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Posted - 2016.02.01 21:43:00 -
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Lightning35 Delta514 wrote:Breakin Stuff wrote:Adipem Nothi wrote:There were no serious requests for Sentinel buffs until the last round or two of Assault buffs. Correction: There were no serious requests for sentinel buffs until the HMG was nerfed too hard. the assault buffs had not one goddamn thing to do with this. Correct. Assaults are fine imo. So are scouts and logis and commandos. But then come the sentinels......
Usage rates, assuming Dust Thang is accurate, suggest otherwise.
Last I checked, Assault usage was more than Scout, Commando, and Sentinel combined.
That is insane.
Assault suits should be the mmost used suit, but not by the margin you currently see.
I would be forever grateful to see CCPs data on this, but for the time being the data I am able to see suggests that all other suits outside of Assaults are balanced against each other fairly decently, with Assaults being a major outlier.
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Posted - 2016.02.02 15:19:00 -
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Breakin Stuff wrote:Adipem Nothi wrote:
If Assaults are OP -- and they certainly look that way from the vantage of Commandos, Sentinels and Scouts -- then the quickest and cleanest fix is to nerf Assaults.
In your opinion, one that is not shared by the vast majority of the playerbase, including hardcore players of other classes.
Forget opinion. What does the data say?
What is the percentage of Assault suits among those with the SP to use something beyond starter?
What is the Kills per Spawn ratio of Assaults compared to other roles?
You are always looking at poking Devs for something to share, and we haven't been given this kind of data for awhile.
If those numbers can honestly demonstrate balance, then at least it would give us something to consider when discussing any possible changes.
If those numbers demonstrate Assault over performance, then we need to stop coddling them and start talking reasonable, measured nerfs that can be implemented in incriments so as not to be overdone.
Opinion has little room in this discussion, unless we are conceding that data no longer matters to CCP, in which case Dust really is dead for all intents and purposes.
Former CEO of the Land of the BIind.
Any double entendre is unintended I assure you.
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