That's probably why Missile launchers on Pythons as a combo rank number 4 in PC kills, and the Proto XT-1 Missile Launcher ranks top 4 of PC kills, for the last two weeks

Kills
Weapons, Heavy, Heavy Machine Guns, Prototype, Boundless Heavy Machine Gun
Weapons, Light, Shotguns, Prototype, Duvolle Specialist Shotgun
Weapons, Light, Shotguns, Prototype, CreoDron Shotgun
Turrets, Missile, Small, Prototype, XT-1 Missile Launcher
Weapons, Light, Combat Rifles, Prototype, Six Kin Assault Combat Rifle
Weapons, Heavy, Heavy Machine Guns, Prototype, Six Kin Burst Heavy Machine Gun
Weapons, Light, Rail Rifles, Prototype, Kaalakiota Rail Rifle

Kills by Actor(Pawn) and Weapon
Dropsuits, Heavy, Sentinel, Prototype, Sentinel ak.0&Weapons, Heavy, Heavy Machine Guns, Prototype, Boundless Heavy Machine Gun
Dropsuits, Heavy, Sentinel, Prototype, Sentinel gk.0& Weapons, Heavy, Heavy Machine Guns, Prototype, Boundless Heavy Machine Gun
Dropsuits, Light, Scout, Prototype, Scout gk.0&Weapons, Light, Shotguns, Prototype, Duvolle Specialist Shotgun
Vehicles, Dropships, Assault, Python& Turrets, Missile, Small, Prototype, XT-1 Missile Launcher
Dropsuits, Light, Scout, Prototype, Scout gk.0& Weapons, Light, Shotguns, Prototype, CreoDron Shotgun
Dropsuits, Heavy, Sentinel, Prototype, Sentinel ck.0&Weapons, Heavy, Heavy Machine Guns, Prototype, Boundless Heavy Machine Gun
Vehicles, Heavy Attack Vehicles, Standard, Gunnlogi&Turrets, Railgun, Large, Prototype, 80GJ Particle Cannon

lol... remote explosive... shotgun...

lol... remote explosive... shotgun...

These are problems for every role of Dust not only of sentinels. Invalid point.

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Slow and cqc ranged: finally we can talk about this.
Yes, they are slow, but is this that great problem?

There are a lot of things that make this problem a joke for sentinels:
Vehicles: we all hate this, they can just drive near you, destroy you and jump in again. If you are good enough to create them a problem they just jump in and drive away unkilled.

Cities: do I have to explain this?

Objectives (A, B, C...) We fight for these things in this game, and these things are usually behind walls or something Like that, meaning that Sentinels can just Camp there waiting for you to try to get near to take that Letter that you really need.
But the Worst thing is that they can SPAWN there and destroy everyone is fighting for that letter, that's the worst thing, they can just spawn in the middle of everyone, unnoticed and start wreking.

Have you tried plasma cannons, shotguns, remote explosives, mass drivers (for the logistics) staying out of forty Meter range, equipping one profile enhancer (heavies are stupid easy to pick up on passive scans). Have you tried teamwork I'm flank tag team against the heavy?

Actually sentinel isnt the problem hmg is needs more heat build up

This whole thread is crap. Quit posting with your alts, your writing style doesn't change and it's an old forum trick.

-êsent(+Ö)n+Öl/
noun
a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch. Need I say more?

As far as the HMG is concerned if a light weapon is better then a Heavy weapon what point is there to use a heavy weapon?

Have you tried plasma cannons, shotguns, remote explosives, mass drivers (for the logistics) staying out of forty Meter range, equipping one profile enhancer (heavies are stupid easy to pick up on passive scans). Have you tried teamwork I'm flank tag team against the heavy?

This whole thread is crap. Quit posting with your alts, your writing style doesn't change and it's an old forum trick.

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First of all I need to prove it to the players that disagree with me.

First:


What we can see here is that, between the 24 wannabe killers we have in this game (20 dropsuits, 2HAVs and 2 Dropships), in the top 6 we have 3 Sentinels (two of these are first and second) and we dont have a single assault or a single commando (or a single logi but I can understand this).

Between all the weapons we have HMG and its variant are first and 5th.

