DJINN leukoplast
Hellstorm Inc
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Posted - 2013.01.05 11:21:00 -
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I've read about others and their officer weapons, but I had no idea they were THIS powerful. 
Equipped my advanced assault type-B suit tonight for the first time with an officer weapon, Balac's GAR -21 Assault Rifle (35.8 HP, 857.1 RPM, accuracy 57.0, and clip size of 72). And WOW, I had no idea they were so much of an advantage over the reg weapons. This thing shoots as fast as an SMG but with equivalent (if not better) power and accuracy as a Proto AR!
All I had to do was look at another player and they were toast nearly instantly (BTW I'm currently using two 10% damage mods). I could even smoke one of those super-crazy heavies as long as I was not right in front of them. 
All I have to say is, if you can use those weapons... USE THEM! No reason to hold onto them as the beta means nothing for stock-piling reasons.
Officer weapons == Gameshark for Dust  |
DJINN leukoplast
Hellstorm Inc
League of Infamy
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Posted - 2013.01.05 23:20:00 -
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Maken Tosch wrote:Those Officer weapons really are overpowered. No doubt about it. But from a salvage point of view they are very balanced because they are SUPER RARE and can only be gained through salvage! I have salvaged a lot of stuff since Precursor and so far I have only gotten 5x sniper rifles that are just a tier below officer level and that was it and those things alone were nearly god mode in a gun. I can only imagine the officer weapons.
Now imagine selling these weapons in the player-driven market. You would no doubt sell them for about 1 million ISK a piece at least.
Yeah they are definitely crazy rare, in the ~3 months I have been playing without a reset, I have gotten only 20 officer AR's, 10 were the Balac's and the other 10 were under another name, but same stats I think.
I doubt I would ever use them in the release build due to their resale price and rarity, but they are sure fun to use up now! I was incredibly reckless in my playing last night, but I felt near invincible with that gun. I even accidentally got revived by a blue dot and ended up taking out the 2-3 people who killed me originally (one of which was a decently speced heavy).
When the release build does come around and the markets are fully operational with EVE, players are going to be making bank on all the officer gear they get for weapons they won't (or can't) use.
D'Finn Rhedlyne wrote:Agreed.
However, I feel that the officer weapons should have retained the scope sight instead of being demoted to standard grunt iron sights.
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I actually am doing much better with the iron sights, not sure if it's due to the new aiming feel or the sights themselves, but I really like them. I have no problem taking people out at range , and medium range shots are much easier to get and hold on the enemy.
Hip-firing though is a different story, I was much of a better hip-fire shot in the previous build, in Chromosome I really suck at it. Even with the officer weapon I got owned by somebody with an Exile who had better tracking skills in a hip-fire dual.
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