Matakage
Namtar Elite
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.04.07 02:34:00 -
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So IGÇÖve been playing the game for a couple days and have yet to find any sort of viable class or loadout. It seems like no matter what I choose, my enemies take way too many bullets to kill, and I take way too few. And to start out, my friends are having this problem as well, and we're not particularly bad at console FPS games. You can check my BF3 stats if you want, (Matakage 1.6 KDR, and my friend Krisuke 2.7 KDR) so trust us when we say we're neither mechanically nor tactically bad at FPS games. I started out as a sentinel and wanted a heavy machine gun, but the range was too low, the movement speed was too slow, and the apparent armor bonuses didnGÇÖt seem to make a difference. I was dying in less than 2 seconds and my gun was only useful at approximately 30 meters or less.
The next thing I tried was artificer, hoping I could get some points by reviving comrades. The SMG, not surprisingly, was effective at even less of a range, and I was now dying within about 1 second of taking initial damage. I also tried using assault rifles, but again, both the range and damage was lacking.
Since my problem seemed to be consistently range and damage, I thought my only option would be a sniper. ItGÇÖs true that the sniper class can kill at a greater distance, but it seemed like every other class could out-range me regardless of the weapon they used. I was also getting killed even faster.
After watching videos and making a few more experimental builds, and dying in 9/10 face to face encounters with other players IGÇÖve come to this conclusion:
Everyone else has a better gun and more shields and armor than you.
And I understand this may be a design choice. ItGÇÖs not a level playing field GÇô veteran players with better stuff will do better than new players with worse stuff. However, the difference between the baseline/free/militia gear and the good stuff is pretty huge indeed. ThereGÇÖs nothing worse than having the tactical advantage on an enemy, emptying a clip into them, and then having them turn around and kill you in a fraction of the time it took you to empty that clip. So now IGÇÖm at the point where I want to keep playing and unlocking things, but I also want to enjoy the time I spend playing video games. Perhaps this is the better question:
Is there a way to progress further in this game without having to endure the tedious and frustrating task of actually playing it? |