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Riptalis
Horizons' Edge Proficiency V.
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Posted - 2014.06.21 17:24:00 -
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skippy678 wrote:Pvt Numnutz wrote:I have had an idea on a compromise for a while now. I'm sure that most mercs feel that it is the missile turret that makes the ads op, at least for infantry players. Av are saying the whole ship is op but if the missile turrets power per shot were decreased would you all still feel the assault dropship is op?
The compromise being, Reduce small missile turret damage per missile Increase small missile turret clip size
This keeps the same damage potential per clip, but requires gunner accuracy to deliver. This will also require dropships to remain in the engagement area for longer to apply the full damage, giving av more chance to interfere in the dropships run and give them more of a chance vs dropships.
Haven't thought up exact numbers yet but thought I'd bring this up for discussion. I am going to be talking to my gunners about this to get their input as to what they would feel fair. Personally I think it shouldn't be too low on the damage, enough to still be able to get in and out relatively quickly but long enough to make a difference. I don't want to have to go into hover mode to kill a single merc, nor do I think it should take over 4 missiles to kill an assault suit. Thought maybe it should take more than two.
Discuss. Not sure that I would say they are op. They are OP against weak enemies, and not so much against vetrans. I could show you tons of videos where i dont get shot down the whole match, but come in 13th with a 6 and 0. But then i could tell you about matches where i lose 4 ships and spend over two million ISK getting almost 1 shotted by forge guns (with level 5 shields) I dont think the ADS needs any changes except price, but perhaps the price is why it dosent need any changes. But I can see What your sayin! Agreed. ADS is fine where it is, except price in my opinion. If I'm going against a decent, organized team then it will be a challenge but If I'm going against random people that use MLT and STD forges and Swarms then that's probably a reason why people must complain.
Logistics ak.0
ADS Pilot
PSN: Riptalis
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Mortedeamor
Imperfects Negative-Feedback
1595
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Posted - 2014.06.21 17:36:00 -
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no no they are not when i can chase you around the field making you completely useless with cbr7s and a lav...and 2-3 shot you with wykas..no they are not op they have a perfectly cruel counter again ...personally after my drunkin av stomping spree last night where i went around stomping vehicles with my lav and adv swarm fit and adv forge fit..i think vehicles may be slightly up..or just where they need to be...i dunno...i feel like av just became to easy..all my adv fits are soloing tanks of anylvl.............
welcome back to uprising 1.0..im practically insta jibbing **** again .
and as the wheel turns ccp makes the same mistakes and we return to where we started only to realize that we are where we have always been hell |
MINA Longstrike
904
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Posted - 2014.06.21 17:50:00 -
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Arkena Wyrnspire wrote:Judge Rhadamanthus wrote:Adipem Nothi wrote:Are high-end birds still immune obscenely resistant to Proto Swarms? I haven't run into any yet since the fix yesterday.
An ADS isn't OP if we can shoot it down with Swarms. He'll no! 4 shots can do the trick for many builds. Python that is. 4 shots? So getting off the entire clip, reloading, and firing again?
Takes 7 seconds with a commando. Min commandos even get 2 free complex damage mods without stacking penalty. After the first shot if we're aware and don't move we're dead, if we're unaware we need to hope we can move fast enough to gtfo. Shooting swarms isn't 'fire one volley, destroy 600k isk dropship and giggle at stupid people who invested into vehicles'.
It takes even less time if an ally is helping.
Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu. Kirjuun Heiian.
I have a few alts.
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Ryme Intrinseca
The Rainbow Effect
1377
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Posted - 2014.06.21 18:26:00 -
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Mortedeamor wrote:no no they are not when i can chase you around the field making you completely useless with cbr7s and a lav...and 2-3 shot you with wykas..no they are not op they have a perfectly cruel counter again ...personally after my drunkin av stomping spree last night where i went around stomping vehicles with my lav and adv swarm fit and adv forge fit..i think vehicles may be slightly up..or just where they need to be...i dunno...i feel like av just became to easy..all my adv fits are soloing tanks of anylvl.............
welcome back to uprising 1.0..im practically insta jibbing **** again . Tanker spai detected :P |
Temias Mercurial
Knights Of Ender Proficiency V.
