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Disturbingly Bored
The Strontium Asylum
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Posted - 2013.06.20 04:29:00 -
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Yeah, so, I'm not going to lie. I don't like Cat/Kitten's style of "troll for balance."
But as an HMG Heavy, I eat Gallente Assaults for breakfast. It feels like being the fat kid who's always picked on, then involuntarily picking on the skinny dorky kid instead. It just feels bad.
I eat Caldari Logi for dinner as long as I have a flux appetizer, but never for breakfast.
Armor tanked suits are just way too soft and squishy. And the 1.2 changes coming our way aren't going to make them any firmer or less squishy. This is a legitimate issue, troll or not. |
Disturbingly Bored
The Strontium Asylum
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Posted - 2013.06.20 05:05:00 -
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Kitten Empress wrote:
P.S
HMG does 110% damage to armor.
I'm aware, but it isn't in a fact in favor of buffing armor tanking. (Armor bonused weapons and shield bonused weapons are about even in number, but shield bonused weapons are more popular.)
I've dealt with slowness my entire DUST career as a Heavy, and honestly, it doesn't feel like that bad of an issue. The other suits feel like I smoked meth before playing, but once you're used to the slowness of armor/fattiness you can work with it just fine.
The biggest problem I see is that shields have no detriment to using them whatsoever. They need something as significant as a speed penalty.
IMHO, it should be a massive signature penalty so that you light up on every red dot's map if you stack shields and fire your gun. But that's just me.
ED: I should add, the upcoming armor modules seem all but useless, as well. CCP seemed to make sure there is nothing interesting or useful about them when compared to the current armor mods. Bland =/= balance, CCP... |
Disturbingly Bored
The Strontium Asylum
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Posted - 2013.06.20 05:16:00 -
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Kitten Empress wrote:
Actually.
All explosives do a ridiculos amount of damage against armor.
They also do lol damage against shields. Effective HP works out to be about the same. I did the math in another thread of yours. 
Quote:There is no shield weapon that does 135%~.
Forge Gun does 150%, but I think most people would argue that's an AV weapon. (Unless you have "Negative-Feedback" somewhere under your player name.)
Quote:At least Flux grenades don't outright kill you.
Though true, I kill more people with flux-leading than with explosive grenades. I'll concede that's just my play-style though, and that a whole ton of people shield tank, which makes that play-style more effective.
Quote:Heck I tested with a friend four complex plates vs grenade.
Didn't end well.
That I honestly believe. I could see an argument for grenades to be a mild armor damage bonus instead of the current Mass-Driver-like stats, since grenades are so incredibly common. |
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