Sleepy Zan
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Posted - 2015.07.22 14:46:00 -
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Aeon Amadi wrote:
2) Range and Damage need to follow the same design spectrum as every other weapon in the game.
How does it make any sense for a Tactical Sniper Rifle with a 300m range to do 221 damage
.... but a Thale's has a 450m range with 373 damage...?
Sniper Rifles should follow the same damage/range design philosophy as everything else in the game. The longer the range, the less damage it does. If we give lower range rifles the higher damage then we force true-snipers into engagement range and redline snipers are much less viable - reduced down mostly to a nuisance/irritant than a lethal force.
Hello friends,
This is an example of a little something that grinds my gears. I'm not going to even go deeper into using absolute terms like, "this is what they should be" and "this is what needs to be done" while giving an over simplified solution and expecting that to be enough. But, what I don't appreciate is treating a situation like this as an equation that needs to be balanced. To me personally it seems like it's coming more from your own personal preferences and comfort rather then trying to make a good game. Now this doesn't look bad on paper but practically I believe a higher tier sniper should be a significantly better sniper. Sacrificing one attribute to increase the other (even if it's equal) doesn't mean it has the same effectiveness now as it did before.
Officer gear is officer gear and if it's going to be judged by the same standards as normal gear then it should just as available as normal gear.
Of course the game needs balancing, and not one single person knows what needs to be done to balance it. Giving ideas is all good and well, but frankly much of the community act like they've been endowed with arcane knowledge. Now I hope there is a lot more to this "fix" then what you've mentioned. If so, state all of it, otherwise speak as though it's incomplete.
All that said, I've never been one to be taken seriously so go ahead and move along and disregard my words if you like. I just stopped by and remembered how much I dislike a gaming community that sound like they are know-it-all teens talking back to their parents.
Good day, and keep it classy
A real sniper doesn't provide battlefield intelligence, a real sniper leaves no intelligence left on the battlefield.
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