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DUST Fiend
Onslaught Inc
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2014.05.21 11:34:00 -
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CCP Logibro wrote:This is just me spit balling an idea in my head, but what would you think of a slightly lower damage than base (I think we need to look at base swarm damage anyway, so it might be higher than current numbers) swarms that are faster and have more range (maybe different physical impulse, not sure on that one)? Basically a swarm type that's more geared to taking out LAVs and Dropships rather than tanks, or at the very least being more effective at creating a danger zone for them.
Swarms have needed a speed buff for forever, and im still pretty sure their damage isnt fully applying to dropships. Anything lower than maxed out, damage modded swarms barely even begin to tickle my incubus :/ granted if you made them faster and shoot farther that may be ok, since much more of the field becomes a danger, but as is, swarms are certainly a joke
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DUST Fiend
Onslaught Inc
RISE of LEGION
14372
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Posted - 2014.05.21 12:05:00 -
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CCP Logibro wrote:DUST Fiend wrote:CCP Logibro wrote:This is just me spit balling an idea in my head, but what would you think of a slightly lower damage than base (I think we need to look at base swarm damage anyway, so it might be higher than current numbers) swarms that are faster and have more range (maybe different physical impulse, not sure on that one)? Basically a swarm type that's more geared to taking out LAVs and Dropships rather than tanks, or at the very least being more effective at creating a danger zone for them. Swarms have needed a speed buff for forever, and im still pretty sure their damage isnt fully applying to dropships. Anything lower than maxed out, damage modded swarms barely even begin to tickle my incubus :/ granted if you made them faster and shoot farther that may be ok, since much more of the field becomes a danger, but as is, swarms are certainly a joke Like I said, I think we need to look at the base damage numbers anyway, and these new variants would be based off the new base damage numbers, not current damage numbers. So think a lower damage version of a balanced swarm launcher with faster and longer range missiles. Maybe a bigger explosion radius and more splash damage would help with hitting dropships?
I honestly dont know how splash would effect things, the problem to me has always been that as soon as you get moving, you only get hit by the missiles one at a time. That often makes it so swarms cant even halt the passive regen on a python. Just making them move faster and making sure they all connect almost at once would probably go a long way in making them more threatening.
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DUST Fiend
Onslaught Inc
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2014.05.21 19:46:00 -
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Judge Rhadamanthus wrote:CCP Logibro wrote:This is just me spit balling an idea in my head, but what would you think of a slightly lower damage than base (I think we need to look at base swarm damage anyway, so it might be higher than current numbers) swarms that are faster and have more range (maybe different physical impulse, not sure on that one)? Basically a swarm type that's more geared to taking out LAVs and Dropships rather than tanks, or at the very least being more effective at creating a danger zone for them. Whatever you do.. don't do any of this. I'll show you why. Give me a day
I domt know, I stil never agreed with your proposed railgun nerf, as rangenwas never the problem, total damagenwas the problem. At least legion is apparently bringing falloff damage for rails, thank god.
But, ill reserve judgement till imsee the video
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