howard sanchez
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Posted - 2012.12.26 05:29:00 -
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Ydubbs81 RND wrote:Tectonious Falcon wrote:I think if your getting killed by two grenades from an assault mass driver, he's using a a good mass driver with damage mods and your running a scout suit. I'm not getting killed by two grenades. It's more like 4 because none of them hit me directly. Another thing that is ridiculous about the MD is that the splash damage moves your aim off. So, they could spray and spray and it's hard for you to keep the aim on them.
Mr RnD,
That isin fact the whole point of the assault mass driver: it is a squad assist weapon that is first a damage suppressor and second an Aoe indirect fire system. Anyone standing in the splash zone tends to develop the opinion that the MD is a problem while anyone sighting in on a MD wielding merc tends to not be as impressed with its offensive potential.
Working as intended. And folks, just to be clear, when a system or game mechanic generates a lot of angst on both sides of the balanced argument (like AR for a long time and MD recently) that points to a more balanced system than either side of the argument is likely to agree with.
Mass drivers are to Dust as ECM is to Eve. |
howard sanchez
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Posted - 2012.12.26 05:56:00 -
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Overlord Ulath wrote:Naming no names, a certain person in a proto suit one shotted me with the EXO Mass Driver the other day while I was in an A-Series Assault suit with 2 enhanced shield extenders, 1 enhanced armor plate, 1 armor repair module, and my mechanics skill is at 5 and my shield control is at 3. I suppose I may have been tapped by a bullet or two before it connected, but it was still far too strong. The proto drivers should be officer level weapons, the advanced should be proto, basic should be advanced, and a lower level should replace the basics.
TL;DR: Drivers need a minor drop in damage. DON'T REPEAT THE MISSILE NERF CRISIS WITH THESE WEAPONS. These weapons are perfect as are, but the damage is just slightly over the top.
Let's be clear and dispense with the hyperbole, shall we?
What you post is what YOU know to be true: you were either uninjured or lightly damaged and got one shotted by a previously less effective weapon system.
What you don't know, in fact, what you have no ******* idea about is: since Chromosone launched, exactly how many EXO-5 Mass Driver rounds have one shotted a target? Guess what? I don't know either. Do you want to know who does know? That's right! C C P. the devs know how truly effective mass drivers are. Where they are effective, against who,employed how, etc. they aren't guessing and in a few rare cases they may not even be playing ( not likely but...) But they have exclusive and extensive access to a myriad of hard statistical data.
All of us trigger monkeys can wail and scream about the unkindness and blindly imbalanced efforts by the devs but we (and I humbly include myself in 'us') often forget the other side of the game development Coin. Hard science, mathematics and statistical data & analysis have an integral and vital role in pushing game quality and effectiveness to new levels.
Peace. Open your mind. Empty your cup that you might be filled with new wisdom. |