Lol@you sir. No. If tanks don't get nerfed, neither do forge guns.

Crippling it vs. Shields is kinda the point. I thought you understood that.

Just means that my cal and min suits won't get chopped up as fast. My gallente and amarr suits will suffer, but them's the breaks.

Oh, did I mention? I run all racial sentinel and commandos, and I field every single weapon in the game.

If I wind up eating HMG all day I'll swap to the plasma cannon, mass driver or forge gun (That one's hard for HMG gunners to get to). If I get chugged by a buncha laserblazers I'll swap to caldari or gallente fits.

This really isn't a huge worry for me. I'm not offended by the idea of swapping to the right tool/fit/tactic for the job.

But jesus you people seem to think that versatility is a foul word.

Snipers - We simply cannot have snipers so far away in the redzone they cannot be touched, while also being immune to countersniping. However, we also want to improve the Improved headshot damage, decreased range, improved damage. We have been studying Domination maps, and some of the farthest redline sniper spots that can camp the Objective to get a good gauge of the situation. There cannot be a risk free way of playing the game, for each role there must be a counter.

@ CCP Rattati - Symbiotic's Spreadsheet

Check this out when you get time!

Add ... Miltia HMG to Market

On the topic of projectile damage profile

1) Shield Sentinels are UP and not popular, only used for AV and Sniper fits
2) Armor tanking is rampant
3) CR is too effective against everything at current profile
4) Amarr and Gallente Sentinels have built in resistances against Projectiles

If ScR rof is to be adjested...

Rof: 600-650 is a way better start at balancing this. People are throwing out numbers like 400-500. Those are clearly QQers trying to nerf it into the ground while running 1000+ armor HP sentinals/assaults.

This (600-650) is a fair enough trade. But the damage profile wil need adjusting then.


Scr: +20/-20

Rr: -10/+20

This shows that the scrambler rifle is the most nerfed weapon on off damage already!! You basically are forced to go for headshots only with this weapon if you want it to kill a heavy. Which is all too common now.

Nerfing the Rof is a bad idea imo. But if it is to be done, it shouldnt be taken to the extreme. It should also come with damage profile balances that were necessary ever since the proficiency skills were adjusted to prefer type damage only.


new Scr/LR damage profile:

+20/-10


To match the Rail rifle but oppisite (Shields/Armor).



I also saw Rattati mention a buff to the Assault Scrambler rifle damage. This is another approach, but the profile change could make that idea work even more.

I agree with you on this if there was a way for scouts to increase and decrease zoom, but they can't. I feel CCP needs to remove the sniper rifle from medium and heavy frame suits completely. I know they have worked on advertising this, but its one of the biggest reasons why they have problems with snipers in the game. I feel if they can give heavy suits can use a light weapon like that then medium and light suits should be able to also tote forge guns. Maybe that is the type of reason that is needed to give the heavy sniper rifle attention it needs. It just is silly to have and is something keeping the game from growing to what CCP and the players want. Even the ones who are not wise enough to understand these things, CCP just needs to save these players from themselves...

I'm kinda against a Militia HMG... if it were to be implemented, then it should overheat fairly quickly (about 2 seconds).

Until marauders and enforcers are introduced, no buffs to forge fun capability at AV should be contemplated.

I say this as a habitual forge gunner. They kill vehicles just fine.

No. The closer you get to even margin the less downsides a weapon has. Omni weapons are inherently superior to specialized weapons. Your proposal would only insure everyone would find projectiles the most efficient and thus most used weapons.

I'm sure they'll update the image come Hotfix Delta.

Add new Officer Light Weapons as well as key missing FW items to the LP Store

I swear to ******* god, make my ads weaker, ccp and i will make alts and murder battle academy players for 30 days straight.

Incorrect. When I run squads logis hack, repair, resupply and drop links. Fatties (me) do not hack anything unless everyone is dead. He is attached to the logi like a parasitic twin playing bodyguard.

Assaults are responsible for battle revives while the logi focuses on repairs, resupply, hacking and providing a pair of backup eyes.

Its not a WP derping thing. Its like every infantryman in the military is trained with just enough first aid to keep someone alive through nonlethal injury long enough for a medic to arrive once the battle lulls a bit.

Asaukts fight, when enemy falls, assaults revive comrades (often the logi) and the logi gets to topping everyone off. Assaults and heavy provide overwatch. One assault often carries a rep tool to repair the logi.