DUST Search - Who asked for the sharpshooter nerf??

Alaika Arbosa wrote:

Cosgar wrote:

Alaika Arbosa wrote:

Cosgar wrote:

Remember when tactics like this were valid? Dust 514 was advertised and still is advertised as a strafe/tracking style FPS. Thanks to all the damage mod stacking, it turned into twitch gaming arcade, and with LW SS, it's a sniper fest. Shame on anyone who dares to defend LW SS.

When did strafing become the thing to do in FPS? I don't remember it being a part of Goldeneye, which I have no problem admitting was my first/only experience with FPS until Uncharted 2.

I just don't get it, I thought that CCP was going for a SciFi Sim, in the case of Dust it would make me believe that it is to be a War Sim and when in war do people strafe (note I said people and not planes)?

Back in 2009 Dust 514 was advertised as a strafe and track style shooter similar to the early Halo series. Thanks to instant gratification addicted CoD junkies, this has been all but lost or CCP is trying to reach some unreachable middle ground. My point is that when's the last time anyone has been in a mid range engagement in this game let alone had a chance to attempt to strafe?

Thank you for the info, though I was honestly asking for a history lesson on when/why strafing became the thing you do when playing FPS. I seriously doubt it was inspired by real life.


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Baal Roo Subdreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 1270	Posted - 2013.04.29 01:10:00 - [1] - Quote I think it was pretty obvious to anyone actually paying attention that sharpshooter was completely broken, we just didn't expect CCP to actually do anything about it. Removing it is, by far, the best improvement they could have made for balance/gun game. I seriously applaud CCP for having the balls to remove it in order to improve the game, even though they surely knew that many of the people using SS as a crutch would be upset.
Baal Roo Subdreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 1284	Posted - 2013.04.29 20:56:00 - [2] - Quote Honestly, so far in this thread it seems the only argument against getting rid of SS is that people won't be able to pubstomp as effectively as before.
Baal Roo Subdreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 1314	Posted - 2013.05.02 23:14:00 - [3] - Quote Alaika Arbosa wrote: Cosgar wrote: Alaika Arbosa wrote: Cosgar wrote: Remember when tactics like this were valid? Dust 514 was advertised and still is advertised as a strafe/tracking style FPS. Thanks to all the damage mod stacking, it turned into twitch gaming arcade, and with LW SS, it's a sniper fest. Shame on anyone who dares to defend LW SS. When did strafing become the thing to do in FPS? I don't remember it being a part of Goldeneye, which I have no problem admitting was my first/only experience with FPS until Uncharted 2. I just don't get it, I thought that CCP was going for a SciFi Sim, in the case of Dust it would make me believe that it is to be a War Sim and when in war do people strafe (note I said people and not planes)? Back in 2009 Dust 514 was advertised as a strafe and track style shooter similar to the early Halo series. Thanks to instant gratification addicted CoD junkies, this has been all but lost or CCP is trying to reach some unreachable middle ground. My point is that when's the last time anyone has been in a mid range engagement in this game let alone had a chance to attempt to strafe? Thank you for the info, though I was honestly asking for a history lesson on when/why strafing became the thing you do when playing FPS. I seriously doubt it was inspired by real life. For the record, if you weren't strafing on Goldeneye, you were probably pretty damn awful at Goldeneye.