95
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Posted - 2014.06.22 17:39:00 -
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calisk galern wrote:LUGMOS wrote:Blaster should be better Anti infantry, so yes.
My understanding is rails are AV, blasters are AI, and missles are supposed to be ok at both, but not the best. I think small rails should have more direct damage than missles, and blasters could have a tighter spread to make them more effective vs infantry. rails are the best ranged anti-infantry now, they are HORRIBLE av now, missiles are the best for AV now, though good blaster pilots can probably beat them. and blasters are good at killing infantry close up
Small rails are horrible AV now? I can cut clean through vehicles, especially dropships, which makes my Icubus quite effective with the bonus to fire rate, but you can do just fine as a gunner in any other dropships against vehicles. The dps on them is... terrifying. |
Onesimus Tarsus
NoGameNoLife
2153
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Posted - 2014.06.22 17:42:00 -
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Kdr/wpdr matchmaking renders imbalance impossible...
It really do.
K/D(r) WP/D(r) matchmaking fixes the whole game. Period.
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Texs Red
DUST University Ivy League
335
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Posted - 2014.06.22 20:02:00 -
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Swarms are a dangerous thing to make effect vs dropships, mostly because they are fire and forget vs the intense skill and cost involved with dropships.
My opinion: Drop ADS costs so they are more expensive than LAVs but cheaper than tanks. |
TechMechMeds
Inner.Hell
3670
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Posted - 2014.06.22 20:41:00 -
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calisk galern wrote:LUGMOS wrote:Blaster should be better Anti infantry, so yes.
My understanding is rails are AV, blasters are AI, and missles are supposed to be ok at both, but not the best. I think small rails should have more direct damage than missles, and blasters could have a tighter spread to make them more effective vs infantry. rails are the best ranged anti-infantry now, they are HORRIBLE av now, missiles are the best for AV now, though good blaster pilots can probably beat them. and blasters are good at killing infantry close up
Now now, we'll have less of that now.
I will spam your face with aurum proto.
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True Adamance
Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
10998
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Posted - 2014.06.22 20:50:00 -
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DROPSHIP PILOTS
Goddamn Dangerous.............
.....rarely OP.
Unless skill stacking, that is ridiculously over powered.
" Those men died loving duty more than they feared death..... they died well."
-Templar Ouryon after Iesa III
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Pvt Numnutz
Watchdoge Explosives
1528
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Posted - 2014.06.22 21:01:00 -
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True Adamance wrote:DROPSHIP PILOTS
Goddamn Dangerous.............
.....rarely OP.
Unless skill stacking, that is ridiculously over powered.
I'm happy to see a lot of players actually don't think they are op.
I do agree that assault dropship and racial assault dropship skill stacking is op. 100% fire rate But the skill stacking of the turret skills I feel is fair. It creates the gunner role and gives them some bonuses like, turret rotation speed, ammo, and reload. None of which when stacked make it horribly overpowered but do give the gunner an edge and a reward for skilling into the gunnery tree. Those should stay, the assault dropship skills shouldn't stack. |
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skippy678
the.R3D.kings
2481
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Posted - 2014.07.04 22:34:00 -
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Dropship topics dont seem to last too long around here for some reason.....
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Monkey MAC
Rough Riders..
3013
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Posted - 2014.07.04 23:44:00 -
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As a pilot, a single swarm user will more often than not completly suppress an entire 300m Area. If I don't spot him BEFORE he begins firing at me I have to bug out before he fires the third shot, otherwise I'm easy pickings for a passing forge/rail round.
If I can't find him, I can't stay in that area, I'm completly neutralised, yet at the same time I don't feel bad because I get to keep my expensive ****.
