methinks you are sorely mistaken.

methinks you are sorely mistaken.

Tech question! Is there any way to play a video in your Web browser and record it?

There is a website with instructional videos i'd like to record for offline viewing.

And no, not those "educational instructional" videos!

Do you refuse the needle after i continuously hit the X, refuse to rep my heavy and then i die, come in with a triple repped and double reactive omnipotent galass and then have 3 frickin logis on my back? Let us not forget the kill stealing, though I do that too so i am proud.

Years in this game with those exact scenarios, give or take a class, have grown a large mistrust of the logi kind in my core.

Do you refuse the needle after i continuously hit the X, refuse to rep my heavy and then i die, come in with a triple repped and double reactive omnipotent galass and then have 3 frickin logis on my back? Let us not forget the kill stealing, though I do that too so i am proud.

Years in this game with those exact scenarios, give or take a class, have grown a large mistrust of the logi kind in my core.

Logi speech.

no.

I am the logi that will try to revive you no matter what.

I am the logi that will stand in front of the person who killed you just to pick you up and give you the chance to survive.

I am the logi taht does not stick to one tanked sentinal for one whole match.

I am the logi that runs around the map with links.

I am the logi that runs a scanner even though he is not in a squad.

I am the logi who has the ammo you need when you run out.

I am that logi.

I am one of the few logis that stick to the three R's

I do not fight for myself.

I fight for my team.

I do not steal kills, and nor do I go for cheap kills.

I do not run around with a rep tool out when you don't need it.

I do not chase a heavy an entire match.

I may not be the best logi in the game, but I try my damned hardest just to keep people alive, stocked, and ready to fight.

That is the logi I am.

That is the player I am.

So the next time you see a nanohive, or a link, or a scan go up, or your armour go up faster than before, or someone nearby with a needle, appreciate what they are trying to do.

Keep you alive.

Nearby medic: 5m

Nearby medic: 7m

Nearby medic: 13m

Nearby medic: 25m

*nothing*

12 more daaaaaays, this place just swaaaaays, the whole time the swooning of Ghost Kaiser mooning, the Christmasy tuning and plastered and woozy, doner and blitzen are both pretty moody, the Parkouring ninja all over the walls, dashing and jumping all theoughh the halls, the Shotty and Jolly, the Llast of the Monk, then comes ol Ark who gets hit by a skunk, the Psuedo people and the Vahzzled steeple, then comes cool Varoth and Joel the punk, and last but not least, the loneliest funk, the egoist puppy, who stinks of bad junk, he still is our buddy so no need to frown, it is Dry Ice, the sneakiest clown.

Nearby medic: 5m

Nearby medic: 7m

Nearby medic: 13m

Nearby medic: 25m

*nothing*

Called it!

Assault power creep will inevitably lead to Sentinel buffs, which will inevitably lead to even more power creep. And what are the cool kids asking for?

Heavy Buffs

Of course Heavies are having a hard time against Assaults. Who isn't having a hard time against Assaults? Did we really think we could keep on buffing Assaults and not have these types of problems? Here we are, with yet one more opportunity to break the power creep cycle and get things balanced. So ... are the cool kids clamoring for the obvious solution and our best bet at better balance? Are they finally asking to reign in the Assaults we've oopsie over-buffed?

Of course they aren't. They want heavy buffs.

Called It! (continued)

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One last prediction for you guys. Something snarky for you to copy/paste in a future CPM "Feedback" or Hotfix thread, just in case I'm not around to do it myself ...

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We recognize that some of you Scouts might be upset by the recent news that the recon and counter-recon functions you were expecting to be improved upon have instead been stripped away from Scouts and gifted to Logis. And then buffed. We understand how some of you might find this disappointing. Maybe even shocking. We would've told you a long time ago that this is what CPM planned to do, but NDA. Believe it or not, we've actually been silently looking out for you guys this whole time, which is why we planned in advance a clever way to counteract any potential frustration. Some time back, we asked ourselves what might get you guys super excited but still keep Scouts balanced (chuckle). We're pleased to announce that we figured it out, and we put those Devs to work on something huge, just for you guys! We know you're going to be excited ...

