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Posted - 2005.02.17 17:28:00 -
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 Originally by: Aneu Angellus
Ok, iv been thinking about lasers and the chat and rumours of them coming up for a 'nerf'. But i really dont think thats fair, im not a laser user, but i dont see them as a major problem at the moment... but they do have a problem.
1- They have no ammo
2- Their pretty much an all around gun- you have 2 crystals which will do you, Radio and Multi, have those two and you have all ranges covered
3- Their ranges are somewhat mixed - With Projectiles and Rails you know you need certain ammo for certain ranges, with lasers its somewhat differant.
So.. basically i thought about it, discussed it with a few friends, and i came to the conclusion, nothing needs to be done to the gun, just crystals.
EG:
Multifrequancy - Short Range - High Damage - High Cap usage - but still works at medium/long range
Radio - Long Range - Good Damage - Not bad cap usage - Works are closer range too.
So what my idea was, have a crystal for EVERY range.
To keep it simple:
Multi - Range is 0%-15% of your optimal. If your op is 100k then Multis work best at 0-15k after this they are useless.
Gamma - Range is 15% - 25%
Xray - 25% - 40%
and so on.
Cap usage will come into this aswell, close range high damage will take the most cap ofcorse, long range low damage will take less cap.
The effect this will have is two fold, it will correct the 'ammo' arguement that people are so fond of, and it will correct the slight imbalance that lasers have over other guns... to put it simply, you will need to know what your doing when using them.
Please discuss
Aneu
Wait what day is this? I don't get it this is really confusing?
Am I missing something? Is this an old post? Did you check the stats on crystals currently? This is pretty much what's happening now. I franky don't think they should be touched, but gal using so much cap is pretty dumb. Speaking of ammo however, whatever happened to crystals "wearing out".. (volatility) Anyway look at what crystals do NOW before you stick your foot in your mouth.
Actually this is almost EXACTLY what lasers do? I read through a few pages of this post, am I drunk or something. Did anyone that posted on this forum use lasers? what in the hell?
Ok unless I'm dreaming or something lasers have varried effects on optimal range... GREATLY varried. Radios and multis AREN'T "the best" or the only ones you need. It's just that people are dumb and buy what's most expensive. Multis deal the most damage all around and radios have the longest range... ok here we go:
Lasers use a ton of cap, hybrids actually use the about the same amount and that's dumb that needs to be fixed pretty badly in fact from what I hear?
The crystals greatly effect optimal range and depending on the crystal you can get anywhere from 8-15k (depending on range longer ranges give you a bit more leverage but they do less damage the farther out of range you get) out of that range the thing won't hit the broad side of a station.
Lasers only do heat and em damage, this makes em really good for eating sheilds but not so good with armor and dumb super simple to tank.
On top of that they vary by range for example multis do equal and the most damage to both em and thermal, whereas radios only do em damage.
Crystals already effect cap useage, pretty much as you explained. multis eat the most cap ultraviolets the least and radios eat only about 15% less than multis the others go in sort of a slope to that. So it's nicely balanced in my opinion
Beam lasers have good tracking, pulse lasers have junky tracking comparitivily (generally) I don't think lasers really vary that much on tracking vs other races. The tachyon is the best as far as large t1 weapons go if you look at both damage and tracking. or tier of weapon and tracking. Anyway.
I thought I was retarded or something but just look at the item database it's all there. I... I'm confused what are you even talking about? Really this isn't a flame did you??? I just don't? *sigh* |