As a AVer I can get low flying, or slow dropships with ease, and provided I don't just run in a straight line, a lot of pilots struggle to hit me. But the fast ones can sometimes zoom past me and kill 1 guy before I force him to leave or crash.
If I can get them as they start to pitch up and slow down, they have to be real good to escape.
In conclusion from my perspective of both roles, the ADS is almost perfectly balanced, any further changes to the AV-Vehicle balance need to be carefully considered so as not to make them UP.
I can be soloed, by an AVer with skill, or sometimes just persistence. But at the same time if I out skill my opponent then I can survive and in occasional circumstances fight back.
Helpful tips Swarmers 1) Remain mobile A single mag means I have to retreat, but if I know where you are I can kill you long before you even have time to react. Moving around means I have to spend time inside you lock zone searching for you, time that can ill afford.
2) Bring Hives Swarms have low amounts of reserve ammunition, if you are using swarms SPECIFICALLY to counter a dropship chances are you won't get them on the first volley. It is preferable to bring lots of hives hives with lower reserves than fewer hives with a larger nanite pool, putting down these hives acts like a homing beacon.
3)Catch us when we are busy the best time to catch us is when we are readjisting for the next volley of shots, we will more often than not, be pitched upwards in attempt to slow down, this is the best time to hit us, we have little time to react and are often in compromising position.
Forgers 1) Find a good spot, Somewhere like a hill the more open terrain surrounding you position (preferably with a small amount of cover just for you) the better. You want to be able to see me coming from a god damn long way off.
2) Get a supply drop, An ADS pilot will more often than not attempt to turn a forge engagement into a marathon of combat. If he can out last your supply he can then just kill you at his leisure, since heavies can't carry hives. Always make sure you reload as soon as he retreats, if he can see your reloading your as good as dead.
My suit's a bit rusty, but that could just as easily be me!
Monkey Mac - Swinging from the Rooftops Forum Warrior Lvl2
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TEBOW BAGGINS
Defenders of the Helghast Dream Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
1099
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Posted - 2014.07.05 00:08:00 -
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between the buffed SL and PLC infantry has no room to complain and no nerf is warranted. sorry we 2 shot your scout suits everyone else seems to have a major problem with. also you nerfed our hardeners and reps and so now you want to nerf our damage? that same damage you want nerfed is applied to destroying the tanks you all cry about every day.
AKA Zirzo Valcyn
AFKing since 2012
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Pvt Numnutz
Zumari Force Projection Caldari State
1616
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Posted - 2014.07.05 00:57:00 -
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TEBOW BAGGINS wrote:between the buffed SL and PLC infantry has no room to complain and no nerf is warranted. sorry we 2 shot your scout suits everyone else seems to have a major problem with. also you nerfed our hardeners and reps and so now you want to nerf our damage? that same damage you want nerfed is applied to destroying the tanks you all cry about every day. I'm a dropship pilot. As I said in the op, this would only slightly increase the time a dropship is required to engage. The damage potential per clip would be the same as it is now. Depending on how many missiles we increase it by we could also increase RoF slightly to make sure dropships don't have to loiter to kill anything. But I'm just talking about an increase of like 4 missiles, slightly reducing damage across all missiles to keep the same damage potential per clip. So instead of 2 shotting its 3 shotting. |
Fire of Prometheus
Alpha Response Command
5211
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Posted - 2014.07.05 02:54:00 -
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That's not actually a bad idea, it could work, but I'd rather test it before making it permanent
PSN: jcptmo8055
Long live commandos
CCP, at least fix my ck.0 commandos colour scheme...he looks like the Michelin man
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jaksol exendent
Red and Silver Hand Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2014.07.05 05:42:00 -
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LUGMOS wrote:Blaster should be better Anti infantry, so yes.
