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Jathniel
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Posted - 2013.03.23 20:54:00 -
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Deluxe Edition wrote:@Bacon, Try running up on a laser sitting on the strait pipe or bent pipe. With anything besides another laser rifle or a sniper rifle it is impossible to run up on a good laser or sniper camping these two spots as it is nothing but a long straight run to them. Many maps have locations like this where there is no cover to use to move up on a vigilant laser or sniper. Also I'm confused to how you beleive that a laser rifles damage is fine when at the end of their burn I die on first contact of the laser instantly.
Also for snipers to be able to instantly re spawn at their nest unless someone goes way out of their way to climb ladders and find their drop uplink (which is almost always invisible anyways) is a bit overpowered. Edpecially when it comes to locations that can only be reached via drop ships. I know a few players that sacrifice a 200k isk dropship in order to get to certain spots where they are invincible as a laser.
Sorry OP, this is where I disagree with you.
A good laser or sniper won't let you run up to them if they can help it.
The fact you said "run" indicates you are not thinking 'outside the CoD' box. (You have a free LAV to get around with.)
Running on foot in open spaces is stupidity, and even many proto-assaults know better than to do this.
The fact that you realize you need to go out of your way to uproot an entrenched and almost-inaccessible sniper/laser sniper shows that your brain is working.
It's up to you to measure the costs/rewards of bothering to go out of your way though.
Abandon your objective to deal with one pesky sniper? Do it if you think it's worth it, but you'll likely lose your objective to ground troops. If a sniper has provoked you to that point, then they have performed well, and REALLY good snipers will have a nasty surprise waiting on you if you actually bother to go out of your way to get them, and they see you coming. (the surprise could be anything: another friendly sniper watching their flank, proxis to blow up your LAV if you approach, AV grenades to blow up your dropship, or even lacing their nests with RE's.)
Something isn't overpowered just because you have to go out of your way to exploit it's weakness. Assuming you're playing as an Assault, you are playing the most adaptable class.... Now quit crying and adapt. (Dust is really breaking the kids in...)
Try to play a sniper in this game without perches, nests, and camping spots... You'll see just how much of a disadvantage you actually have. |
Jathniel
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Posted - 2013.03.23 21:38:00 -
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Deluxe Edition wrote:The point is they made to many of these positions, making the game now a race to ladders. Often times I wonder where my team is then look on top of table top and find 10 of my blueberries, and not a single red dot in the area. The map design with the perches isn't a problem because snipers/lasers are invincible, its that they are encouraged to a point where you have more snipers and lasers than anything else on your team.
When you find 10 of your blue berries camping with snipers... Does your team win?
Not likely. 
That's where the balance comes.
Snipers are not invincible, not by any means.
But I'm happy we give you that impression. 
Pick up a sniper rifle, and look down the scope. You'll see one of us perched somewhere. Right then and there we can be killed. Also, if you notice us killing someone else. That means we're not looking at you, we have tunnel vision. That means you have free reign to flank us, again, if you think it's worth the trouble.
Nothing is really accomplished by killing a sniper. lol
As you level up Field Mechanics, Shield Control, and spec up your Assault suit, you'll get to the point where us snipers are almost non-factors. Our weapons are so weak against proto-assaults, it's actually imbalanced unless we pull out a Thale's. lol
Experienced this last night in a friendly match against Synergy. Triple dmg mods with a proto-sniper (Ishukone) barely scraped the paint of their proto-assault suits. lol |
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