castba
Rogue Instincts
Evil Syndicate Alliance.
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Posted - 2015.06.12 11:09:00 -
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<--- Amarr sentinel since Chromosome. Also lvl 5 Caldari sentinel.
Maxed out HMG & Forge although I never used the HMG until a month into Uprising.
Fox Gaden wrote:Here are a few things worth discussing:
- Amarr and Gallente heavy weapons using place holders. What should they be, and what art assets in game now could be reskinned to act as a place holder for them?
- Is the Plasma Cannon the medium frame counter to Sentinels? Does it work well enough for them to stop crying when they canGÇÖt take us 1v1 at 10m with a rifle? Ok, some will always cry, but can we use the Plasma Cannon as a counter argument?
- If we had a mid range HMG (or Heavy Laser) would the range reduction to the normal HMG be acceptable? How much do you notice the range reduction to the HMG? Was there an effective range reduction, or did the range reduction simply reduce the range on paper to what the actual range due to dispersion actually was?
Would love a medium range Amarr heavy laser to work as a wide solid beam. 1 second charge and overheat after 4 seconds with 3 second cooldown. High damage that is maintained from 15-70m with an immediate drop off thereafter.
Reskinned forge gun firing an enlarge Laser rifle beam perhaps?
Gallente heavy weapon to be some kind of plasma ball launcher. Slight charge time (0.3 seconds), spits out a super heated ball of plasma which does ~500 direct damage & ~80 splash in a 3m radius from impact point. Fire rate around 60/min. Half the projectile range of the plasma cannon with 1.5x faster travelling projectile.
Reskinned HMG firing a recoloured forge gun bolt perhaps?
Plasma cannon is very effective against Sentinels. Extremely high alpha and equipped on suits that are highly mobile and impossible to detect for a Sentinel unless looking straight at them... as if you should be running head on at a sentinel.
That said, team/squad shared scans are OP.
Range reduction is not so much of an issue on the standard and burst HMG's as they are intended to be lethal in close quarters. The pitiful damage and/or the rapid heat build up is a problem IMO. The burst is useless if 2-3 guys are coming at you and one of them is a sentinel. The standard variant HMG is outclassed by the AHMG at any range in a face to face, blast each others face until one of you drops confrontation.
"When everything is OP, nothing is" - CCP Ratatti
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castba
Rogue Instincts
Evil Syndicate Alliance.
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Posted - 2015.06.19 02:33:00 -
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Bought the Kador skin as well.
No regrets, look just the way I wanted it to.
Oddly, it also made me read up on the Kador lore.
"When everything is OP, nothing is" - CCP Ratatti
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