Behold! An ever-so-slightly less crappy cloak.

It's true! Exactly what you guys wanted, right!? We think this will come in super handy when you Scouts are out doing your Scout jobs. We're not exactly sure what those jobs are or what they're supposed to be. Obviously, not combat. Or recon. You know, Scout stuff. Anywho, have fun guys! But not too much fun!

-CPM2

PS: You're welcome!

To be fair, I quite like assaults as they are. Plenty of fitting options. Shouldn't have nerfed scouts and sentinels first though.

grrr zatara

grrr

When you're done drinking that kool-aid, read this thread:
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2464366#post2464366

Pay close attention to what your buddies in that thread are proposing. Put on your critical thinking hat and ask yourself how much worse it would've been if Zatara had gotten 100% of what he asked for. Compare what pretty much everyone here (except you) said would happen to what actually happened. I understand that he's your buddy, but he also championed changes which brought about substantial harm to EWAR interplay.

Listen, if Zatara really wanted changes to benefit him, he would have buffed Core nades to deal 900 damage in a 10m radius

Let's give Zatara the benefit of the doubt for a moment. Let's assume that he didn't know what he was doing when he shafted Scouts and created an overpowered GalLogi. When he realized after the fact that he had replaced one form of imbalance with another, did he set out to correct it? If it had been you or me or even Breakin who accidentally gifted ourselves with something overpowered or, for that matter, inadvertently did undue harm to another class or unit, we would have made it our mission to set things right. No doubt about it. We'd make it a point to fix whatever we broke.

Did Zatara put his white tags to use and make things right? Or even try? As far as I know, he never parted with a word about it. It has been an entire year, and everything he broke (knowingly or unknowingly) remains broken. Not a word from Zatara about fixing the OP GalLogi he created. Rather odd, given how much he had to say about Scout permascan. Not a word about undoing the overdone cloak nerfs. Not a word about righting at least some of the EWAR imbalance he'd championed. Not a word. Best I recall, he spammed his overpowered GalLogi for a while, then left DUST to play Destiny. Probably sick with himself. I know I would've been.

Adipem knew all along.

All this time, Zatara was just a puppet of the ArkenaKirkMercAmadi Galstar conspiracy, which used its immense influence and godlike CPM powers to endlessly nerf the filthy untermensch scouts.

Now we have more in position. With our iron grip on the dictatorial powers of the CPM, not even DUST Jesus may save the proletariat, for he is powerless to stop our demands.

Our reign of terror over the poor, innocent oppressed scouts is unending.

I honestly think you just need to come to terms with the fact that we just have different ideas on how scouts should operate. I am PERFECTLY fine and happy with the state of the scout as of the last time I played.

Can things be improved? Yes. Amarr scout for sure. Range extenders need a buff, Active scanners need tweaking. I'm loving that they are making cloaks more viable to lower SP guys as well.

But the overall THEME of the scout right now I'm fine with.

You're a fast, damped little terrorist with high alpha weapons and you benefit from powerful (If short) passive scans that let you detect enemies without alerting them. Your main goal in fights is to disrupt the enemy by destroying equipment, HVT's, and capturing lightly defended installations and objectives.

I don't feel like any suit can come CLOSE to the scouts power in this, not without severely gimping their capabilities elsewhere, or squandering their own potential. Trying to fit an assault to do this ultimately leads to you to say "Why not just use a scout?"

To me, that's role perfection right there. I'm not stepping on anyones toes, and they're not stepping on mine. To me, that's balance.

Adipem knew all along.

All this time, Zatara was just a puppet of the ArkenaKirkMercAmadi Galstar conspiracy, which used its immense influence and godlike CPM powers to endlessly nerf the filthy untermensch scouts.

Now we have more in position. With our iron grip on the dictatorial powers of the CPM, not even DUST Jesus may save the proletariat, for he is powerless to stop our demands.

Our reign of terror over the poor, innocent oppressed scouts is unending.