Good man, I am looking forward to finally having the DL-44 myself.
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Good man, I am looking forward to finally having the DL-44 myself.
I would argue the 44 isn't the only dominant weapon on smaller, more condensed maps. The Shotgun blaster with explosive shot is absurdly powerful even from moderate to medium ranges.
I think barrage, jet pack, the best E- carbine and Luke Skyfucker should be nerfed, those are the things that fuck me over the most at least. And A-wings when flying, yeah.
I only ever get killed by homing missiles once in a blue moon. I do get plenty of kills with it, but i still cannot understand why! It's excellent at zoning off areas though, since ppl will gtfo whenever they get locked.
I don't come across the DL-44 in my killcam all that much tbh, maybe because i'm not high enough level to have unlocked it myself yet? Just one level to go, so perhaps i'll come across it more often by then.
TerryLee81
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I think I'll play to lev 25 and then I'm done. Not much incentive to play more.
If that happens, people will stop using it. I honestly believe the only reason the majority of people are using it is because they know it's OP and an almost guaranteed kill if you catch some poor bozo out with no cover.
People not using it at all sounds attractive I know, but DICE won't agree. Everything in the game has to have a beneficial purpose to save face.
Well, they seemed content to pretty much neuter the cycler rifle from the beta to launch.
Homing shot doesn't instakill if you have the Bodyguard trait.
Well, they seemed content to pretty much neuter the cycler rifle from the beta to launch.
Yeah and that was a mild mistake as well. Cycler needed to be nerfed yeah, I know because I played the beta, but it didn't need to be made completely useless. That to me seems as dumb as something being overpowered and all that has happened is the Pulse Rifle replacing it.
I think jet packs and some sort of grenade (impact, thermal, barrage) is what the majority of people use. Probably because they know it's OP.
Jetpack and Barrage is hilarious.
Or Jetpack and Impact.
Hell, Barrage in general is hilarious. THREE GRENADES at the same time XD
Kaffeemann
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1. Get the bodyguard trait.
2. Survive all grenades and rockets.
3. Kill dirty grenades and rocket spammer.
4. Profit.
Sector Clear
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Left a game for the first time yesterday due to an opponent just continuously Hero token camping, He was a Hero on the map at least three times in succession...
And I mean at least.
It got beyond the joke.
;-/
Forerunner
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Smoke grenades prevent lock-on, they are really useful for WA, but nobody uses them. Nobody wants to give up ways to kill people and help your team instead.
Yeah, i unlocked barrage yesterday and played the desert map with it. So dirty in those rocky crevasses.
Absolutely. My first time playing it I got super lucky and became Leia and went on to get a 50/3 KD ratio. Every other time since has been frustration upon frustration of just trying to be the hero. I've had so many experiences of finding a hero and blasting them, throwing grenade, homing rocket, doing most of the damage to them only for someone to get a number of final shots in and they become the hero.
To me, you fix it by either setting the next hero to be the one who deal the most damage to them overall, they do keep a track of that statistic after all, or you rotate heroes through everyone in the match so everyone has a shot at being the hero and creating a more even playing field.
You can still do great with the second more powerfull pistol (forgot the name) too, but the DL-44 does need a nerf indeed. I'm always afraid of too much nerf requests though, because there's a risk they will nerf too much and make the weapon useless.
Homing shot really shouldn't be nerfed. Like, at all. I'm surprised people still can't deal with them. If they nerf it might as well remove from the game because nobody will use if if it isn't a one shot kill.
I think the latter option sounds good. Relying on damage dealt just encourages more use of OP explosives then all of a sudden the hero becomes unfun.
Forerunner
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Probably talking about the SE-14C, it's pretty good, like really good. Video explaining why it's so good. I use it over the DL-44.
ManUnkindH
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Why don't we just nerf the entire game?
I think the weapons are very balanced, it's pretty fine the way it is.
I think the weapons are very balanced, it's pretty fine the way it is.
Yep, that's the one. It's awesome.
So you refuse to play because other people are playing more and earning rewards for doing so? OK, sure.
Overall I do agree the weapons are well balanced, aside from one or two duds.
But the DL-44 is a bit too much. Lowering it's fire rate a little would be enough, imo.
I don't see it as an issue that needs to be rectified.
JumPeRJumPzZ
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A Trait card shouldnt be the solution to obviously unbalanced stuff...
