Weekly Dev Activities (August 30, 2004)

[Lartnev]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/index.php?newsid=988

[DeltaForceAlpha]

Cool! A Standard Assault ghost buff! That's good news for the VS stuck with their Beamer. Suppressor buff is cool too. Sounds like the devs are back on track!

[Onizuka-GTO]

finally! Beamer for yay.
:lol:

[Roswell34]

woot the surpressor now if they could make it look and sound tuff

[GreyFox]

Oh noes, they are gonna nerf the accuracy on the supressor!

[kcirreda]

I got a BR 19 CR1 char without MA :lol: :( Iam gonna miss my beamer sniping. Oh does this mean that a Supressor can kill a rexo without needing 2 reload? LEAVE MA BEAMER ALONE! :evil:

[Queensidecastle]

I am actually really happy about the Repeater buff. That was my infiltrator weapon of choice untill the Rexo buff added nearly a full second of TTK and made it usless

[Lonehunter]

I consider the Repeater changes more of a nerf. Sure the power is increased, but it's accuracy is decreased, hence gimping it's advantage of long range. Right now I would say the Repeater is the best pistol in the game. With it you can attack from a long range, and it only takes a few more seconds to kill somebody at close range then the AMP. Only setback is, you have to aim, OH MY!

[Lartnev]

I think we have to wait to see what these changes bring, I'm very happy to see the beamer and repeater get buffed, we'll just have to see what happens on the accuracy side of things.

Sorta sucks having the suppressor lose accuracy, but I guess if it's more powerful then the accuracy can go a little wayward.

[martyr]

the beamer does need help.

[Onizuka-GTO]

the beamer does need help.

understatment of the year? :D :p

[_-Gunslinger-_]

Yay I can drop MA for some other 2 point cert, or even get another point for BFR's! Finnaly im tired of having to tote around a spiker to do any real damage. Course this will hurt the "Adjust Darklight" argument but whatever. THE TIME FOR VS INF's IS AT HAND!!!

[Papagiorgio]

lol, NC get screwed again. No scatterpistol buff. :(

[EarlyDawn]

lol, NC get screwed again. No scatterpistol buff. :(Buffs are given where buffs are due. The NC mentality of "if we're not getting buffed, we're getting screwed" needs to end. You aren't getting buffed because you're way to powerful. :rofl:

[Lartnev]

Buffs are given where buffs are due. The NC mentality of "if we're not getting buffed, we're getting screwed" needs to end. You aren't getting buffed because you're way to powerful.

QFT

Does the Scatterpistol need a buff? No. So it doesn't get one... it's quite simple.

[_-Gunslinger-_]

Also the other pistols are leaning tword the scatterpistols nitch, closer but deadlier. So you guys will fill that nich better, im betting, and we will have our respective advantages.

[Red October]

I'm definately going to take the wait and see approach. I'm not sure what to think of this yet. As a cloaker, the Repeater is a great little mini-sniper weapon. At close range against and unaware opponet...it does the job. Against an aware opponet...well...

I prefered the AMP to the Repeater on the following basis alone:

1) I like to sneak in and hack. Hence I encounter opponets at close range most of the time.

2) Outdoors, I prefer to lay spits, boomers and mines to do my dirty work. I use the AMP when I'm out of ACE and too far from an Equip term.

3) I also like sabatoge. Pistol choice really doesnt matter much in that scenario.

4) When forced to fight, I like to get very close and personal with the enemy. Allows more of a chance of someone on his own team killing him by accident while trying to nail me. Hence accuracy is not too high of a priority.

If the Repeater's damage improves significantly and only reduces accuracy slightly....It could be my weapon of choice as it will fufil all the above and allows me to play the cloaker-sniper role.

[HavocGeneral]

Glad the repeater got buffed, I use it more than the AMP now as an infiltrator for it's increased accuracy. I like the AMP but it's COF is a little large and I have screwed up a few sneak attacks recently due to the enemy reacting fast. The buff hopefully will mean 1 less shot VS agile to KO - which will bring it in line with the other weapons of the class.

The scatter pistol doesn't need a buff - I use them all the time when I can get hold of them, if you take the first shot you can normally get the enemy before they get you.