Loch changes and effect on overall gameplay

[Hoja Lateralus]

Old loch encouraged skill and communication between gunner and pilot

New loch encourages taking engineer rather than gunner

Quo vadis, GOIO?

[boulder-]

How about making loch damage increase inversely proportional to clip size, just like the damage to the gun is now?

[Sprayer]

How about making loch damage increase inversely proportional to clip size, just like the damage to the gun is now?

So guns with more ammo benefit more from loch than guns with little ammo?

[Ightrril]

How about making loch damage increase inversely proportional to clip size, just like the damage to the gun is now?

So guns with more ammo benefit more from loch than guns with little ammo?

Currently as clip size increases, damage to gun per shot decreases. Boulder was saying that as clip size increases, damage increase per shot would decrease. So a 1-shot gun would get +125% damage per shot, a 50 shot gun could get +75% damage per shot.

[FoxyBillClinton]

I see some people on here mentioning dropping new loch down to about 60% dmg increase. If they did that, what would then be the point of charged rounds? They would be made completely obsolete because they were already the bridge between normal rounds and lochnagar, right?

[Richard LeMoon]

Only on low clip guns. The +60% damage worked well on high clip guns, where charged is useless.

[Arturo Sanchez]

I agree. I admit I had a lot of fun with loch gats and mortars as a gunner today, but I was flying all with experienced players on my team. As soon as I tried flying as a captain with a couple novice engineers and a novice teammate, I was dying left, right, and sideways.

Not exactly a talking point as that happens regardless..


Also this move of adding it to the game without prior testing by dev app slaves, just screams Eric knows best.

[Jamini]

Dying in seconds because you just happened to get hit by a few loch mortars is really, really not fun on the receiving end.

At least the old Hwachafish gave you a chance to escape.

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I also really miss running Loch on heavy carronades. There is almost no point in bringing a carro on a fish anymore.

[Arturo Sanchez]

Dying in seconds because you just happened to get hit by a few loch mortars is really, really not fun on the receiving end.

Like I said... that has happened for as long as noobs have existed.

I acknowledge the problems said by your example seeing as that can occur with a vet crew. But blaming noobs specifically for bad things happening is like saying rain is wet.

[Chmielewski]

I'm not playing until Loch is fixed.

THIS. So much this.

[Solidusbucket]

fixed now IMO. but I still want old loch back. and this loch. i want both. as different ammos. please.