Must be some other battle rifle enthusiasts around here, right? How about a discussion about what we're likely to see, and our hopes and dreams, for these things since we're hopefully getting a nice buff for them in the next patch.
Personally, the basics (ie. non-fantasyland stuff) i'd like to see is:
1. Bump the bullet velocity up a lot. They're currently 500, and that's way too low for something we're suppose to be using at mid range+ (especially compared to the velocity of LMGs and some carbines).
2. In addition to 1, give us the option to take high velocity ammo.
3. Moar faction flavour. The Eidolon has its (worse damage drop off, but no bullet drop), but the AMR-66 and the Warden are lacking. They otherwise also have all the exact same stats.
Now if I was going to go into wacky fantasy ideas land, this is what i'd love to see (in addition to the above):
Eidolon: Aside from the above issues, I think this is pretty close to what it should be for VS weaponry. Maybe bump the damage a tiny bit or decrease the recoil very slightly, as well as take a bit off the reload time just to finish it off.
Warden: Needs NC faction flavour. Moar damage. Perhaps needs more tweeking to make it a little more interesting, but my brain has gone blank right now.
AMR-66: I'd love to see them do something wacky with the AMR-66 just to make it totally unique to TR (unlikely, but one can hope
). Reduce the damage and increase the reload time, but in exchange give it 10 more rounds in the magazine and a two round burst mode. Might be a bit much, and a lot more unique than the other two (unless someone else can come up with something equally as good for the other two).
Anyone have any thoughts? Personally I love my Warden, despite it being underpowered, so hopefully the upcoming patch will be good for them.
2013-02-12, 04:29 AM
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