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Posted - 2013.02.15 18:15:00 -
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Hey, Buzz...remember me? Remember what I used in MAG a little too much?
I need to still spec into Mass Drivers again and give them another try (and I will, eventually, just focusing on my defenses right now; maybe after I get Nanocircuitry IV) but I remember all sorts of hate for the same gun in MAG...how it took little aim and no skill to use the Grenade Launcher...yet...no one used that gun in MAG because it was so dang hard to use effectively. From what I remember in the Closed Beta, and what some of my corp-mates say with regards to the current build, the Mass Driver takes a lot from MAG's GL...namely, its a real pain to use. After I use it again for a bit I'll be able to say for sure with this build...but if everything goes right, I'll probably be back to blowing myself up too much again...
The only reason I don't use the Mass Driver right now is I use the AR as a primary weapon, just like in MAG. The GL was a secondary weapon for me in MAG, and the MD is here (except I haven't specced into it this build yet)
As for the whole "Logis and HAV drivers (and by extension Dropship Pilots) are bad players", you know that's a load of crap. There are almost certainly more Assault/AR-users who are bad players than there are all the other roles (except maybe Heavy/HMG users...its up in the air) combined. Logis and Drivers know their strengths/weaknesses, are playing for fun, or to compliment their team. A good team needs every role covered, or they will lose.
These players also aren't focusing on their shooting as much as an Assault guy is; practice makes perfect, and someone who shoots others more than someone who is busy healing that AR guy, making sure they stay alive and keep killing, will be better than the one not shooting so much just due to practice.
Maybe the support people have less raw "FPS skill" than those who use ARs...but they're role on the battlefield is just as important, or even moreso, than the AR guys. If you want to go play a game where only "skill" matters, go play CoD and leave this game alone.
Try playing a match with only AR-Assault guys, no support, and see just how well you do against a team covering all bases; when both teams are of equal base skill the AR-only team will lose every time. |