My understanding is rails are AV, blasters are AI, and missles are supposed to be ok at both, but not the best. I think small rails should have more direct damage than missles, and blasters could have a tighter spread to make them more effective vs infantry.
blaster can be used as a anti tank weapon also just need to be fast against a rail tank and sneaky against missiles |
DUST Fiend
Onslaught Inc RISE of LEGION
14535
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Posted - 2014.07.05 07:24:00 -
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CCP Logibro wrote:Adipem Nothi wrote:Are high-end birds still immune obscenely resistant to Proto Swarms? I haven't run into any yet since the fix yesterday.
An ADS isn't OP if we can shoot it down with Swarms. We fixed that. The Proficiency skill should now also be working for Forge Guns and Swarm Launchers against vehicles, so that should also give swarms a boost. All you did was make flying an Incubus a chore since any idiot who can look up at the sky for three seconds can deal tremendous damage without a single further thought.
Dust will be uninstalled very soon, you all can have this roller coaster.
I'll be in Star Citizen if anyone needs me.
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aaaasdff ertgfdd
Brutor Vanguard Minmatar Republic
25
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Posted - 2014.07.05 08:30:00 -
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Judge Rhadamanthus wrote:Adipem Nothi wrote:Are high-end birds still immune obscenely resistant to Proto Swarms? I haven't run into any yet since the fix yesterday.
An ADS isn't OP if we can shoot it down with Swarms. He'll no! 4 shots can do the trick for many builds. Python that is. The question of if the dropship is op when equipped with missiles shouldn't be dependent on what av can do to the dropship. That is its defensive capabilities, we are talking about the offensive capabilities. Should a scout die from one missle shot? Should the rate of fire be multiplied when more than one gunner is in the dropship? These are the 2 problems I see with the ads vs infantry currently. Rate of fire, damage per missle, and possibly the blast radius. Now I am not saying that one or any of these things need to be changed, but I do think that is where the discussion needs to lie. Not in AV effectiveness. That doesnt matter when you are chasing the merc with a rifle. |
aaaasdff ertgfdd
Brutor Vanguard Minmatar Republic
25
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Posted - 2014.07.05 08:35:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote:CCP Logibro wrote:Adipem Nothi wrote:Are high-end birds still immune obscenely resistant to Proto Swarms? I haven't run into any yet since the fix yesterday.
An ADS isn't OP if we can shoot it down with Swarms. We fixed that. The Proficiency skill should now also be working for Forge Guns and Swarm Launchers against vehicles, so that should also give swarms a boost. All you did was make flying an Incubus a chore since any idiot who can look up at the sky for three seconds can deal tremendous damage without a single further thought. Dust will be uninstalled very soon, you all can have this roller coaster. I'll be in Star Citizen if anyone needs me. Oh, and the OPs proposed change only serves to further push Incubus into the ground while Pythons get to fly around having the best of everything because basically nothing does extra damage to them, they have a lower physical profile, their base speed is as fast as an unplated incubus with an AB, they're more agile, their weapon works against ALL things, quite effectively, and excels at taking out forge gunners and infantry in general thanks to their RoF. This game. Is. A . Joke. Your perspective is warped because you are only looking at it from the pilot gunner stand point. Blaster turrets work quite nicely for the side gunners. Also Pythons are subject to severe collision damage. Also I have found a little plate weight stabilizes the gunship, and once you get the armor composition maxed out its barely noticeable.
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Pvt Numnutz
Zumari Force Projection Caldari State
1621
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Posted - 2014.07.05 09:19:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote: All you did was make flying an Incubus a chore since any idiot who can look up at the sky for three seconds can deal tremendous damage without a single further thought.
Dust will be uninstalled very soon, you all can have this roller coaster.
I'll be in Star Citizen if anyone needs me.
Oh, and the OPs proposed change only serves to further push Incubus into the ground while Pythons get to fly around having the best of everything because basically nothing does extra damage to them, they have a lower physical profile, their base speed is as fast as an unplated incubus with an AB, they're more agile, their weapon works against ALL things, quite effectively, and excels at taking out forge gunners and infantry in general thanks to their RoF.
This game.
Is.
A .
Joke.
You can play star citizen now? Snap. Enjoy your alien bonsai tree.
