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justinsane16
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Posted - 2015.10.15 21:03:00 -
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Why did Minmatar and Caldari Scouts not get the shield recharge time buff? |
justinsane16
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Posted - 2015.10.15 21:49:00 -
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XxBlazikenxX wrote:justinsane16 wrote:Why did Minmatar and Caldari Scouts not get the shield recharge time buff? Because CCP hates scouts.
Sometimes I think so too...
Their bonus is wasted making cloaks for them only, not actually making the cloaks themselves better.
They are so easily killed yet to be efficient they need to at least use advanced, costing 40-50k each, the same as other advanced suits but no less harder to kill than the basic.
The cloak(see point above) was made useless by being nerfed several times, First by making it stand out so much that in certain maps and moods, you stand out more by being cloaked than not cloaked. Second, by the delay that been no longer necessary for a very long time, which for some reason still applies even if you are not cloaked and switched to your weapon(or equipment?). Third, by its sheer insanely high cpu and pg cost for a single equipment(even for a scout with full buffs)
And now they have been nerfed again relative to nearly all other suits by not getting the bonus other shield suits get, and Galente getting a buff.
I simply have to give up on my Min scout now, its simply unplayable and frustrating. |
justinsane16
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Posted - 2015.10.16 17:00:00 -
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Cloak Dog wrote:justinsane16 wrote:XxBlazikenxX wrote:justinsane16 wrote:Why did Minmatar and Caldari Scouts not get the shield recharge time buff? Because CCP hates scouts. Sometimes I think so too... Their bonus is wasted making cloaks for them only, not actually making the cloaks themselves better. They are so easily killed yet to be efficient they need to at least use advanced, costing 40-50k each, the same as other advanced suits but no less harder to kill than the basic. The cloak(see point above) was made useless by being nerfed several times, First by making it stand out so much that in certain maps and moods, you stand out more by being cloaked than not cloaked. Second, by the delay that been no longer necessary for a very long time, which for some reason still applies even if you are not cloaked and switched to your weapon(or equipment?). Third, by its sheer insanely high cpu and pg cost for a single equipment(even for a scout with full buffs) And now they have been nerfed again relative to nearly all other suits by not getting the bonus other shield suits get, and Galente getting a buff. I simply have to give up on my Min scout now, its simply unplayable and frustrating. Wanna know somethin funny? I made this alt, that of which I use primarily, after they stopped nerfing the cloak field. I still use it. Not just cause its in my name, but because Its perfect where it is. Its not op in the hands of a noob, and its not something a pro can use with ease. You need actual skills to use a cloak. Not just Skill Points. :P
No other class in the game requires such an amount of luck and skill than a scout with a cloak, its simply not comparable. Players should not be forced to avoid scouting because they simply aren't above average in skill. It should be accessable to everyone.
Now that said, I don't consider myself without skill, yet I still find myself far more frustrated scouting than when using assualt, logi or heavy.
The cloak was a great idea turned bad by the devs' laziness in balancing it. They hacked a bunch of patches together all at once, screwing it up completely. There cannot be anyone that says that delay was the correct approach to ensuring people can't uncloak then attack immediately. The devs themselves even said this was all they could do at the time, yet they have made no attempt to rectify it since.
Back to the point though, as I deviated so much.
justinsane16 wrote:Why did Minmatar and Caldari Scouts not get the shield recharge time buff? |
justinsane16
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Posted - 2015.10.16 17:32:00 -
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Echo 1991 wrote:Wow, how does being invisible and unscanable require any form of skill???
Being squishy and easy to kill is the trade-off for having the best ewar, and fastest suits as well as the ability to be invisible
As I said earlier, due to the changes in the cloak, often you are not invisible, as the colour of the clone while cloaked is quite obvious while moving in certain maps and certain moods, as in, more obvious than if you had a dark skin rather than being cloaked. Also, due to the delay, you cannot be as flexible as you like because it affects you under all circumstances, not just going from cloaked to a weapon/equipment.
The cloak takes up your suit type bonus for no good reason, and still costs a lot in PG and CPU relative to all virtually all other items.
Also, can you leave the derogatory attitude out please.
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justinsane16
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Posted - 2015.10.16 17:53:00 -
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Megaman Trigger wrote:justinsane16 wrote:Why did Minmatar and Caldari Scouts not get the shield recharge time buff? For the same reason CalSents didn't get a buff; they were the baseline for the change. CalScout was at one end and CalSent at the other, everything in between was brought in line with them.
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