Indy Strizer
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.01.01 18:31:00 -
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Only annoying thing about rep tools is when there's a full bunch of people with them- especially when they're holed up in an objective.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that it's teamwork, we should definitely preserve this playstyle, but the repping logi needs a tweak in my opinion. I know the repper can get flanked, get hit by splash damage and always gets prioritized by enemies... but, how are people supposed to do that in those super tight areas where you can't flank?
Think about how powerful two logistics players are in that same area with 8 heavies- repairing them as they switch out. Why use anything else? It ultimately amounts to spam of the two least skill intensive playstyles... Heavies with HMG's and logistics hiding behind a corner holding R1...
Repair tools are part of why dealing with heavies is so annoying. I've personally started using a forge gun to breach through all the heavies lately- think about that for a second... I've given up on using my combat rifle or even my own HMG and I'm using a FORGE GUN
I think there could be a few more tweaks to them personally...
Capacitors...
Overheat...
Finite repair nanites...
Logistics players constantly say that they give up their ability to fire while using the repair tool to make another more powerful, yet they can instantly switch to their own weapon to defend themselves? Well, just add a "switching from equipment to weapon delay" similiar to what they did with the cloaking device.
Hell, even a PG/CPU tweak could probably give the logistics players less room for fitting so they become a bit easier to take out. |
Indy Strizer
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
236
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Posted - 2015.01.02 01:18:00 -
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Ultimately, the responses to me amount to nothing more than "You are new, do you logibro? Errmm... Logi, bro? WUTEVA! WUTEVA! I DO WHAT I WANT!"
Yes, I have a prototype caldari logistics, but I use the Gallente because it has three equipment slots. Yes, I have a core repair tool. Yes, I have an Imperial A-1 Sentinel suit with tons of plates and a Burst HMG for the sole purpose of getting repped by logistics players.
Anyways, here's food for thought...
Gallente Logistics can't just indefinitely spam scanners without equipping multiple scanners...
Caldari Logistics can't just indefinitely spam nanohives without equipping multiple nanohives...
Amarr Logistics can't just indefinitely spam uplinks without equipping multiple uplinks...
Yet... Minmatar Logistics have a powerful impact, no a game changing effect on the match with just one rep tool, just one, without ever having to worry about running out, having cooldowns, or having their equipment destroyed by flux grenades.
If all the logistics suits could spam what they specialize in infinitely...
Gallente Logistics would shut down any e-war or any possibility of getting flanked, remember scanner ballerinas? Yeah, multiply that by infinity and that's what you'd get if scanners were still broken.
Amarr Logistics would only need to stay alive and throw uplinks around himself in the objective to keep of players instantly spawning, remember that uplink spam in domination that everyone cried was just an "win button"?
Caldari Logistics would be able to throw infinite nanohives at peoples' feet and get easy warpoints... Nevermind throwing fluxes, they'll just lay MOAR nanohives. Not to mention it'd be the easiest point whoring ever... Just throw compact nanohives at peoples' feet the instant they take damage or shoot and bada bing, bada boom- POINTS!
Would these situations be balanced? Think about it, the repair tool is broken. It's not that it's become an issue lately, it's always been an issue, I've personally always pointed it out (just not on the forums), but maybe now is the time for a small tweak.
I'm not trying to eradicate this playstyle or tactic, I want to see it intact, but don't you think it should require multiple repair tools or greater sacrifices to accomplish? |