I don't like the incubus, my proposal was to discuss balancing the AI capability of the python (the anti infantry ads) not changing the incubus. This change would really make the pythons bonus to ROF significant. Knowing you for being an incubus pilot, and quite a good one at that, I'm surprised you think the incubus and its role is sub par to the python.
First of all, the incubus trades speed and maneuverability for a much better tank than that of a python, coupled with more of a resistance to collision damage. Basically its much hardier and can withstand much more punishment. So of course the python is going to be faster and more agile, its a hit and run ship. I simply will not accept an incubus pilot complaining that the python is faster or more agile, it needs those to be relevant.
As you said the missile turret excels at anti infantry work. Though compared to the rail gun it is not as effective against vehicles. Effective sure, but not nearly as effective as an incubus with a rail. To get the same level of anti vehicle effectiveness I have to have two gunners to match a lone incubus pilot. So while the python excels in anti infantry engagements, the incubus excels in anti vehicle engagements.
My proposed change to missile turrets shouldn't concern an incubus pilot, as they don't have a bonus to them and its not really their role. For a python pilot two things would become immediately clear, I will have to seriously use my speed and maneuverability to hit and run with the longer engagement time, and that ROF bonus is really important now to keep the engagement time low. Emphasizing the two strengths of the python.
If you were wondering, the reason I don't like incubi (aside from the fact that its frog tech) is because it behaves more like a fighter than a dropship. Its sheer vehicle killing ability makes it easy to use as a solo pilot. What's the best counter to a python? An incubus. What if it has two gunners? An incubus. Why? Because the rail is just better for dogfighting while missiles are extremely unreliable. The only field where an incubus is lacking is anti infantry, but in terms of anti vehicle it is so good a solo pilot can do it, and do it as well as a dropship with gunners. I don't like that, dropships are team vehicles. I don't like solo pilots, though I do understand a lot of them were fighter pilots who got tired of waiting and hopped in a dropship to fly. They don't want to be dropship pilots though, they want to be fighter pilots, and the incubus enables that. One of the effects I would hope to come out of my proposed change is python pilots actually using gunners by making it less viable for a solo pilot to do what it should take a crew. I expect a few pilots to disagree with me, but probably because they are fighter pilots in dropships, not "true" dropship pilots.
Anyway the only joke I see here is a bitter vet incubus pilot complaining about pythons being better when the incubus is designed to take down pythons. again enjoy your alien bonsai tree.
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DontChimpOut
Kang Lo Directorate Gallente Federation
2
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Posted - 2014.07.05 13:41:00 -
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Pvt Numnutz wrote:I have had an idea on a compromise for a while now. I'm sure that most mercs feel that it is the missile turret that makes the ads op, at least for infantry players. Av are saying the whole ship is op but if the missile turrets power per shot were decreased would you all still feel the assault dropship is op?
The compromise being, Reduce small missile turret damage per missile Increase small missile turret clip size
This keeps the same damage potential per clip, but requires gunner accuracy to deliver. This will also require dropships to remain in the engagement area for longer to apply the full damage, giving av more chance to interfere in the dropships run and give them more of a chance vs dropships.
Haven't thought up exact numbers yet but thought I'd bring this up for discussion. I am going to be talking to my gunners about this to get their input as to what they would feel fair. Personally I think it shouldn't be too low on the damage, enough to still be able to get in and out relatively quickly but long enough to make a difference. I don't want to have to go into hover mode to kill a single merc, nor do I think it should take over 4 missiles to kill an assault suit. Thought maybe it should take more than two.
Discuss. Yeah, another vehicle compromise while infantry gives up nothing.
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DUST Fiend
Onslaught Inc RISE of LEGION
14535
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Posted - 2014.07.05 15:12:00 -
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The only thing the Incubus excels at over the Python is destroying shield vehicles, and being more resistant to crashing (aka, don't be a bad pilot and this doesn't matter) Amusingly, Python pilots have to be worse to crash because their ship is more responsive and easier to handle in flight....who knew...
