Details on Weapon Enhancements

[Strygun]

Today on the official forums Victor Wachter, also known as SporkfirePS, gave some information about the upcoming changes to weapons and vehicles. Here's the quote: <UL><FONT color=#999999>In the next major patch, we will be updating the Heavy Assault weapons and Medium Buggies for the Terran Republic and Vanu Sovereignty.<BR><BR><B>TR MiniChaingun</B>: The TR MiniChaingun received a 50% increase in bursting duration before recoil kicks in.<BR><BR><B>VS Lasher</B>: The VS Lasher received an increased rate of fire to make it more comparable with the other Heavy Assault Weaponry. <BR><BR><B>TR Marauder and VS Thresher</B>: Both of these vehicles were given an increase in armor points. Now the NC Enforcer, TR Marauder, and VS Thresher are equal health-wise. <BR><BR><B>VS Thresher</B>: The VS Thresher [projectile] had both its damage increased (against soldiers and vehicles), and its lifespan extended (so the projectile can travel further). This is to make it more comparable to the NC Enforcer and TR Marauder (in terms of damage potential).<BR><BR>Timing on these updates has yet to be determined, but we expect them to go to Test Server and then Live next week.</UL></FONT>Of course you can find the current information on these weapons in our <A href="http://www.planetside-universe.com/content.php?mod_id=7">weapons section</A> and the vehicles in our <A href="http://www.planetside-universe.com/content.php?mod_id=2">vehicles section</A>. Also, when the patch happens ou can find the full patch notes in our <A href="http://www.planetside-universe.com/patchnotes.php">patch notes section</A>.The thread Sporkfire posted in can be found <A href="http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum8/HTML/005715.html" target=_blank>here</A>.

[FearTheAtlas]

Perhaps this'll put the HA issue to rest...

[HeadshotSY]

I doubt it. :(

[Cirkusphreak]

Nerf the HART! It's so cheap, droppin people anywhere they want to go, sheesh! Might as well help them cap bases too, way unfair.:D

:usa:



I'm not completely insane--there's a few parts missing

[MilitantB0B]

Not sure the maradur needed a boost, its the best buggy in the game, oh well, I don't see a slight buggy boost unblancing the game any time soon. :D

[Hamma]

nerf PSU!

doh

[1024]

nerf Hamma!

[Sleepwalker]

nerf the medical applicator! it's ridiculous - giving people more and more health, all for only 3 certs.

[diluted]

:rofl:

thinking about medics... I DONT CARE ABOUT TWEAKS I WANT THE ADV MED UPGRADES!!!

[Sp3ctre]

medics definately need some love

[MilitantB0B]

http://www.dodstudios.net/uploads/uploads/cancersucksanisig.gif NERF THE CANCER!!!! :D

[Onizuka]

great im an nc with heavy assault.... for me this basically sucks

[Streamline]

I don't think the lasher solution is the right one. It really doesn't need more slowass projectiles. I think the RoF is fine. Just needs a faster projectile. Especially since it doesn't actually lash anymore. But whatever... guess we'll see how it works out.

[MilitantB0B]

Originally posted by Stream|ine
I don't think the lasher solution is the right one. It really doesn't need more slowass projectiles. I think the RoF is fine. Just needs a faster projectile. Especially since it doesn't actually lash anymore. But whatever... guess we'll see how it works out. I think the ROF increase is a decent solution, but they should have bumped the clip size as well, then again, I don't know how it will turn out. Someday you might here Nerf the Lasher. Don't dismiss it, in beta the JH was called the jokehammer and now it is suposed to be the most powerfull weapon in the game or some such rubbish. Watch out VS, it could happen to you.

[Navaron]

Originally posted by Hamma
nerf PSU!

doh
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

+1 to your funny stat

[mikkyT]

great im an nc with heavy assault.... for me this basically sucks

:rolleyes:

Thats because the n00bhammer DOESN'T suck...

:rolleyes:

"Great, those starving africans in the third world are getting some free food handed to them by my government.... for me this basically sucks"

Yeah.

[Madcow]

:stupid:

[Agathon]

Hello,

There will always be whiners.

See, I'm one whining about the whiners!

;-)

[Onizuka]

Originally posted by {BOHICA}Navaron
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

+1 to your funny stat

what is hammas funny stat at now?

[Happy lil Elf]

Perhaps this'll put the HA issue to rest...

Of course not. If the MCG and Lasher both insta killed from 500m away and had sniper rifle like accuracy, there would still be people bitching about the Jackhammer, because people like to bitch. It's just then you'd have the NC who currently whine about the Striker and Lancer tossing the MCG/Lasher to the top of their bitch list, because again, people like to bitch.

[Jarlo]

I would have preferred faster lasher balls as well but the increased ROF may make it much more effective in closer range.. where it is meant to be used. Time will tell but I'm glad to see lasher getting some lovin. The thresher balls definatly need a speed boost, as they should not be meant for point blank use.

[Cirkusphreak]

If there was nothing to bitch about, people would bitch about the fact that there was nothing to bitch about!


:usa:

[Onizuka]

look why are they making the tr more powerful.....this is bs.
yeah the vs need a weapons upgrade but the tr are fine sheesh

[Jarlo]

I hate TR as much as anyone but the chaingun NEEDS help. It is almost funny when someone is firing at you from more than 30 meters away with one of those, the bullets fly everywhere!\

[Revolver]

Think "BAC of 200 with the Bolt Driver" and you'll get a rough idea of the accuracy of the MCG

[Gabsux]

The chaingun does suck and needs some loving. Personally, I would rather they nerf the lasher a little bit just to allow them to increase the speed of its projectiles and leave it with the same relative power range as it currently is. If they increased the projectile speed, I wouldn�t be so scared to use it around large numbers of VS. So many people can walk into the line of fire of the lasher with the huge COF combined with the slow projectiles. In certain conditions (away from other VS�s), the lasher just rocks. However in its current state, if your group gets jumped at point blank range, there is no point using the lasher. You are just as likely to hit your team as the enemy (hello grief!). If the speed of the projectiles were increased, people would use it more in close quarters. I love my lasher, but my lasher doesn�t love other VS!

[Katanaboy]

I just find it odd that the CoF of the lasher is so damn big...even when standing still it is 2x-3x larger than the JH, a SHOTGUN. WTF? Even when crouching, the lasher's CoF is huge, still larger than a standing JH.

[Jarlo]

Personally Im happy with the lasher COF which appears to have been tightened alot recently. Heck crouching I took down an anchored max at 150 meters.. that is a pretty tight COF.

And yes Im talking about hvy assault Lasher, not AV lancer.