Ummm the CR is a truly dominant weapon and vastly out powers the other light weapons at almost every range, thus it's 2% damage reduction. The AR on the other hand has sucked since the RR and CR came out, so much so that it needed some serious love. The 3% boost to damage that it got was a bit meager but might make it somewhat useful again.

All this info was in the Google doc if you bothered to look.

Did the ion pistol range get fixed because I still dont do damage past 38 m

awww:c
Small Blaster Turrets Still being the same.
HARD TO AIM WHILE I PILOT AN INCUBUS:C

Sloth effect gone after it's year+ long reign of kinesthetic-neutering horror? Quality of gameplay just improved by 15%, maybe more.

Are there any other focused changes that could have a similar effect on quality of gameplay?

I'd say yes, first would be to ELO matchmaking based strictly on operator performance relative to peers - assuming that matchmaking is server-side.

Next to that would be removing the passive in-match sp charity and replacing it with moderately improved kill/assist bonuses and significantly improved support bonuses. Not sure if that's hotfixable, tbh. But the increased feeling of personal responsibility and mercs earning what they take would significantly deepen the quality of immersion and investment experienced by DUST players.

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Tho the platform is limited and the implementation of FPS mechanics are far from ideal, a string of good decisions instituted in DUST could give Legion a run for it's money. Done right, in the future we would see peeps having serious conversations about which game had the better gameplay.

Sloth effect gone after it's year+ long reign of kinesthetic-neutering horror? Quality of gameplay just improved by 15%, maybe more.

Are there any other focused changes that could have a similar effect on quality of gameplay?

I'd say yes, first would be to ELO matchmaking based strictly on operator performance relative to peers - assuming that matchmaking is server-side.

Next to that would be removing the passive in-match sp charity and replacing it with moderately improved kill/assist bonuses and significantly improved support bonuses. Not sure if that's hotfixable, tbh. But the increased feeling of personal responsibility and mercs earning what they take would significantly deepen the quality of immersion and investment experienced by DUST players.

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Tho the platform is limited and the implementation of FPS mechanics are far from ideal, a string of good decisions instituted in DUST could give Legion a run for it's money. Done right, in the future we would see peeps having serious conversations about which game had the better gameplay.

Are both of these stated correctly?

Gal scouts get both radius and scan precision of 1%? Not 1% range and 3% profile?
Cal scouts get 3% radius and precision to 3%. Not 3% range and 5% profile?

[quote=castba]Armour rep modules and reactive plates are unchanged?

You have never played an ELO balanced fps, right? Mechwarrior Onlime matchmaker was ELO based (before the devs broke it), the battles were even more onsided than Dust protostomping.

Tbh ELO is not my preference, but it is a term everybody understands. Imo the primary matchmaking variable should be player end-of-match ranking relative to peers.

Copy and Paste format for Corp mails:

Hotfix Alpha:

Armor Plate:
Militia, 6 PG (2 in 1.8), 18 CPU (15 in 1.8), 3% Speed Penalty (2% in 1.8)
Standard, 3 PG (1 in 1.8), 9 CPU (10 in 1.8), 3% Speed Penalty (2% in 1.8)
Advanced, 6 PG (6 in 1.8), 18 CPU (20 in 1.8), 4% Speed Penalty (3% in 1.8)
Prototype, 12 PG (12 in 1.8), 37 CPU (30 in 1.8), 5% Speed Penalty (5% in 1.8)

Ferroscale Plate:
Standard, 1 PG (2 in 1.8), 4 CPU (15 in 1.8)
Advanced, 3 PG (7 in 1.8), 10 CPU (27 in 1.8)
Prototype, 8 PG (14 in 1.8), 23 CPU (39 in 1.8)

Reactive Plate:
Standard, 1 PG (4 in 1.8), 4 CPU (10 in 1.8)
Advanced, 3 PG (9 in 1.8), 10 CPU (24 in 1.8)
Prototype, 8 PG (16 in 1.8), 25 CPU (36 in 1.8)