Missiles do EXCELLENT work even against shield vehicles, and are FAR more effective at fighting armor, considering a small railgun will barely crack most armor vehicles, at all.
Your change DOES directly impact Incubus because we are FORCED to fit missiles if we want to do anything other than fly around in circles, harass armor vehicles, or chase away shield vehicles. In fact, it effects us even MORE than python BECAUSE we lack the bonus, so we feel your nerf even harder than you do.
Oh, and yes, you can play the dogfighting module in Star Citizen now, and more modules will be opening up soon. Plus, other games. I'm backing the crap out of SC, can't wait for my Constellation in about a month.
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The dark cloud
The Rainbow Effect
3399
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Posted - 2014.07.05 15:25:00 -
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lol at people claiming small rails are not good vs vehicles. you have no idea how fast stuff dies with 2 peoples specced into gallente dropships. The thing fires insanely fast and is the ultimate counter vs vehicles of any kind. Be it LAV's dropships or tanks. A incubus achieved its role as the pefect AV vehicle when used properly and every python pilot runs away screaming in agony cause they know you dont engage a incubus in a dogfight. |
DUST Fiend
Onslaught Inc RISE of LEGION
14535
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Posted - 2014.07.05 15:27:00 -
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The dark cloud wrote:lol at people claiming small rails are not good vs vehicles. you have no idea how fast stuff dies with 2 peoples specced into gallente dropships. The thing fires insanely fast and is the ultimate counter vs vehicles of any kind. Be it LAV's dropships or tanks. A incubus achieved its role as the pefect AV vehicle when used properly and every python pilot runs away screaming in agony cause they know you dont engage a incubus in a dogfight. Utilizing a bug, yes. But the exact same can be said of a Python utilizing the bug. And yet again, this is vs armor that I'm talking about, which the bugged missile will perform just about as effectively as the bugged railgun, albeit a little harder to track thanks to projectile travel time.
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Derpty Derp
It's All Gone Derp
202
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Posted - 2014.07.05 15:30:00 -
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I don't see ads as op... For starters a swarmer can currently down one without reloading. Missiles are probably op, since they work better all round even without the (slightly over the top ads bonus firing speed.) Currently using missiles on an incubus is better for taking out ground vehicles than rails with the ads bonus, but that's because it's the only turret that actually fires where you're aiming, while the rails and (lol blasters) just seem to fire at random, by which I mean you can be not aiming near anything and get a damn headshot, while pointing it right at a stationary target can yield no hit.
But before we do any nerfing, lets see about making sure swarms and people can actually be seen from a dropship without hovering so damn close you might as well land on them anyway. |
The dark cloud
The Rainbow Effect
3399
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Posted - 2014.07.05 15:35:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote:The dark cloud wrote:lol at people claiming small rails are not good vs vehicles. you have no idea how fast stuff dies with 2 peoples specced into gallente dropships. The thing fires insanely fast and is the ultimate counter vs vehicles of any kind. Be it LAV's dropships or tanks. A incubus achieved its role as the pefect AV vehicle when used properly and every python pilot runs away screaming in agony cause they know you dont engage a incubus in a dogfight. Utilizing a bug, yes. But the exact same can be said of a Python utilizing the bug. And yet again, this is vs armor that I'm talking about, which the bugged missile will perform just about as effectively as the bugged railgun, albeit a little harder to track thanks to projectile travel time. I dont think that this is a bug. Back in the closed beta we asked the devs if skills stack on vehicles and they confirmed it and we assumed that it is a feature instead of a bug. Another point for it is that it hasnt beeing taken away so far. And to be honest most scrub pilots fly solo instead with a gunner. Which saddens me as a oldschool pilot. |
DUST Fiend
Onslaught Inc RISE of LEGION
14535
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Posted - 2014.07.05 15:37:00 -
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The dark cloud wrote:DUST Fiend wrote:The dark cloud wrote:lol at people claiming small rails are not good vs vehicles. you have no idea how fast stuff dies with 2 peoples specced into gallente dropships. The thing fires insanely fast and is the ultimate counter vs vehicles of any kind. Be it LAV's dropships or tanks. A incubus achieved its role as the pefect AV vehicle when used properly and every python pilot runs away screaming in agony cause they know you dont engage a incubus in a dogfight. Utilizing a bug, yes. But the exact same can be said of a Python utilizing the bug. And yet again, this is vs armor that I'm talking about, which the bugged missile will perform just about as effectively as the bugged railgun, albeit a little harder to track thanks to projectile travel time. I dont think that this is a bug. Back in the closed beta we asked the devs if skills stack on vehicles and they confirmed it and we assumed that it is a feature instead of a bug. Another point for it is that it hasnt beeing taken away so far. And to be honest most scrub pilots fly solo instead with a gunner. Which saddens me as a oldschool pilot. If you think 125% RoF bonus on small turrets is balanced, YOU are the problem.
