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Fivetimes Infinity
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Posted - 2012.09.16 23:48:00 -
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I've been saying this forever. My dumb alt, Threetimes Infinity, is 112-2 with newbie skill levels and nothing but sniping. Even with low skills it's no big deal to get into the teens worth of kills with zero deaths. I've talked about what I think needs to be done with sniping in other threads, but to summarize, sniping is too easy, too safe, and maybe too powerful. The charge rifle should not be a standard level item, as it is the best sniper rifle in the game. Other than that, either bullet travel time or permanent sway needs to be added, and a bright, blue-white tracer like railguns in EVE have. That way, it's harder to get kills, and harder to stay safe and alive while sniping.
But, I've done all I can to demonstrate how ridiculous sniping is, and I can only imagine CCP has heard what myself and few other snipers have been saying. Whether they agree is a whole other issue. |
Fivetimes Infinity
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Posted - 2012.09.16 23:55:00 -
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Jin Robot wrote:I would say anywhere on the field of battle is in range of something. Rock paper scissors. So snipers have range, they also have there down sides. Turning them into a long range AR is not the answer. Why does everyone want rock rock rock.
People who use an unbalanced method of play and then defend that method as being not unbalanced are very bothersome. As someone who is probably a better sniper than you are, I'm here to tell you that you are nothing without your magical weapon. Snipers risk essentially zippo for huge power. Sniping is very safe, can one-shot a lot of people, and is as easy as putting a dot over some guy and pulling the trigger. Defending sniping these days is little more than attempting to justify your success as being a matter of skill, rather than what it actually is -- as reliant on shoddy game design as tanks are/were. |
Fivetimes Infinity
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Posted - 2012.09.17 11:19:00 -
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Jin Robot wrote:So then if you were telling the truth threetimes infinity would be at the top of the leader boards with a 56-1 k/d. Sounds better when you exaggerate though.
The game adds at least one death for some reason. Your KDR in your character stats is always at least one death more than your KDR on the leaderboard. So for Threetimes, the game has counted it as 112-3 even though my info in the NeoCom says 112-2. For Fivetimes, my listed KDR is 11.16 even though my NeoCom says I'm at 11.25. It's strange.
But, anyway, yeah, Fivetimes started as an infantry guy and transitioned to sniper. Threetimes started as a sniper. Both of those characters are either in or around the top 10 in terms of KDR as snipers. It's been a little while since I played, but unless Otosan Oonaki has really buckled down Threetimes is #1 and Fivetimes is #6. All thanks to easy, safe, powerful sniping. |
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