Doc DDD wrote:Symbioticforks wrote:[quote=TYCHUS MAXWELL][quote=Symbioticforks]The red line is a red herring.
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90% of players ONLY play pubs, I understand YOU don't sit in the redline to snipe, you don't have to tell us whenever anyone brings up the problem of redline snipers that you aren't one of them. We understand.
Please try and understand that buffing a weapon purely to be more effective in PC is going to create a huge problem for 90% of the players. They will quickly realize that all they have to do is sit behind the biggest rock as far back in the redline as possible and they won't die. PC is a joke right now, sure snipers can make some isk in PC because they rarely die, I can understand wanting to buff the gravy train, but look at the bigger picture.
If the reticle sucks ccp will change it back. Thanks to forum QQ.
If every pub match ends up with eight snipers head glitching in in the redline, ccp will nerf it's damage and range. Thanks to forum QQ.
do you think that symbiotic is the only sniper on dust who is a good player?
or that he is the only sniper who is going without being able to fulfill his role at p.c level?
i'm sorry but the red line is a red herring and has just become the go to call to stop them from being fixed, which is punishing the good snipers who do play with creativity and skill for no reason.
also, buffing the weapon purely to be more effective in p.c.?
hardly.. ccp as a whole in the last year had an anti sniper approach in various ways and even the changes they made with indifference resulted in nerfs to to snipers...
to name a few:
1. ehp of all suits has gone up whilst sniper rifles remained untouched.
2. damage mods were nerfed severely
3. practically forcing snipers into a calmando suit with it's large hitbox, loud scan ping AND it's nice staypuft white colour.
if they hadn't been getting this treatment continuously across the last year then they would not be in the awkward place that they are now where advanced rifles are not good enough for pub, and proto are not good enough for pc.
as for the snipers becoming too much
1st i would say that proto sniper rifles after they are fixed should be expensive, people choose to play in advanced on the ground due to it being expensive-so would snipers. (this would also increase their "risk")
2nd the head glitch is a problem and has been all along, but lets face it that is mostly due the rendering issues
3rd if they become a threat on the battlefield then they will be getting dealt with by opposing players in battle instead of ignored.