Even without numbers everyone who plays PC can tell you how heavies are spammed in PC. The situation isn't different in pubs.

Second:
Lets take a look at Sentinels and their Pros and Cons.

Pros:
2x or 1.5x the Ehp of every other suit
2x the dps of every other weapon. (the pro hmg has a dps of 910)
High dmg per clip (8797 for the boundless hmg)
Resistancies.

Cons:
Slow and cqc ranged.
Worst ewar of the game.
Recharge time of HMG is long.

Looking at the Pros we could already say that we have a problem here, but someone could say:"yes, but take a look at those Cons!! ".

Lets do it, take a look at their Cons.
Recharge time of HMG is long: I'm not going to talk too much about this, with that dmg per clip you can kill half of the enemy team without having to recharge, I'm sure you can find the right moment to recharge in a safe place.

Wors ewar of the game: if you are not a scout you don't care about ewar because you can't, so this is Like being a medium or a commando, not that great problem.

Slow and cqc ranged: finally we can talk about this.
Yes, they are slow, but is this that great problem?

There are a lot of things that make this problem a joke for sentinels:
Vehicles: we all hate this, they can just drive near you, destroy you and jump in again. If you are good enough to create them a problem they just jump in and drive away unkilled.

Cities: do I have to explain this?

Objectives (A, B, C...) We fight for these things in this game, and these things are usually behind walls or something Like that, meaning that Sentinels can just Camp there waiting for you to try to get near to take that Letter that you really need.
But the Worst thing is that they can SPAWN there and destroy everyone is fighting for that letter, that's the worst thing, they can just spawn in the middle of everyone, unnoticed and start wreking.

Now, I'd like to work on their Pros, modifying their numbers and making them less strong, but lets say we let them keep their pros, what can we do to balance them?

We have to work on their Cons

Recharge time of HMG is long:MAKE IT 39 SECONDS!! Nah, just kidding, forget this thing, we have to work on other things.

Ewar: We can use this. What I want is this: Since they are so strong we should know their position on the battlefield. Like HAVs for example. You know where he is but he can destroy you if you are not carefull.

So let them appear on the tacnet of other dropsuit in a Radius of 30 mtrs and have a different icon on the tacnet so every body will be like:" holy... There is a monster there, I better go this other way."

Vehicles: Make it so anyone who jump out of a Vehicle cant shoot for the first 2 seconds, Fixed.

Spawns: as before, we should know when a sentinel is going to spawn in the letter we are fighting for, so when a sentinel choose a Letter or a CRU and he starts waiting for the countdown there is a sound or a light or something on the tacnet that tells everyone that a sentinel is going to spawn there, up to you to stay or run away in fear.

That 's what I think should be done to Fix Sentinels. Let them be Really stong as they are but also let everyone else know where they are. Let me know what you think.

Wow!
Ok, so Sentinels are not the problem, HMG's in their current state are the problem.

Where to begin?

Sound an alarm when Heavies are inbound. Really? Because no other suits can kill you fast (*cough* shotgun *cough*).

Decrease Range? Increase Heat? Ok, so now I can only shoot you when you're in Shotgun range. And only for, what, two seconds? Then you get a 10 second break while I cool down?
Whatever.

Stopped while firing? Ok, but give me another 50 meters on my range (buff my accuracy by A LOT) so that I can hold the point from a distance.

Why don't I just use an ACR? Or maybe even an ARR? Oh yeah, that's right, Sentinels should ONLY ever hold a Heavy Weapon. Then you cry because my Heavy Weapon kills you too fast???

Suggestions to make Sentinel ONLY hold a Heavy Weapon, then nerf the crap out of it until there's nothing left?



What the HMG needs, in my opinion, is increased range, increased accuracy, improved reticle, and lowered DPS,.

Looking at the Assault HMG. Make that the standard.
Reduce dispersion, increase accuracy, and improve the aiming reticle (little dot is a bit small for me), Sentinels will naturaly move out of CQC.

Stop trying to re-invent the wheel, just take the one that already does what you want and improve upon it.

Just my 0.02 ISK

First of all I need to prove it to the players that disagree with me.

First:


Some good stuff and some silly stuff.