Caldari = Sniper Rifle
Gallente = Shotgun
Minmatar = Mass Driver
Amarr = Laser Rifle

Why can't the Caldari have our own Mass Drivers, Shotguns, and Laser RIfles?

Hejj all...

Been thinking about the sniper rifle. It is so general a weapon group and so varied in its handling:

How about making the regular sniper rifle the Minmatar one [SixKin], making the tactical sniper rifle Gallente [Allotek], and having the Charge Sniper Rifle for Amarr [Carthum] ?
Since I find it a bit hard to think of massively new ways the sniper rifle could work for other races than the ones we have already, this seemed to be the easiest way to have almost every Commando profit from it. The Caldari Commando would have none, but be able to partially compensate with his high fitting slot he has over the other Commandos.

What's your opinion on this? In case you have completely new takes on sniper rifles for other races, please feel free to post away, Iam very eager to read those...

No mass drivers are in the same support weapon class as

Gallente = placon
Caldari = Swarm Launcher
Minmatar = Mass Driver
Amarr = laser rifle

Adding parity by re-purposing existing weapons doesnt appeal to me very much.

Also the Cal Commando is already useless at anything besides redline sniping, so Im not sure why you would want to take away the only thing that makes them worth it. Its easily the worst suit in the game, it doesnt need to get screwed out of yet another role it can do, I mean they already got screwed out of the swarm launcher, which is a caldari weapon, and they are screwed out of any kind of fighting that doesnt involve being behind cover 70-80 meters away from the enemy because their regen, health, slot layout, stamina, and speed, which are all crap, combined with the rail rifle nerf which disproportionately ****** over the Cal Commando's short range capabilities.

I guess what Im saying is: buff cal commando (and all commandos, but cal commando is particularly bad)

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What's your opinion on this? In case you have completely new takes on sniper rifles for other races, please feel free to post away, Iam very eager to read those...

Me personally, I do not have enough experience with the Caldari Commando to really qualify as judge, but the suit looks kinda gimped to me even on quick-look. Might as well be wrong, as some people posted already they knew how to make it work and viable. Please don't ask me how...

And the swarm launcher thing isnt a huge deal, mostly because the biggest bonus commandos get to it is the reload speed, not the 10% damage bonus.

You mean: Commandos in general? Since Swarm Launchers deal explosive damage, doesn't the Minmatar commando benefit from it? I never read the Minmatar Commando to be crappy. The other ones: ok, we can discuss this, but the Minmatar with bonus to MassDriver, CombatRifle& SwarmLauncher damage PLUS its native suit speed? This is difficult for me to believe.

Yes the Min commando gets a 10% bonus from the swarm launcher, I was posting from the Cal Commando perspective (though I have both of them anyway). From the cal's perspective, the 10% damage loss on the swarm launcher isnt a super big deal, thats the point.

Min Comm (probably the best commando) is alot less crappy than the Cal Comm, but still I think its not nearly as good as assault/scout/heavy/logi. I dont have direct experience with the gal comm/amarr comm, but I think, compared to Cal Comm, are much more competitive in close quarters (but its worth noting the Amarr Comm's damage bonus is completely 100% outclassed by the Amar Assault's bonus, Amarr Assault bonus provides more dps increase due to the heat mechanics affect on dps).

Ah, ok, CalComm perspective, makes sense this way.
Concerning Ammandos: some people like True Ada are of the opinion it is viable as a suppressor role, but: I never had this experience with it myself. My AmSent and Am Assault perform way better for me, but maybe Iam just noob. Most Ammandos I see nowadays seem to run AR, TacAR or AssRR paired with MassDriver: strange, strange indeed.

No mass drivers are in the same support weapon class as

Gallente = placon
Caldari = Swarm Launcher
Minmatar = Mass Driver
Amarr = laser rifle

This all old information now; as it stands atm any weapon class can have parity just the question of why needs to be seriously asked first ahead of time. Parity for parity stakes is just throwing a reskinned weapon in that doesnt feel that much different.

For example a Gallente mass driver I want to see fire a drone launcher instead with very limited homing capability to replace its splash damage the mass driver normally enjoys.

A Gallente missile launcher being a harpy launcher; fires a drone that follows the javelin style of attack screaming on its way in. Able to do land locking for some tower removal.

Every new weapon should be more about what it does to the game first then figuring out who should have it and then where to shove it in accordance. There are lots of weapon profiles out there we can barrow for this game easily and keep things interesting but each one has to be analyzed carefully.

Honestly I always thought the Laser Rifle was the Amarrian take on a [Long-range Weapon], and the racial parallel of the Sniper Rifle.

In my mind the laser rifle represents the marksman rifle; a rifle you want your spotter to have in a two man sniper team.

Is that where the TAC rifle should fit in?

Lower mag and RoF but more damage per shot?

Eh, who am I kidding. new weapons!