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Sloth9230
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Posted - 2013.06.23 23:12:00 -
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Sir Petersen wrote:The Flaylock is the silliest weapon in the game at the moment. No question about it.
Says the guy who wants claymores  |
Sloth9230
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Posted - 2013.06.23 23:16:00 -
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N1ck Comeau wrote:Jin Robot wrote:Sgt Buttscratch wrote:R'adeh Hunt wrote:The only balancing it needs is bringing PG usage in line with other sidearms. Its drawbacks (range, small clip size, only 3 shots, slow flight time of bullets, not all that effective against shields, ...) make up for its advantages. If you compare DPS with other sidearms, you'll notice it's already really well balanced. High damage per shot, but due to more frequent reloading, its DPS is in line with other sidearms....which is something a lot of whiners conveniently forget  hardly, scrambler pistol requires perfect accurate to generate any real DPS, smg requires bullets to hit, which isnt the guns style, nova knifes require sleeping enemies, flaylock requires a shot in the general direct. I'd like to see it be more like a sawnoff shotgun, 1 very powerful shot, effective within say 10m, but then a reload. It requires more than "a shot in the general direction". Do you understand splash damage? also scrambler pistol is not hard to use effectively at all. But it still is too easy to get a kill just by shooting the feet.
At feet is not the same as "general direction" |
Sloth9230
Reaper Galactic
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Posted - 2013.06.23 23:21:00 -
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Kane Fyea wrote:
Scrambler pistols are easy to use effectively
It's only a matter of time before people start talking about "exploiting headshots" |
Sloth9230
Reaper Galactic
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Posted - 2013.06.24 00:30:00 -
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Delta 749 wrote:Scrap splash damage all together
And there we have it, the real reason people hate flaylocks, not because they're "too good", but because splash damage = noob tube = no skill weapon
Whah, it's so hard to aim my AR |
Sloth9230
Reaper Galactic
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Posted - 2013.06.24 00:45:00 -
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King Kobrah wrote:even with prof 3 and a proto flaylock i can't drop the shields on most caldari assault. even militia gear takes two shots, what weapon in the game at proto level takes 2/3rds a magazine to kill a militia suit?
The plasma cannon I believe. |
Sloth9230
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Posted - 2013.06.25 19:49:00 -
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Delta 749 wrote:
"My HMG is bad, its the AR users fault"
Well... yes, that is in fact how it went down.
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Sloth9230
Reaper Galactic
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Posted - 2013.06.25 20:48:00 -
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Sir Petersen wrote:Sloth9230 wrote:Sir Petersen wrote:The Flaylock is the silliest weapon in the game at the moment. No question about it. Says the guy who wants claymores So you think the Flaylock is on equal terms compared to other side arms in the game or are you here doing what you do best.. Trolling?
Define "equal terms"?
Is it easier to use? Yes
Is it more rewarding? That depends on the players skill level
The flaylock is a low skill high rewards weapon, whether that is broken or not depends on whether the game has weapons that offer higher rewards in exchange for being harder to use.
Does the game have such a thing? Why yes, yes it does.
A proto scambler does 88 a hit, when you factor in their 450% headshot bonus, that number skyrockets to 396 per head shot. 396 compared to the flaylock's 239 direct hit damage. Now, while that bonus might be nearly useless for a noob with poor aim, in that hands of a skilled player it is a very dangerous thing.
Are the rewards proportional to skill required to use them? No, I'd say landing a headshot with the scrambler is about 10x harder than shooting at someones feet, the rewards aren't even 2x, but that is how it should be. you see, what developers are doing when they introduce "noob tubes" is "balancing for skill", the noob tubes are there for a reason, they're there to give noobs a fighting chance against the pros.
You can watch this video if you'd like to know more about balancing for skill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EitZRLt2G3w
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