EXASTRA INVICTAS
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.06.08 19:31:00 -
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Your post was much more enjoyable to read than most regarding the Mass Driver. It usually amounts to whining, crying, and derogatory comments demeaning other weapons and demanding theirs be returned to OP status.
I do not see many Mass Drivers on the battlefield. That, given the DUST community, is a pretty good indication that it's not as good or useful as it should be. The Plasma Cannon is one other weapon that suffers like this right now.
CCP seems to believe that the major problems are due to latency issues and hit detection problems. They have confirmed that they are working on fixing the coding for the weapon and are nearly complete, performing lots of internal testing that is "looking good" so far.
My suggestion is to wait for them to finally deploy their Mass Driver fix before we start trying to change base stats of the weapon for balancing (again). Although I don't use it, I have given it a try. It is very awkward and clunky, though I've been on the wrong end of one several times and when it works, it's very good at its job. I look forward to seeing more of them on the field. |
EXASTRA INVICTAS
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
96
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Posted - 2013.06.08 19:47:00 -
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West Killington wrote:Thanks for the reply exastra. I actually was not aware that a fix was inbound and you are right the same lack of robustness is exhibited in the plasma cannon. These weapons are in the game, they should be viable balanced options for players to spec into; especially when you consider the amount of sp it takes to merely see what the ultimate damage potential a weapon system has.
The plasma cannon is in a really sore spot. It's slow, you get one shot per clip, it has a strange arc, its dummy fired, and it does less damage than its rival the Swarm Launcher. Swarms do higher damage, track, and go faster. As of right now it's an obvious choice, but the Plasma Cannon is far from irredeemable. Hopefully CCP will recognize this and listen to our ideas.
As for the Mass Driver, yes indeed there is a fix inbound. However it deals with some intricate coding and as such will take a larger update (I believe both client side and server side updates are required). When CCP feels their fixes are indeed ready the Mass Driver will, hopefully, be born anew.
At least there is no other weapon that infringes on the Mass Driver's niche. It's the quintessential area denial weapon in this game. For now, anyway. |