Longshot Ravenwood
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
680
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Posted - 2012.08.05 21:13:00 -
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I've played this game with both my main character (who has all of my skill points allocated) and a secondary character (who has essentially none of his skill points allocated).
This is my first FPS in over 3 years & my KDR sits around .34% on my main. On my alt it sits at .32%
I've said it may times.
The biggest difference in gear comes from how forgiving the game is of the mistakes you make. This isn't the kind of game where you can charge at every opponent head on, center of body mass him and shoot him dead in one or two shots. The game is more real than that. It challenges you to find cover, work with your teammates, & to out think superior enemies.
Someone's got a sniper rifle that eats straight through your logistics suit? Switch to a heavy suit. The extra few seconds may be just enough to set things up for making a difference. |
Longshot Ravenwood
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
680
|
Posted - 2012.08.06 20:23:00 -
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Mobius Wyvern wrote:Longshot Ravenwood wrote:I've played this game with both my main character (who has all of my skill points allocated) and a secondary character (who has essentially none of his skill points allocated).
This is my first FPS in over 3 years & my KDR sits around .34% on my main. On my alt it sits at .32%
I've said it may times.
The biggest difference in gear comes from how forgiving the game is of the mistakes you make. This isn't the kind of game where you can charge at every opponent head on, center of body mass him and shoot him dead in one or two shots. The game is more real than that. It challenges you to find cover, work with your teammates, & to out think superior enemies.
Someone's got a sniper rifle that eats straight through your logistics suit? Switch to a heavy suit. The extra few seconds may be just enough to set things up for making a difference. An excellent point.
Thanks for the support Mobius.
And to comment more directly on something the OP was referring to,
Asher Night wrote:In this game as a scout, I've been shot at, turned around to see it's a scout emptying his SMG on me, then I shoot him with maybe 10 bullets from my Proto Ishikone Assault SMG and killed him. It's obvious he just started playing and is probably regretting buying the merc pack and trying to use that Dragonfly armor. In a MMOFPS, he would have killed me. He got the drop on me, he fired first. But in this game, with my time I've spent putting better stuff on my character - I won WITH NO CHALLENGE WHATSOEVER.
It's very much the fault of the scout who walked up to you and tried to take you out with an SMG. He'd have been better off knifing you once then trying to shoot you up. (Nova Knife deals 150 damage in one shot, which is significantly more than the SMG, but lacks the SMG's range, allowing them to close in, hit you, then finish you off.) Additionally, if he had used a shotgun, assault rifle, grenade, or rapid fire sniper rifle it's very likely that he would have killed you before you had a chance to turn around. The worst choices for sneaking up on someone and taking them out are the sidearms unless you have a high accuracy rate & you're confident in the amount of damage you can absorb and deal.
The SMG's become the weapon of choice for so many mostly because it operates similarly to an Assault Rifle the players don't have to adjust to a different weapon setting or worry about tapping the fire button. The second his death notification said "Ishtar" on it he knew he should have tried a different tactic. |