So I just got complex Kin Cats.

Is fittin just one ever worth it ? I prefer using my Valour BPO - and I always want a comp damp and comp (EDIT: Range) extender on my suit. I mean, I've been trying just one and my overall performance is similar to using a plate in that slot - though it could just be psychological - maybe just I'm running away/flanking more?

On the plus side, the ludicrous fitting cost has encouraged me to go ScP/SMG again. I think all the ROF nerf has done is encouraged me to go for headshots more. I thought I should be using shotguns, but the hit detection...I can't take that crap anymore.

Getting the drop with an ScP and landing a few headshots seems just an effective of use of such flanking opportunities. The question is whether to go Breach or Assault...

A little nugget of internal CCP politics that IWS seems to have let slip, and my response.


https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2096790#post2096790

Gear isn't the problem.

SP is the problem.

If you restrict gear in matches, people will just QQ about those "High SP" players who are 25% tougher, faster, and deal 15% more damage.

eh, I can live with that.

it's the 50-100% tougher, 20% faster, 40% more damage that I have problems with.

not to mention, it's relatively easy to get the 5%,10%, 15% bonuses. So it's really only 5-10% difference.

A little nugget of internal CCP politics that IWS seems to have let slip, and my response.


https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2096790#post2096790

Then i encountered MoodyGǪ I think oh NK fight

ScR rifle in my face

Moody is a nefarious bastard that never honors knife dual!

I just want to fix the core of the problem. SP restrictions will fix this,

No. It. Wont.
Two other people have already replied to you saying this, and I'll add to it.

I have 20mil SP or something.
I would probably quality for the "no restrictions" league, in your perfect SP matched world.
That would make things for me, pretty much exactly as they are now. I'd get protostomped still.
I cant afford to run proto all the time myself.

I dont play enough to be 'leet.
I dont use KBM+mouse like the 'leet people.
I WILL NEVER BE AT THAT LEVEL. I just want to play, and have fun.

SP matching will never fix this problem for me.
Giving me a mode where there Is No Proto, will.

Test yourself. Run a precision/range suit for week straight then remove the precision and range. you will realize just how dependent you become on using it. then after a week of not using precision/range go back to it and it will seem godly for a little while till you get lazy again.

No. It. Wont.
Two other people have already replied to you saying this, and I'll add to it.

I have 20mil SP or something.
I would probably qualify for the "no restrictions" league, in your perfect SP matched world.
That would make things for me, pretty much exactly as they are now. I'd get protostomped still.
I cant afford to run proto all the time myself.

I dont play enough to be 'leet.
I dont use KBM+mouse like the 'leet people.
I WILL NEVER BE AT THAT LEVEL. I just want to play, and have fun.

SP matching will never fix this problem for me.
Giving me a mode where there Is No Proto, will.

Similar yet different: I ran a heavy almost all the time during operation mauler. Had to use my... eyes??? what??
After that, I was insanely good at scout .... for a while. Then got lazy

But what about the low SP players?

20 Mil is enough to have excellent passives, but what about the lower tier players?

The ones with 5mil? Or 10mil?

They will go into the ADV or Basic level and get WRECKED by High SP players who run low level gear.

This isn't about how YOU will fair, it's about balancing the game for all players.

Also: as for the ISK problem. Just run against them in ADV gear. With good passives, I can take on ANY PRoto player (...)

Been trying your cloaked dampened commando idea this last week. I like it because it is a quick dependent breaker of range/precision/speed but then I go back to scout thinking I can tank

that's funny...remember those words.






How nice for you. but,

"This isnt about how YOU will fair".

I already do that. it doesnt work for me against decent proto players.


As for your earlier post: I would play adv. tier. I wouldnt play basic tier.

Also, I would be perfectly happy having limits on skill tiers to go along with the gear.
"ADV tier: only adv or below gear, and all skills capped to 3 or lower"

That is reasonably fair. If players cant keep up with that, they should be able to go play basic-only. At that point, it will be purely skill based differential. Which is fair. nothing can or should be done about that.

I haz question....

Should Cal scouts be able to scan Gal scouts with a few precision enhancers? The fact is that Cal scouts can already scan every other suit in the game with a substantial amount of range, all except for the Gal scout. A Gal scout is practically immune to any form of passive scanning by enemies. But cannot scan other scouts unless it sacrifices it's only two high slots, assuming that all other scouts are fitting a damp or two, and have no where near as much scan range as Cal scouts. But isn't the whole point of the Gal scout to be unscannable if fitted properly?
The reason why I make this post is because of this thread.And I've seen some pretty crazy suggestions like 3 to 4 low slots AND the cloak should be dedicated to profile damps if it TRULY wants to be invisible... but that's just my opinion
I iz confoozled...

On a side note the only real problem that Gal scouts have is the ability to brick tank like assaults and still maintain better stats than assault suits themselves, but I've suggested countless times that there either has to be a penalty towards scouts when using armor plates that are more severe than the penalties it would have on other classes. But I think more specifically it should only be a penalty towards regular armor plates, not ferroscale or reactive, those are a ***** to fit.....

This would also end up being a no cloak mode, or at least not for scouts, given the fitting costs and the scout bonuses.

I don't think it could be viable as the game currently stands, given the need for proto AV gear just to take out militia tanks, but assuming that gets fixed I think it would be an interesting option.

And maybe Appia might not get so bored mowing down all us other meatbags.