DUST Search - Side Arm Balance: Merging the Threads

zzZaXxx wrote:

Jace Kaisar wrote:

zzZaXxx wrote:

Alena Ventrallis wrote:

zzZaXxx wrote:

6)Nova Knives GÇô These little guys are OP right now. They 2 shot heavies and 1 shot everyone else. They may not be considered a problem because for some reason not every cloaked scout is using them, but itGÇÖs like getting hit by a remote. YouGÇÖre done. I guess the counter is to keep an eye out for scouts, stay together in a protective phalanx, and take the knifer down before he gets close enough, but donGÇÖt we have enough of the game being dictated by scout behavior already without adding another way scouts can instapop people?

If you're bringing knives to a gunfight, and you are fast enough to get that close, you have earned your kill.

No. You haven't earned anything. You did the opposite of earning something. You put on kincats, cloaked up, ran behind someone, briefly held down R1, and released it.

And you didn't run with a squad and regularly check your six.

Scout used stealth and eWAR to get the drop on you. Working as intended. We punish the solo players who don't pay attention.

Or those who are simply preoccupied with other things Twisted

It's so quiet you can quickly dispatch people who are near their squad mates and on comms, then duck away and cloak before anyone knows where to look. OP.


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Finn Colman Black Talon Company 37	Posted - 2014.09.05 15:58:00 - [1] - Quote Mauren NOON wrote: Mobius Kaethis wrote: Mauren NOON wrote: If the magsec doesn't get a dispersion/kick reduction I will be Pacific Ocean salty...I love the magsec. I have prof. 3 reload 3 and ammo 2 If it does get a kick/dispersion reduction don't you think that will make the weapon OP? As it stands it has more range and DPS thank the SMG, a weapon that is already a tad too usable. Your kidding me right? More DPS than the smg my arse....smg has much more DPS than the magsec. And the magsec suffers from the rail rifles ghost shots.(shots that do no damage) and a damage buff will make it OP not a dispersion or kick reduction I can speak from extensive experience in saying that generally the guy with the SMG beats the guy with the MagSec. Usually I'm the guy with the magsec... Under the right conditions (making use of the range advantage) however, the MagSec wins.
Finn Colman Black Talon Company 41	Posted - 2014.09.06 15:30:00 - [2] - Quote zzZaXxx wrote: Jace Kaisar wrote: zzZaXxx wrote: Alena Ventrallis wrote: zzZaXxx wrote: 6)Nova Knives GÇô These little guys are OP right now. They 2 shot heavies and 1 shot everyone else. They may not be considered a problem because for some reason not every cloaked scout is using them, but itGÇÖs like getting hit by a remote. YouGÇÖre done. I guess the counter is to keep an eye out for scouts, stay together in a protective phalanx, and take the knifer down before he gets close enough, but donGÇÖt we have enough of the game being dictated by scout behavior already without adding another way scouts can instapop people? If you're bringing knives to a gunfight, and you are fast enough to get that close, you have earned your kill. No. You haven't earned anything. You did the opposite of earning something. You put on kincats, cloaked up, ran behind someone, briefly held down R1, and released it. And you didn't run with a squad and regularly check your six. Scout used stealth and eWAR to get the drop on you. Working as intended. We punish the solo players who don't pay attention. Or those who are simply preoccupied with other things It's so quiet you can quickly dispatch people who are near their squad mates and on comms, then duck away and cloak before anyone knows where to look. OP. Take this into account... I use modules that are a much better use of my CPU/PG than a stupid cloak that hardly helps me at all. This is likely because I'm not using the cloak in the best way (e.g., using it in a dark place where the shimmer is most noticeable). Either way, I get more performance out of my modules than I would be able to fit with a cloak. I rely on the stealth tactics I learned from Tom Clancy, and that includes purposeful detection, and simply hiding in opportune areas of the environment. I use a STD Combat rifle (mainly for grabbing the enemies attention) and ADV knives (PRO are kind of a waste of ISK unless you're hunting heavies). The cloak is just a burden in my case. I will note that the cloak is meant to be somewhat loud upon activation and deactivation, and from what I'm hearing this is not the case. Now, my main point here is to stop making assumptions, not all of us use cloaks.