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Posted - 2013.01.25 20:09:00 -
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Icy Tiger wrote:theschizogenious wrote:Icy Tiger wrote:Thanks to all the whining and whimpering from people who don't know a thing about optimum range or heat up time  , Lasers are being nerfed. Hard. Sources from IRC say there's a range, damage, AND clip size nerf, along with maybe overheat changes. Once again, thank you guys for the QQ, there's another weapon out. Mass Drivers are next. Then HMG. Then Scramblers (oh wait), then what else? Honestly, let's just make it AR 514. Also, just to make it clear, I do not use Lasers often, in fact I haven't even spec ed into them since reset, before the reset I did carry a Viziam. except that they already bitched and moaned about the ar's till they got nerfed hard How are they nerfed? Scopes? They're coming back. Recoil? We all knew it was coming, it's a actually a bug that took it out earlier. Please, tell me more. Still by far easiest weapon to get kills with is AR. Multi purpose, basically does everything.
I see people beast with every weapon out there, don't give me that "AR is all that works" bs. AR's have taken a huge hit with the return of recoil, and the fact that everyone knew it was coming doesn't reduce the effectiveness hit they took when it happened. But they are 100% where they need to be right now. The reason more people get AR kills than with any other weapon is because more people gravitate towards it since it's a weapon they are familiar with. People have to learn the new weapons to do well with them, so those people running other weapons will have a harder time getting kills with them until they become as familiar with them as AR users are with the AR.
AR's were seriously OP with no recoil, as you notice people have a lot harder time killing with them now but they are still effective enough to be useful. Lasers are OP currently (any weapon that you can just heat up and whip across people a couple times for an insta-kill is OP, no matter the downsides, and yes, I have specced them and know the issues with them) but CCP is again coming in with a sledge-o-matic instead of a rubber mallet to deal with the issue. Blame that, not the fact that AR's are balanced and lasers are about to be UP.
Lastly, the AR is good at most ranges, but it is the master of none. Equal lvl SMG tops AR at close range, as does a shotgun. HMG tops an AR up to 55~65 meters. Mass driver tops AR's for dealing with entrenched enemies. Laser tops it at any range an AR can reach above the HMG range by a WIDE margin (this wide gap is about to be reduced apparently). Sniper is obviously a sniper rifle, above and beyond the AR range. Every weapon has it's purpose and it's intended range use, the AR is just the one that has slightly reduced effectiveness with the advantage of being the most versatile at different ranges. |
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Posted - 2013.01.25 20:18:00 -
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Lasers, like any weapon, have to be learned. You can't just toy with it for a few days and know all it's secrets. You have to work at it like you did bak when you were first learning how to play a shooter. These weapons have a learning curve, and if you aren't willing to put in the work, you'll never master it.
Lasers DO give away your position, but to everyone more than 20 feet away, they try to avoid you every chance they get unless they notice you are shooting in a different direction. Using lasers is all about positioning yourself and making sure your squad is watching your flanks. |
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Posted - 2013.01.25 20:22:00 -
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Val'herik Dorn wrote:I find this disappointing I used the LR and have a few points in it this build but I use it less because of its limits to where it is efective.
Well glad that duat is slowly going to bland shooter 514. At least all the skill hards are going to be able to say they are winning because of skill not because they got killed by unique interesting gear that out performs their AR where it is supposed to.
Again, plenty of weapons top the AR in their own range. SMG, Shotgun, Mass Driver, HMG, Sniper, etc. Wsit to see what they do before you get all "they're ruining the game" on it. They've done this plenty over the last year, and the game is still moving forward. |