Jaysyn Larrisen
OSG Planetary Operations
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2015.07.03 02:47:00 -
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While i appreciate the discussion starter on this perpetual topic I have to say that it seems like many of the discussion points are treating symptoms and not root issues. Basically...i think we (and CCP Rattati) are making this too hard.
My view is that the differences in rifle performance is simply too broad. The range differences are over the top which drives 2nd and 3rd order reactions in the form of dmg, ROF, recoil, heat, and spool time.
I will be transparent about the fact that I absolutely detest the spool time mechanic for the Caldari weapon line. It absolutely feels like a clunky mechanic that was invented solely for the purpose of trying to make the weapon different but ultimately not adding to the quality of play. I think they should have gone with a mechanic near identical to the heat build up in the Amarr weapon line but call it "capacitor". When you run out of "capacitor" (i.e. hits the current overheat mark on a SCR/ASCR) your weapon simply goes out of commission until the "charge" builds back up.
The AR could, and should, be an optimal choice for relatively close in fights but having it utterly gimped against all other LWs due to it's range shortfall is pretty ridiculous. The options I've seen some folks floating around would make it more lethal than an HMG in a short range brawl and that just confounds me as to why some folks thinks that makes since.
The CR and SCR families are in pretty solid places. The could certainly be tweaked, however, one of the reasons they are preforming solid is that that they don't really come up short in any critical combat performance categories.
Overall...i just feel we should bring the weapons closer together in actual performance (more towards the CR/SCR zone) and homogenize the drawback mechanics of the SCR / RR systems for pure simplicity. This will allow meaningful adjustments and balancing the Light Weapon Class as a whole in comparison to the other weapon classes.
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