Adipem Nothi
Nos Nothi
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Posted - 2015.07.03 04:04:00 -
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Aeon Amadi wrote:Adipem Nothi wrote:One Eyed King wrote:I think this looks like a very good balancing option.
Especially considering team deploy in PC, and 8 man squads will have all those shared active scans, no matter what the level. Agreed. 15dB Focused Scans shared 8-ways (or 16!) would be a pain. Same for shared squad sight. What is your proposal for finding Scouts, then? The current design was what the Barbershop submitted in the past as to let the Gallente Logi force Scouts into an all Profile Dampened fit using Active Scanners. If they can no-longer do that, than Scouts can run around with more EHP and less focus on maintaining a low profile.
If I were calling the shots? Hmmm ...
I'd keep an eye on Scout kill/spawn efficiency. If efficiency dips in PC following squad size changes, I'd assume shared passives would be to blame. I'd immediately set inner scan ring precision equal to middle-ring precision (50% --> 100%); this would effectively disable high intensity inner rings. Then, I'd buff Range Amp output from 15% to 30% (split the difference with the former 45%). This would potentially put AM Scouts back on the map, and it would afford GA/CA Scouts who fit Range Amp(s) opportunity to better manage risk factors.
I would expect Scout efficiency for all four races to improve on account of the above changes; if efficiency improved beyond acceptable bounds, I'd buff inner ring precision and monitor the situation. Rinse / Repeat until efficiency returns to within target bounds.
If (on the other hand) after the above changes, Scout kill/spawn efficiency remained below acceptable bounds, I'd take a look at Focused Scanner usage in PC. If it is significant, I'd nerf its precision and watch for change in Scout efficiency. Rinse / Repeat until efficiency is within target bounds.
Kill/Spawn efficiency tells us whether or not Scouts are being found; how they are being found is secondary. Low Efficiency tells us that they're being found too easily. High Efficiency tells us that they aren't easy enough to find.
Shoot scout with yes. - Ripley Riley (for CPM2)
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