Everybody has sp, What about isk?

Every 5 kills in starter fits gets you 100k

Everybody has sp, What about isk?

Every 5 kills in starter fits gets you 100k

I'm not really sure whether to be amused or roll my eyes at the way damage mods are constantly blamed for weapon balance problems.

A shield extender is of generally similar value. If you fit a shield extender and the other guy fits a damage mod and you get into a 1v1, the TTK difference is negligible.

I'm not really sure whether to be amused or roll my eyes at the way damage mods are constantly blamed for weapon balance problems.

A shield extender is of generally similar value. If you fit a shield extender and the other guy fits a damage mod and you get into a 1v1, the TTK difference is negligible.

Weapons are being created with very high damage versus X and low damage against the opposite. Damage modifiers cancel this low while boosting an already very high high. It is a problem that will persist and either the extreme variance in damage profiles is going to have to go or damage mods are going to need to be changed for actual balance to be achieved.

100 additional SP for every kill NOT using a damage modifier with a pretty high cap. If that wont work how about a spin off of the million clone challenge where X number of kills not using damage mods equals X sp for everyone who had atleast 10 kills.

A few weapons now have extreme damage profile variances in an effort to balance them and damage mods are likely messing with the data for them but definitely messes with the feel against them. Why? Because their extreme negative almost universally forces at least one damage mod to be fitted with them. With the damage mod, high proficiency, and the damage profile the high side of these weapons becomes EXTREMELY powerful.

It may sound like I am arguing for the Scrambler rifle which I am to some extent. I have been on the receiving end of combat rifles against my Amarr and on the giving end of my ScR versus Caldari and know that neither actually feels right. These profiles create a weapon the feels OP against what it is meant to counter while damage mods are easily used to give up almost nothing compared to other weapons on the side that it is suppose to do less damage.

The only way this issue is going to end up getting fixed and the damage profiles stay the same is if damage mods go the way of proficiency and that I really do not want to see because it would be totally a game of picking your battles at that point.

there is a current event going on right now

Weapons are being created with very high damage versus X and low damage against the opposite. Damage modifiers cancel this low while boosting an already very high high. It is a problem that will persist and either the extreme variance in damage profiles is going to have to go or damage mods are going to need to be changed for actual balance to be achieved.

Well the way i see it, damage mods are a doubled bladed edge for some players as they fail and fall onto their own sword.

A shield extender is always going to do something, its going to stop more bullets aimed at you, regardless of your skill.
A damage mod isn't doing anything much for people that have no aim, people with good aim like to stack them, the others
imitate that and now die even faster because they have less shields.

Though i guess sometimes they get lucky and cream someone really fast and think they are worth it.

The biggest damage mod is a headshot anyways.

CCP already has access to data which is necessary for balancing items. They don't need to make another fancy event to gather said data either. Not to mention that this event is heavily biased against Support Logis, and outright denies AVers from the event

The point of events is to make it fun for players, so we need to make future events as open and accessible as possible.

I can easily go 1000+ WP exclusively running my minmando AV suit in the right match. A logi with a rep tool and injector does much better in the right kind of match, but AVers can still do well.

You won't be killing any competent pilot without a Damage Modifier.