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Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2013.06.05 07:43:00 -
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So basically, the Fused Locus Grenade is a totally broken AUR item that needs a hard nerf?
*re-reads stats*
Yep. Seriously, CCP, this is still kind of screwed. Fix?
EDIT: Also, for the record, "Locus" is a real word. You can stop calling them "Locust" Grenades now. |
Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2013.06.05 08:08:00 -
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Lets play with maths!
Using a volume calculator (because I can't be bothered working it out properly), entering 2.5m and 6m into a spherical volume calculator gives the following.
2.4m radius = 65.54 cubic metre volume.
Sounds pretty big, until you see this:
6m radius = [b]904.78 cubic metres.
WTF? That's well over 10x the affected volume of space. Even accounting for half the blast being interrupted by terrain (the grenade is on the ground), you're looking at 5x the blast volume of an UNINTERRUPTED Thukker blast.
So to be fair, it should be dealing an appropriately reduced amount of damage. I think 200 is fair. Unless they really feel the Fused Locus needs that kind of damage, in which case, cut the radius back to 4m, which means a volume of about 268 cubic metres. That sounds fair enough to me. |
Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2013.06.05 09:44:00 -
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Sontie wrote:Lol, everyone is posting about something completely different than the intent of the OP.
Shame on you forum trolls, shame on you.
This was not a balance thread. This was not a MD thread.
This was simply pointing out that CCP doesn't seem to understand that apples do not equal oranges.
Also, the Thukker is perfectly balanced. The 2.5 meter radius is small. quite small. The core radius is huge, quite huge. The huge radius requires careful cooking (but not to careful with that splash radius). The contact Thukker requires precision.
Neither of them are the Fused Locus Grenade, which regardless of any argument about balance, or game breaking, does not have an isk equivalent.
To alleviate your collective confusion, I'll end this with a pointless demand (which you are all more comfortable with).
CCP Frame, reword your post to reflect that the Thukker serves as an isk approximation of the Fused Locus Grenade instead of an isk variant.
You're right!
What were we thinking?
It's not like a discussion of the merits of each contact grenade is at all relevant to them being different! Not at all!  |
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