VS needs a Heavy Assualt Weapon

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I must laugh at this one until I can laugh no more. I was talking with people in the sanctuary and was suprised to see there are a number of people that will take a suppressor over the pulsar. It's funny eh?

Yeah that is funny, but not surprising. By that I mean funny that one would choose a suppressor over the harder hitting Pulsar, but not surprising that many Vanu are rather ignorant of the weapons outside the Lasher. Thats cool tho, makes my job on killing a Vanu that much easier.

And all VS has are equals now. The only weapon that may be the most superior in it's class is the Lasher, and some will even argue that.

I guess being on equal ground isn't enough? And it's all personal opinion anyways when it comes down to whose got the best isn't it? Just because your equal doesn't mean it isn't superior. Take the Lasher for example. IMO, its equal to the Jackhammer, but better than the MCG. How do you rate that? The Lancer might not be as good as the Striker, but much better than the Phoenix. So what would you rate the Lancer?

The biggest problem for Vanu right now isn't weapon balance. Its the fact that all those fair-weathered Vanu took off once the nerf went in. Sadly success in this game is often measured by who has the bigger force than the other rather than tactics or better weaponry.

What would be ideal is if the devs made a more robust population lock system for continents that adjusted dynamically with the population. But that will never happen.

But back on topic, the numbers show the VS depended WAY too much on the Lasher as the All in One Wonder Weapon. People can say the "whiners" got the weapon nerfed, but don't forget Twist spent about week playing on the live servers evaluating the Lasher. It was being used for everything. There is a fine-line between versatility and diversity. When you got over 40% of your population certed in Heavy Assault, you are losing your diversity.