Bojo The Mighty
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.04.25 15:56:00 -
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Kushmir Nadian wrote:agree 1000% .
Step #1 is losing the silly firing arc and making it a weapon that fires in a straight line. This will reward accuracy, allow it to work in medium range (right now it can't) but will also have the effect of making the sight useful. Note to CCP: A SIGHT MUST WORK AND SHOW US WHERE THE ROUNDS GO. It can't be a "guide" or offer "hints"...lol.
Step #2 is making it reload after each firing or slowing down the fire rate a great deal. There's a reason shooters don't have grenade launchers as auto-fire weapons. It could have something to do with the fact that ITS POOR BALANCE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SPAM GRENADES! But who knows...maybe that's just me being silly.
Step #3 is making the reload longer. I'm sorry but a weapon with 6m of splash damage and suppression cant also reload almost as fast as the AR. 5 to 5.5 seconds i'm thinking.
Step #4 is making the users take full damage when they use it in close range. Tyjus and I tested it in ambush the other day and he walked up behind a guy and one-shotted him at less than 1m. The guy took full damage (i'm assuming) Tyjus lost 80 shields. He basically got hit by the splash and took reduced shield damage--CAN"T HAPPEN.
Step #5 is enabling the mortar firing mode so it can be useful at attacking entrenched locations from distance. This would be a nice addition but again, lets reward accuracy here. No "guessing" or "extrapolating" with spent rounds. If this means picking a point within range from the start map a la the orbital strike so be it.
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My 4 ISK
#1: Let's lose gravity while we're at it. Having an Arc makes the gun require more skill to use. Get rid of that and everyone will be running around with rocket launchers. The Mass Driver is the thinking man's gun.
#2: The gun has six cylinders and the ones in real life probably have more.
#3: Reload is already pretty dang long, especially since they make you spin the thing before it's loaded. Who needs to spin something? It shouldn't be shorter, but longer isn't very nice either.
#4: #4 Already happens, they take the full damage. Shields have an innate resistance against explosives, and the splash damage is a much lower number than direct damage. Your friend hit a guy point blank with Direct Damage and recieved splash damage.
#5: I have no Idea what you are talking about, if you are talking about an auto aim by picking map coordinates, I think that would be an unnecessary buff.
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