Oswald Rehnquist
Abandoned Privilege
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2013.07.26 03:14:00 -
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Got my friend into Dust, while he technically started his character before chromosome or during (somewhere around there, it was before they created the academy because I was able to play ambush from the get go), he didn't play and had about 6.5k in sp point (all gains were passive gains) and he wanted an Assault character with an assault rifle. I told him about the other assault rifle like weapons and had enough to put a point each into AR LR and ScrR, I then played a few ambush matches for him to show him how they played out / how they worked.
As a heads up, I am a dedicated scout (5.5 million) on my toon and still plan on staying scout because I always play light classes in games but playing those pub ambush games as an AR Medium Assault to demonstrate for my friend was literally the easiest game play I ever had. I was able to run the free fits and easily go positive with 2x or 3x multipliers most of the time, vehicle dominated matches were harder to dodge and avoid compared to my scout, and those matches I went below 1.0 ratio. I'd say my over all gameplay had a 2x or 3x multiplier 60-70% of the time and below 1x about 30-40% of the time and I played about 40 games.
Two things hit me
1) Most Assault players are not the most intelligent players
Most charge in and place themselves in the worst situations, with the only concern in getting into the action the fastest. It is rare for them to ever flank, they are not very good at positioning and retreat once they gone way to far. I've also noticed that they will shoot way too prematurely giving up any surprise advantage. They will also keep on attempting the same failed method/route over and over again. Having the range and general level of attack a standard AR provides really negated almost all of the challenges that I have experienced or seen from mass drivers, forge gunners, etc.
2) I don't see proto stomping, more of a skill issue
Mind you having not played a lower level toon before, I warmed my friend about proto stomping for the purpose as to not be discouraged if he did die a lot, so he would continue playing despite expecting him to die a lot (I need more of my friends playing this). He eventually decided on the ScrR and had had positive ratios (above 1.0) 55-65% of the time). With map knowledge, I'd image he would do a lot better (though I was giving him map advice). Overall, my thoughts on proto stomping have change dramatically with this experience.
Anyways, I don't intend for any offense, so I'll prematurely apologize if I have caused any, but I am curious on your thoughts on my experience on both aspects, whether it was valid or if there was something that I am missing which would obscure my judgement on either of these aspects?
Thank you for your time
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