I am Caldari, I fight in Caldari suits with Caldari weapons. But there are weapons which are OP to which Caldari weapons and suits seem to have no answer.

One such weapon is the shotgun. It's not a Caldari weapon, so I don't use it, but what do I use to either counter it or emulate it? There's nothing right? Yes, there's the shotgun, if I were happy enough to use one but as I don't, that's not an option.

No doubt people will think it's ridiculous that I don't just train the shotgun and use it. Well, apart from anything else, I don't like the idea of training FOMT which is basicly what the shotty jumpy scout is. I run Caldari Scout myself, and won't stoop to such ridiculous behaviour.

Perhaps I should basicly accept that what I'm simply saying is this game has become ridiculous. Even in the short time I've been playing, I've seen it degenerate. Now it's just painful. But that's probably a discussion for another thread.

So what is a Caldari fighter to do to counter all these ridiculous tactics? Other than leave, that is...

Ahoy!

Nothing good comes from willingly limiting yourself in any way, not in life and not in any games, not just DUST 514. Having a role-playing outlook on the game is cool, and being loyal to one faction to the point of only using equipment related to that faction is an interesting way of playing, but you sacrifice being versatile in order to do so. This is your choice, you could train any Skills and use any weapons, unlike some other games where race and bloodline or a character class actually limit your choices in game.

Honestly, anyone playing exclusively with roleplaying limitations shouldn't take part in balance discussions.

A caldari shotgun would be amazing though.








Js

Why do you do this! What dust should have been.....im going to go QQ on the forums about this now

Yep. Put me in the same category. I was really excited when we were going to get Walking In Stations which was going to be part of the connection between Dust and EvE. Instead we got Captain's Quarters, which basicly add exactly nothing to the game that wasn't already there. In fact, many people can't even go to Captain's Quarters because it's so heavy on graphics processing.

And then the connection never happened. Yes, there were orbital strikes. But where were the options to transport mercs around New Eden from conflict to conflict? Instead we get these stylised unrealistic battles. I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started playing during the Beta, and then I stopped, which I now think was a really bad move. From what I can see I would have enjoyed it a lot more than Dust as it is now!

This thread was principally about how to deal with shotguns which ARE OP at extreme short range. Rail rifles can't do anything about a shotgun when they're right on you. The only weapon I run that can counter a shotty scout appears to be the bolt pistol.

Ishukone developing the nova knives means nothing - they copy everything in sight! :) But seriously, if nova knives were Caldari tech, where are the suits with bonuses for them?