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Joseph Ridgeson wrote:

Spawning as a Scout or Logistics, throwing Uplinks everywhere, and swapping to a different suit such as a Sentinel is simply too powerful. Let's take a look at two different play styles of the Support Logistics and the Sentinel.

*Sentinel: Heavily armored, moves slowly. Has the highest DPS in the game with a weapon that has short to medium range. Primarily meant for point defense or for attacking a specific location to break into the enemy's base.
*Logistics: Weaker armor than that of the Assault, slower movement. Faster than the Sentinel but has FAR less HP and FAR less DPS. They carry additional equipment to help their team. In short, they give up a lot to have those extra equipment.

Now imagine the balance nightmare of a Sentinel that dropped 2 Uplinks and 4 Triage Nanohives. You have a Sentinel that is no different than a Logistics really. In short, you would be doing two roles at the same time that need to be made completely separate. It lets the developers begin balancing things from there.

I don't really follow the idea of "I am Superman; I need to be able to put Uplinks because my team is worthless!" So many people have said the same thing that with our very small community it is likely that several Superman are on the same team. You can still run in with your Scout to drop Uplinks to help your team get back from the Redline. I don't see how "I need to be able to do everything!" is an acceptable argument against this change. Remember that it affects your opponents too. If they all go Sentinel to hold off a push, no more Uplinks.

It will be a different kind of game. I don't see it being the end of the world or any kind of hyperbole.


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Sequal Rise Les Desanusseurs 363	Posted - 2014.12.03 08:52:00 - [1] - Quote Joseph Ridgeson wrote: Spawning as a Scout or Logistics, throwing Uplinks everywhere, and swapping to a different suit such as a Sentinel is simply too powerful. Let's take a look at two different play styles of the Support Logistics and the Sentinel. Sentinel: Heavily armored, moves slowly. Has the highest DPS in the game with a weapon that has short to medium range. Primarily meant for point defense or for attacking a specific location to break into the enemy's base. Logistics: Weaker armor than that of the Assault, slower movement. Faster than the Sentinel but has FAR less HP and FAR less DPS. They carry additional equipment to help their team. In short, they give up a lot to have those extra equipment. Now imagine the balance nightmare of a Sentinel that dropped 2 Uplinks and 4 Triage Nanohives. You have a Sentinel that is no different than a Logistics really. In short, you would be doing two roles at the same time that need to be made completely separate. It lets the developers begin balancing things from there. I don't really follow the idea of "I am Superman; I need to be able to put Uplinks because my team is worthless!" So many people have said the same thing that with our very small community it is likely that several Superman are on the same team. You can still run in with your Scout to drop Uplinks to help your team get back from the Redline. I don't see how "I need to be able to do everything!" is an acceptable argument against this change. Remember that it affects your opponents too. If they all go Sentinel to hold off a push, no more Uplinks. It will be a different kind of game. I don't see it being the end of the world or any kind of hyperbole. We need Supermans in this game as 1/4 of the team is AFK and another 1/2 is aiming at the enemy mcc with a MLT AR. Which leaves 4 players to deal with 2 full squads of proto guyrs because matchmaking+mu balance worked only 2 days. It seems a bit exagerated, but believe me, having all the time a scrub team to carry requires using the equipments I skilled in. If everybody was playing (and not AFK or staring at the stars) I wouldn't need to plant uplinks, protect an area with proxies, use a AV scout to kill the tanks who avoided them and slay the enemy team with my assault suit. If it was for me I'll just go assault and let logis be logis. But then no one will bring uplinks, take care of vehicles, and kill infantry... Take out all forms of scans and you'll see how great Dust can be. Scrubs will cry, good players will love it.
Sequal Rise Les Desanusseurs 371	Posted - 2014.12.03 20:19:00 - [2] - Quote Ho and one more thing that makes BW a complete BS. They do this to reduce lags right? And then they add a 300WP spammable Orbital Strike. On my own I already do between 1000 to 4000 WP/ battle. Which means 3-10 or more OB just from me! And you want to deal with lags this way!?!? All these OB will make the framerate slower than ever. Take out all forms of scans and you'll see how great Dust can be. Scrubs will cry, good players will love it.