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Gideon McAllistar
HavoK Core
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.07.21 06:14:00 -
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Mass Driver user here. Mass Drivers are OP in my opinion, but to be fair, I don't exactly have Proficiency levels in other weapons. Feels like base damage is enough to make even shield tankers cringe and don't get me started on how easy it is to make Armor tankers disappear.
All the weapons in the game have situations in which they are at great disadvantage and the Mass Driver is no exception. The Mass Driver rounds do not fly as fast as a Flaylock Pistol's, so its only a little bit harder to direct hit moving targets and further targets. Really close targets and obstructions have made me kill myself or come pretty close on many an occasion. Ultimately, the Mass Driver is deadliest when the user is on a greater elevation than his opponent and his opponent is not on a slope, but on flat ground. Walls and objects to shoot near the Mass Driver victim is also pretty sweet. Mass Drivers are best engaged at extreme close range, long range, on tricky slopes where the Mass Driver is higher on the slope you both are on, on elevations in your favor, or in shield based vehicles.
I've discovered the joy of cooked Flux Grenades and a couple shots from my EXO-5 Mass Driver (the regular variant of Advanced level) could take anybody out regardless of what they ran. Heavies go down pretty easily with that combination especially by direct hits. Light dropsuits barely exist before the might of explosive weaponry in general. Needless to say, most enemies hate me.
My suggestion is to lower the base direct damage by 5%, the splash damage by 15%, and give it much less damage to anything below the blast but greater damage to anything above the blast. If you get to cover at a lower elevation, crouch, or prone (please let us go prone), then explosive weaponry in general should be less of a threat. If you jump away from an explosive round, you should be ragdolled. I've jumped away and eluded a bit of damage from grenades and other Mass Driver users much to their dismay, and the opposite has been true.
TL;DR version: slight nerf, new splash damage mechanics |
Gideon McAllistar
HavoK Core
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.07.21 06:37:00 -
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[quote=Cosgar
So let me get this straight, you want to nerf an already nerfed highly situational weapon with limited ammo, and a 1 v 1 disadvantage to the most used weapon in the game because you think it's OP from using it properly? That's like someone saying nerf the laser again because they can still get kills with it. Anything is OP in skilled hands if you use it properly. [/quote]
Like I said before, I don't have proficiency in any other weapons. It is just my opinion. |
Gideon McAllistar
HavoK Core
RISE of LEGION
21
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Posted - 2013.07.21 06:46:00 -
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Cosgar wrote:Gideon McAllistar wrote:Like I said before, I don't have proficiency in any other weapons. It is just my opinion. Proficiently or not, you're citing that you use the weapon in its proper situation, with flux grenades, and claim that it's OP. Try going to-to-toe against an AR or ScR without flux grenades while on level ground in an open area and see how OP the MD really is.
You're right. Its scary being as slow as I am in an Amarr Logi in open areas. I'm not invincible with the Mass Driver, but I still hold the opinion that they're a little too strong. |
Gideon McAllistar
HavoK Core
RISE of LEGION
21
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Posted - 2013.07.21 07:16:00 -
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XxGhazbaranxX wrote:Most mass driver kills on the feed are Either kill steals or a flux/mass double wammy which by the way is not necessary to use with any other weapon making the mass driver the only weapon that needs the synergy to be really effective.
Regardless of what CCP does or does not do, folks should start using more than one weapon to take out an enemy. Gallente Assault Rifle users should use it to take down shields and use a Minmatar Sub Machinegun to finish the enemy's armor more often. Blasters are better for shields and projectile and explosive weapons love to have armor for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. All weapons have their strengths and weaknesses. |
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