If one person can't push a turret farther than 50%, adding in someone who knows the EXACT same knowledge as you doesn't suddenly further increase the turrets effectiveness. And yes, it's higher than 100% RoF because math. Even if it wasn't, 100% RoF is obnoxious and only scrubs would ever possibly defend it.
But by all means, defend your irrelevant game
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Temias Mercurial
Knights Of Ender RISE of LEGION
108
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Posted - 2014.07.05 16:52:00 -
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aaaasdff ertgfdd wrote:Judge Rhadamanthus wrote:Adipem Nothi wrote:Are high-end birds still immune obscenely resistant to Proto Swarms? I haven't run into any yet since the fix yesterday.
An ADS isn't OP if we can shoot it down with Swarms. He'll no! 4 shots can do the trick for many builds. Python that is. The question of if the dropship is op when equipped with missiles shouldn't be dependent on what av can do to the dropship. That is its defensive capabilities, we are talking about the offensive capabilities. Should a scout die from one missle shot? Should the rate of fire be multiplied when more than one gunner is in the dropship? These are the 2 problems I see with the ads vs infantry currently. Rate of fire, damage per missle, and possibly the blast radius. Now I am not saying that one or any of these things need to be changed, but I do think that is where the discussion needs to lie. Not in AV effectiveness. That doesnt matter when you are chasing the merc with a rifle.
Scouts can die in one shot of just about everything so... I find it more of an issue of allowing yourself to be seen by a dropship. I'm and Incubus pilot and proto gallente scout. |
Derpty Derp
It's All Gone Derp
203
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Posted - 2014.07.05 17:03:00 -
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Lot of people saying the bus flys like... well a bus... Am I the only one that finds its handling nicer than the python? Or is it just that everyone is trying to tank out their bus? |
Mobius Wyvern
Onslaught Inc RISE of LEGION
5303
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Posted - 2014.07.05 17:07:00 -
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Pvt Numnutz wrote:I have had an idea on a compromise for a while now. I'm sure that most mercs feel that it is the missile turret that makes the ads op, at least for infantry players. Av are saying the whole ship is op but if the missile turrets power per shot were decreased would you all still feel the assault dropship is op?
The compromise being, Reduce small missile turret damage per missile Increase small missile turret clip size
This keeps the same damage potential per clip, but requires gunner accuracy to deliver. This will also require dropships to remain in the engagement area for longer to apply the full damage, giving av more chance to interfere in the dropships run and give them more of a chance vs dropships.
Haven't thought up exact numbers yet but thought I'd bring this up for discussion. I am going to be talking to my gunners about this to get their input as to what they would feel fair. Personally I think it shouldn't be too low on the damage, enough to still be able to get in and out relatively quickly but long enough to make a difference. I don't want to have to go into hover mode to kill a single merc, nor do I think it should take over 4 missiles to kill an assault suit. Thought maybe it should take more than two.
Discuss. As a dedicated Python pilot, I would love this change.
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