Aeon Amadi
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Posted - 2015.05.08 23:46:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:Sgt Kirk wrote:Alright, Small Blasters, while better are still just not cutting it as a mostly dedicated Small Turret.
As some of you might know the small blasters now have a accuracy gain while firing similar to the HMG. The issue with the turret as is, is that by the time you have an accurate enough stream of fire you are about to overheat or run out of ammo. The problem with this is that the time it takes for you to get that constant DPS to kill anyone above STD they will very likely pluck your conveniently exposed head out of the gunner seat, especially if it's multiple people.
For Dropships it's still pretty obvious that Small Missiles are the way to go, Small blasters don't have enough accuracy for the range combined with the time it takes to get accurate to be viable but that's just the way it is but I'll get back to that later.
The way I see it is that there are three ways we could fix this issue.
Option 1: Have the Startup Spread & Reticle a smaller than what we have no to where you can at least hit a guy from 20 meters away then it gets accurate from there.
Option 2: Have an inverse firing mechanic which basically starts it off extremely accurate to less accurate....
Option 3: General Damage buff. This will allow those few initial stray shots to give the enemy the idea that he needs to back off before the pain train comes to town in a death stream.
Now onto LAVs.
Like Blasters, LAVs are in a much better place but they still just aren't there yet.
The fitting increase as well as slot layout was much needed but it's still lacking.
When Rattati first initially nerfed the LAVs HP I thought that surely he would give us the slot layout we had before when LAVs were balanced but alas...here we are. LAVs gained 1 primary tank slot but not the their secondary slot which allowed the LAV to be a versatile support platform or in shields case, a boost to shields and shield resist (using the Power Diagnostic unit module and damage control unit)
The way I see it there are three ways to fix LAVs.
Option 1: Give the Saga it's second low slot back and the Methana it's second high slot back.
Option 2: Have tiered LAVs similar to how we have dropsuits that progress in fitting and slots. Example: STD Methana - 1H 3L. ADV Methana - 1H - 4L. PRO - 2H - 4L
Option 3: Have it tierd like tanks and give each races LAV it's own slot layout and only increase the fitting space between higher and lower levels. Saga LAV: 5H - 1L and Methana LAV 3H - 4L Any progression would be like HAVs. I consider Dropships to be a higher priority after this last patch. Excellent feedback, and I am hearing good things from players contacting me. Small blasters seem to be at least semi viable ona dropship, but I think they will shine on an HAV.
Everything shines on an HAV.
You guys are like a broken record with this "CPM material" business xD Let it go
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Aeon Amadi
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Posted - 2015.05.09 19:31:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:I was playing around with a saga, and was capped fairly hard by pg. Not a viable fit but I just wanted to try all the new items together
regulator
small blaster
heat sink
dispalizer
extender
and ended up having to trade the low for an armor slot.
What are your normal fittings capped by?
A crippling inability to stay alive long enough to make any sort of use of the blaster.
The issue stems from the fact that people aren't afraid of Small Blasters because they know they're terrible. I roll up in an HAV and people are going to either run or change fittings to deal with the problem. I roll up in an LAV and they're likely just going to shoot at me, the gunner, because of my inability to move and put down enough DPS (due to hit reliability, overheating, long reloads, etc). If they're conveniently running AV they know that the LAV is weak enough to -maybe- survive one or two barrages from any form of AV.
So, it's double jeopardy. I either die to small arms fire because the Small Blaster is incredibly inaccurate and doesn't have good enough DPS to warrant that inaccuracy, or I burn in a fire with whatever suit I was wearing because - almost ironically - the LAV is easier to kill than I am.
LAVs need to be defensable enough to warrant use of the gun. I get a little agitated whenever someone says that LAVs are just expendable means of transport because they -could- be infantry support/suppression platforms if they just had something that allowed them to be: Defense. Either make the LAV have the capability to be durable enough to survive AV for longer than one or two shots or give the gunner some means of defense against small arms fire beyond hope and prayer.
Small Turrets only excel on other platforms (DS, ADS, HAV) because it's difficult to remove them from play. They're fiercesome, not because of their damage application, but because of the risk involved in trying to kill the gunner.
You guys are like a broken record with this "CPM material" business xD Let it go
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