're like the energizer bunny, you keep going and going and going...... Hack objectives - The soul purpose of this game Now honestly tell me, out of those four options, who in their right mind would choose "run longer?" Seriously, detach yourself from all of your ISK and SP, close your eyes and think of those four options and seriously tell me, who would honestly choose to run longer. For the love of God CCP, please put a little more thought into the Amarr Scout, and please please PLEASE give it a proper EWAR bonus to put it on par with the other scout suits. I am not saying that the Amarr Scout sucks or is a UP suit in general, I am saying that it sucks and is UP when in comparison to the other scout suits, yes, there is a difference. Now I understand that the Amarr Assault gets a higher stamina value due to the suit being grafted into the nervous system and drawing energy from the host clone yadda yadda yadda, but it is very disturbing that a game development company would think so linearly to simply carry that "bonus" over from one suit role to a completely different suit role. In all seriousness it feels as if you all sat around and were like "Oh, Amarr Assault has a lot of stamina, lets just carry that over to the Scout, btw, we'll make it equivalent to a standard module instead of complex like the other scout bonuses MUAHAHAHA!" Please CCP, I'm begging you, for the name of the Empire, open your eyes and realize what you are doing and what you have done.
You're not wrong when you argue that Amarr scout bonus should be equal to a complex cardiac. You're not wrong when asking for something as trivia as an added 5% counter-hacking or 5% less falling damage or 5% to climbing speed. ( i offer ideas at bottom) Something small, something useful for their sabotage role. There's nothing wrong with playing the game with CCP if you want a better suit but from what I've seen you (and others) ask for, its far too much. You're not being reasonable in what you are asking for and in particular you're not being honest in comparing the scout classes.
What you can't be arguing is the fact that the Amarr scout is worst than the Min Scout (its fair to say the Gal is better, you might even argue the Cal is superior to both due to its unique and powerful role).
What you can't say is the Amarr is the worst suit because you look like a cry baby and someone who doesn't know anything about the classes he is attempting to compare his race to.
The Min suit bonus, which you say is the most important role in the game is a false statement. Hacking is important, but not as important as you make it out to be. It again is a niche role, but it's not as good as the Gal or Cal but still provides an important and niche role to the suit, which Amarr might not have in spades.
Next, there is NK bonus which you failed to mention, that restricts the class but it even restricts one's choice in their primary weapon.
The Min suit slot layout is worst than Amarr (4 low slots are ideal). When comparing the suits at advance tier, the Min Scout is the worst scout, given that not only does it lack the PG but its only released weapon (a Non-Min weapon) lacks a PG reduction skill which only further hinders it. At prototype, the Min suit is more viable but again, due to its slot layout it is still not as good as the Amarr Scout. If you wanted to rank them it would be Gal or Cal followed by Amarr then Min. Sure the Amarr doesn't have a niche (yet) but it doesn't mean its a weak suit. Sure the Amarr racial bonus is bullshit because its not prototype but again, that should be the argument not how Amarr suits are the worst.
Previously, you've made mistakes in attempting to compare your race's build to that of the Gal and its niche. What happened was a comparison of each class trying to be a Gal stealth and you looked dumb. No one can play a Gal role better than a Gal, but second to them would be Amarr (due to slot layout restrictions in Min and Cal). Now arguing that your Amarr suit is not superior to the Min scout suit because hacking is the most important thing in the game is also wrong.
Being able to equip what others can equip (weapon, cloak, modules) is very important, and the Min Adv scout cannot compete on the level of Amarr, Gal, or Cal when either playing their niche or having similar builds. Again, this is a result of its lower PG, lack of PG reduction skill to its racial bonus weapon (which will change), and due to the high PG costs of kin cat, shield extenders, and a std cloak. If you try to equip any strong weapons outside of the CR, it further hinders the build, making the CR the ideal weapon and again forcing another equipment/weapon on the suit. I didn't even have to discuss the higher skill required for NK in positioning or being able to get on top of their foes due to the melee range of their bonus. Point is, stop comparing Amarr suits based on other suits niches, or their overall strength.
Making a strong argument for a complex card is the right way to go, then asking for a trivial boost in a category which fits their role, such as counter-hacking or ability to see equipment at longer ranges. Maybe even getting a WP boost to the saboteur role: counter hacking, hacking vehicles or objectives controlled by the other team, and by destroying equipment, or vehicles. These things seem more reasonable than some of the crazy UP ideas you Amarr have come up with on your threads. |