Jaysyn Larrisen
OSG Planetary Operations
Covert Intervention
1507
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Posted - 2015.03.29 03:36:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:Simply what happened was that the Scrambler was OP, but few were using it so either it was hard to use or only paying off for a few to use.
Now, what is happening is that since I said that, a flood of player have migrated to the arguably best weapon, without it diminishing the K/S, even to the point that the K/S is going up.
That tells me that its not that hard to use, OP and needs a tweak.
I would welcome players going to TAC AR and the grand design goal is to get these rifles to the point that you will have a preferrred a weapon but switch to other weapons to accommodate tactical situations.
The weapon should not be a "forced" choice, because it is much better than the others, so using them is a handicap.
Reference the bold part of your statement, unless weapons are addressed holistically you will continue to have bow waves of FOTM like events as people cycle from weapon to weapon.
A few other general comments:
1. Arkena is quite right; how a weapon feels, i.e. subjectively performs does matter quite a bit to most players. It is hard to reconcile with hard numbers but it's not to be discounted either. For example: you commented that you played with the RR to see what the frustration from RR players was during the last nerf cycle...i think you said something to the effect that you just couldn't get the handle of it due to the excessive spool time.
2. Reference the ASCR - you (as noted by Alena) have well spotted the fact that statistically it now outclasses every weapon in class in every measurable stat or at least is a close second yet it's usage just is where you want to see it. When you were first looking into the weapon you had quite a bit of feedback that the actual weapon handling was the bigger detractor and not the stats yet you choose to go with a massive buff to damage.
I can tell you this...running a shield tanked set up was a bit dicey prior to this and after having my Cal Sentinel pretty much shredded by Carthums and popping my Cal Logi like a balloon it's time to put those on the shelf.
3. I do like that you mentioned the BuAR needing some additional love. I use it fairly often since the RRs are pretty much a non-starter for my play style and the ARR is average at best. The best thing going for it is the scope in ADS mode...this harkens back to my comments about perhaps no zoom / minimal zoom scopes variants for most weapons.
4. SCR needing a nerf? Maybe...not convinced. I do know those things are flat out deadly to my Cal suits.
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