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GUNS Balance Questions and Concerns v1.2
Machiavelliest:
I think an adjustment to the AoE would keep the Artemis viable, but keep a shop from disabling another ship with a single Compton drive-by.
awkm:
--- Quote from: Machiavelliest on May 06, 2013, 01:28:05 am ---Compton drive-by.
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W.O.W.
awkm:
Also, in regards to Piercing:
There are a few things that make this hard to balance:
* To kill, you must reduce hull armor. Piercing is the only solution. This is obvious.
* Piercing controls the length of an encounter (time to kill) and therefore the speed of a match
* Because Piercing is so essential, it is difficult to pair with other damage types without being high DPS vs. armor and high DPS vs. hull (therefore OP)
The only thing I can think of right now that doesn't literally make me hurl myself off a building is piercing and fire.
That would be hilarious.
Captain Smollett:
On an unrelated note regarding gun balance:
I think the flamethrower and rocket carousel feel a bit wimpy these days. Both weapons had their 15 minutes of fame as feared weapons on the battlefield but were nerfed out of the meta.
For me there are two ways they could be beefed up a bit:
1) By directly by increasing total dps. I don't think the carousel was really op in 1.14 except for the massive aoe and I think returning some of it's other attributes like rate of fire and reload would make it more viable. Increasing the per particle damage of the flamethrower would definitely make it more attractive to players.
2) Reducing the stacks of fire needed to kick someone off a gun. Yes I remember what fire used to be like, and though I didn't really have a problem with it then I understand peoples concerns regarding its affects on fun factor for new players. That being said, I have never seen a level 8 fire on a gun since 1.14, so, maybe that much fire stack for a gun ejection is a bit high.
Captain Smollett:
Oh and though I know it's already being worked on, have to mention the harpoon.
More force on the tow line please. That, and a little more piercing would be nice as well.
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