Ydubbs81 RND wrote:Michael Epic wrote:The problem in my opinion is heavy spam. Remote explosives are often the only way to deal with 8 heavy's on the map in one spot with HMG's that can kill you in 2 seconds.
I carry them on every dropsuit version I have for that specific reason, plus they're just fun to play with. I've noticed in my time that people complain about getting killed with them because people complain about being killed period.
Everyone in this community seems to believe they are invincible and no one should be able to kill them so anything that gets the job done like a dime is QQ'd about and a nerf cry is heard...
I mean seriously....last night, me and the guys from Horizons' Edge were in a map where I counted 13 of the 16 players were heavy's at one point....they were moving in a pack. That is b.s. in my opinion because that pretty much causes no chance for the other team.
So if you want to make a thread about spam....make the heavy spam thread. RE's are the only way to deal with heavy's because you can knock 4-5 of those bastards out in one RE shot and in my opinion, that allows things to be evened up A LOT.
There is no practical way to nerf heavy spam. People choose to play with whatever role they've specced into. It would be like asking to nerf scout or assault spam.
Now, I've felt like you when it comes to the heavy spam..especially when CCP decided to nerf all of the rifle damage and mods and keep the HMG the same AND give sentinels resistances to these weapons. My only counter for this was to spec heavy. Now, when they bring in heavies, I bring out my HMG.
Also, to note.....not saying that you shouldn't have REs but when ONE person can spam something as cheesy as an RE, there lies an issue.
I've played this game so long and used them so much for so many things I know how to hide them in plain sight...that's basically my main weapon. I mean I carry my Duvolle proto AR and I'm decent with it (until the super strafing like theyr'e shufflin' in an LMFAO video starts happening) but I mainly use RE's because they work.
I'll give you an example of a practical Michael Epic application. You know that new map we all like with the 2 CRU's on the outer perimeter, the dome in the lower right hand center and the buildings and roads in a big square? I'm sure you do.
The raspberries were holed up in one of the risen platforms with like 4 droplinks and they were spamming heavy's and LMFAO shufflin' min assaults, so 'ol Michael Epic got out his profile dampened suit full of 10 RE's (re, f/45, boundless) and a nano and dropped the nano and just kept throwing them up over the ledge by jumping and throwing them and every time a few spawned, I'd kill them with the RE's
I also threw flux's in there so the kills would be more effective and I ran through 15 of them in a row before the RE's got all the uplinks and took care of 2-3 who spilled out with my Duvolle.
So that many heavy's and super strafing assaults SILENCED by Michael Epic and his remote explosives.
That's a typical RE "spam" situation from me....if you put yourself in a vulnerable position and you bring in dancing assaults and meatgrinder heavys, I'm going to be a douche to you because that many of those suits on the field to me is a d!ck move in of itself.