Ten-Sidhe
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.01.19 06:42:00 -
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The assault rifle(gallente) is the only service rifle we have. When we get scrambler rifles(amarr), gauss rifles(caldari) and claws (minmatar) we will see people using a variety of them. Personally I look forward to the scrambler since it would seem to fit my playstyle better then ar, the gauss I figure will fit between the sniper and ar and will probably replace most of my sniper fits.
I used to use the smg as my primary weapon(light slot was used for mass/swarm/sniper/shotgun but they were used as specialized secondary in most fits), but the skill bonus was changed to nerf it, new build seems to restore some of its former utility.
It would be nice it short ranged weapons like shotgun and smg had damage for operation and accuracy for proficiency, opposite of longer ranged scrambler pistol and ar. This would help give each more a niche.
The ar and laser are good as they are now. It took some tweaks to get them there but they are right now. If other weapons are subpar they need improved, not the ar nerfed. We only have one factions main service weapon, once others are added it will be more variety.
Real life note... Most nations use assault rifles(m-16/ak-14/famas) for the bulk of the troops, some use battle rifles(m-14/fal/m1/g3). PDW, shot guns, smg, salvo rifles, light machine guns, mini rocket launchers, and needle guns fave been tested as replacments but found lacking in some way. Russia equipped entire units with smg in WWII, longer ranged then dust version though. The U.S. considered replacing it's rifle with a pdw(based on hk7) in 1990's, a shotgun(with long range sabr ammo) or needle gun(very high velocity smooth bore dart) in the 1980's, salvo rifle(fires a group of small bullets from multiple barrels with each pull) and light machine gun in 1950's. The mini-rocket idea was mainly just pushed by the company making them, but seem similar to the minmatar flaylock so could show up in dust.
Something with good versatility like ar will be more common then specialized weapons, this is not a problem as long as they do well in there niche. There are options that could compete with ar, we just don't have them yet. I hope the racial variants of the ar won't be more ar, but something else that fills the same role, like gauss battle rifles or flaylock rocket rifles. |