Armor Repairer:
Militia, 2.5 Repair Rate (2 in 1.8)
Standard, 2.5 Repair Rate (2 in 1.8)
Advanced, 5 Repair Rate (3 in 1.8)
Prototype, 7.5 Repair Rate (5 in 1.8)

Cloak Field:
Standard, 15s Duration (30 in 1.8), 10s Recharge (20 in 1.8), 0% Dampening (25% in 1.8)
Advanced, 30s Duration (60 in 1.8), 15s Recharge (30 in 1.8), 5% Dampening (25% in 1.8)
Prototype, 40s Duration (80 in 1.8), 20s Recharge (40 in 1.8), 10% Dampening (25% in 1.8)

Decloak Animation Length: 0.3s (0.5s in 1.8)

Scout Suits:
Caldari Scout, 3% Scan Range per level (5% in 1.8)
Gallente Scout, 1% Scan Range per level (5% in 1.8)
Gallente Scout, 3% Dampening per level (5% in 1.8)
Rifles:
All Minmatar Combat Rifles, Flat 2% damage reduction of all types
All Gallente Assault Rifles, Flat 3% damage increase of all types

Plasma Cannon:
Standard, 1155 Damage against Vehicles (1050 in 1.8) [10% increase]
Advanced, 1329 Damage against Vehicles (1103 in 1.8) [20% increase]
Prototype, 1502 Damage against Vehicles (1155 in 1.8) [30% increase]

AV Grenades:
Militia, 834 Damage (725 in 1.8), 32 Nanite Cost (24 in 1.8)
Standard, 834 Damage (725 in 1.8), 32 Nanite Cost (24 in 1.8)
Advanced, 1,043 Damage (870 in 1.8), 32 Nanite Cost (24 in 1.8)
Prototype, 1,251 Damage (1,015 in 1.8), 32 Nanite Cost (24 in 1.8), 45 CPU (54 in 1.8)
Sleek Standard, 626 Damage (544 in 1.8), 32 Nanite Cost (24 in 1.8)
Sleek Advanced, 782 Damage (653 in 1.8), 32 Nanite Cost (24 in 1.8)
Sleek Prototype, 938 Damage (761 in 1.8), 32 Nanite Cost (24 in 1.8)
Packed Standard, 1043 Damage (906 in 1.8), 32 Nanite Cost (24 in 1.8)
Packed Advanced, 1303 Damage (1087 in 1.8), 32 Nanite Cost (24 in 1.8)
Packed Prototype, 1564 Damage (1218 in 1.8), 32 Nanite Cost (24 in 1.8)
Hacked Advanced, 1001 Damage (870 in 1.8), 32 Nanite Cost (24 in 1.8)

Locus Grenades:
Militia, 300 Damage (400 in 1.8)
Standard, 300 Damage (400 in 1.8)
Advanced, 400 Damage (500 in 1.8)

Contact Grenades:
Standard, 300 Damage (400 in 1.8)
Prototype, 300 Damage (400 in 1.8)

Small Rail Turret:
Standard, 334 Damage (290 in 1.8) [15% increase]
Advanced, 401 Damage (348 in 1.8) [15% increase]
Prototype, 434 Damage (377 in 1.8) [15% increase]

Hi, I haven't included my opinion in any of these discussions yet because i'm sure i'm just a drop in the ocean but, since the cloak has been introduced i've been dissappointed. why hasn't there been an active scanner produced which can detect a cloaked enemy? if i were developing cloak tech. i'd be sure to develop protection from it aswell. am i alone in this?

Or, if you're a Gallente scout, don't restart the game, instead go on an epic 15 hour session to cap before your beautiful suit is defiled

We are also providing more infantry anti-vehicle options by massively boosting the Plasma Cannon damage, as well as AV grenade damage. The Plasma Cannon takes skill to use, so it should be rewarding to those to specialize in it. We also reduced Locus grenade damage a little bit to make other types of grenades, such as the Flux and AV, more interesting to players]

Gawd, what an effing joke.

That Minmatar vehicle in the Dev blog picture... why do you tease us so. D: