Marston VC
SVER True Blood
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Posted - 2013.01.27 19:59:00 -
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PROBLEMS WITH CURRENT LASER STATS:
currently the laser rifle can insta-melt people at medium-long range after its charged up a bit. This makes it difficult for our militia grade noobs to survive if they weren't paying attention or were in the middle of an open field, thus making them cry "OP" The reason the laser rifle is so easy to use is because of how it has zero recoil, coupled with a quick damage build up. One needs only to swipe the laser two or three times to kill one person because after three seconds the of damage stacking the basic laser rifle is doing over 45 damage per shot.
SOLUTION TO THE CURRENT PROBLEM:
The following will provide a solution to the current problem that i think would make it more fair to others while still making it possible to get kills with the laser rifle.
Damage Nurf: -5 = 10 damage for stand/adv lvl gun, 15 damage for proto lvl gun.
Damage cap: A cap for the damage stacking set at 35-40 for the standard/adv guns, and 50 for the proto gun.
Range nurf: nerf the range by 10% so as to make only people with sharpshooter proficiency seem like they have a sniper rifle.
A rate of fire nurf: This is most important by FAR, the reason only one or two charged laser swipes can kill someone is because in the time it takes that once swipe to pass over a body, it can land two to four 60 damage "shots". The RoF nurf should bring it down to something in between the assault rifle, and breach rifle RoF.
problem fixed:
CONCLUSION:
with those nurfs in place, it would basically put the laser rifle on par with assault rifles damage wise. The only difference between the two would be that the laser rifle works efficiently long range, where as the assault works better mid-range.
The reason why those nurfs are acceptable is because it would "balance" the gun rather then "break" it. Heat build up and clip size are not the problem here. The problem is DPS, and three of the four things listed above effect the guns dps by A LOT. Now more importantly then that, i could actually see myself still using the laser rifle if these nurfs were applied, would it be as good? no, but would it be fair? IMO yes, it would essentially do the same DPS an assault rifle does only at its optimal range, and if anyone wants to nurf it further then i would recommend nurfing the assault rifles again too, but thats just my opinion. |