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Nova Corps Marines
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
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Posted - 2013.06.08 18:24:00 -
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Cosgar wrote:All the other weapons have different variants for different uses... except the lolBreach for most of them. Why not the AR?
CCP has already verified that there will be a racial variant of each of the base weapon types(Assault, Breach, Burst, Tactical), just utilizing each races own tech to create their own spin on that type. The base types, which each race is supposed to have the superior variant, were laid out as follows:
Gallente AR: Assault
Amarr SCR: Tactical
Minmatar CBR: Burst
Caldari RR(not railroad): Breach
RINON114 wrote:The same could be said about all future content so it's not really practical advice.
This is most definitely true if they do not come out in the span of a couple weeks, which it is likely they will not; however, doing so and enabling the balancing of each racial AR together will be the most efficient way to avoid back-pedaling and nerf hammers in the future.
The reason I say this with AR's specifically is because Assault Rifles are at the core of any shooter, always being the predominant and standard frontline weapon. By getting these weapons out first and having most people pile into them, CCP guarantees that its specialty weapons such as the Laser Rifle and Mass Driver(still needs fixed CCP*nudge* *nudge*  ) will be true to that role, being used primarily in either specific tactical situations, or by rare people who simply have a seemingly divine ability to outdo everyone with them anywhere, never becoming the mainstay weapon of the game.
I would also argue that the other racial heavy-frame suits need implemented ASAP. Most of the reason behind this is just because people who do not want run Amarr, or heavies that could have better options for their specific play-style are digging themselves a deeper hole right now(although I do excpect for at least those characters to receive respecs upon their release). Since heavy suits should never be the primary frontline suit that everybody uses (as AR's are with frontline weapons), I feel this is slightly less pressing, but only just; however, until these frames are released, many reviews will continue to label this game as "very obviously incomplete" rather than "growing." |