Gravemind IV
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Tried supremacy for the challenge. Man, if you get a bad team in that mode, you're fucked no matter how well you perform individually.
That's how team based modes are supposed to be.
Exactly. I crack the shits in chat every time it's obvious a team is back on its heels while the top 4 players are north of 50 kills and contributing nothing. DICE nailed the execution of the mode itself. The problem is people.
Gravemind IV
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Yeah, especially when it's no shuffle and you get stuck on team 'I have no clue what the fuck I am doing' unless you back out.
That is indeed a problem. There should be rebalancing after matches. Hopefully they will fix that.
But the fact that a bad team always loses shouldn't be a surprise.
I signed up for a GameFly trial so I could keep playing. I'm not letting financial burdens stop me from enjoying my first shooter since Metal Gear Online 2. I am so buying this when I can.
Been using the PSN account JeffZeroTheHero, but I'm going to buy a $10 PSN card from Walmart tomorrow and switch back to my main account. Add JeffJaqi!
Scout is phenomenal btw. I went from sucking to holding my own immediately. I play to my strengths, sneaking around and waiting on you to stumble about, and then -- pow! -- I shoot you. So fun.
Been using the PSN account JeffZeroTheHero, but I'm going to buy a $10 PSN card from Walmart tomorrow and switch back to my main account. Add JeffJaqi!
Scout is phenomenal btw. I went from sucking to holding my own immediately. I play to my strengths, sneaking around and waiting on you to stumble about, and then -- pow! -- I shoot you. So fun.
JumPeRJumPzZ
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The issue with Battlefront is, the game doesnt even try to get you some competent team mates...
I had this issue yesterday. Had to switch the lobby 3 times or so to finally get a fun match.
Have not played in a couple days due to overtime at work, what's been broken?
A-Wings are way too good and the hero ships are basically invincible is what I always hear.
Indeed it is an issue. But at least it's a very easy to solve issue.
If my bad team could win a match because I did really well, then that would be a much harder issue to fix.
Gravemind IV
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Couldn't even get a single uplink online at the second segment. Jeesh..
Kingsora
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But what would you do then? When you use Homing shot you are already a sitting duck and reducing it's damage to 80% would make the weapon completely useless. They already reduced they Cycler Rifle that was fun to use.
In the last three pages people are also complaining about the DL-44 , Pulse rifle, the grenades, Barrage, Hero Hunt, Fighter Squadron, Walker Assault, Boba Fett, Luke Skywalker, ...
All because they probably get killed a couple of times by something, so it should be balanced. While using a lot of the above things also requires skill. Maybe some players are just good with a certain weapon or Hero?
A-wings are just too OP. The rebels already have an advantage IMO due to their shields. That alone isn't bad enough, but then you compound that with A-wings fucked up hurt box and it's just a massacre. Your shots just don't register most of the time on them, and if they do they'll put up their shields. To make matters even worse the Falcon is better than Slave 1, and is damn near unstoppable.
If your team loses as the Rebels on Fighter Squadron your team is really really bad.
Impulsor
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Slave I is not invincible. Oh no it isn't... The Falcon, on the other hand. Lol.
JumPeRJumPzZ
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Couldn't even get a single uplink online at the second segment. Jeesh..
Thats how 90% of the lobbys i play in look like lol
I would nerf that stuff that is OP. Simple.
Grenades IMO shouldnt be a instant kill. Especially the contact nade is just laughable. People getting away from fights because of this nade.
Ah yes the Falcon is indeed OP, i've only used it once but I ended up with no deaths that whole match and i got it at the start lol. On the plus side you get tons of points for damaging it. Slave is not that bad but still not worth the effort to kill since it takes so long and needs a few players to focus it.
Have not noticed A-wings being a problem to kill personally but I do seem to live a lot longer when I use them compared to X-Wings.
I'm hoping a balance patch is indeed in the works along with a new map for Jakku.
It's not exactly keeping me up nights either, just that when it's brought up here the discussion seems to focus on how easy it is to avoid being killed by it as if that were the worst and only outcome when the reality is actually far worse.
Just for the sake of discussion, would you like to see more weapons like the Homing Shot?
Like the Homing Shot in what way?
I wouldn't ask for more weapons like the Homing Shot, but I wouldn't want it to be nerfed or removed either. It's fine as it is now, imo. I would also bring the Cycle Rifle back.
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