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I am not saying that the lasher is not over powered, don't get me wrong. That thing is way to powerful and should still be nerfed. I was just saying that I enjoyed a little challenge for a change. Unfortunately, now the vanu have no real challenge in the game. Saying the lasher is not overpowered is arrogant. For that matter, the JH is also overpowered. I still think they should all be brought down to MCG level.
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I can live with that.
Oh and the Lasher is now the king of indoors, usurping the Jackhammer in *LARGE SCALE COMBAT SITUATIONS*(that's important). If you don't think so, consider this:
Last night the NC had SE Gunuku Watch Tower and were defending it from the Vanu. The VS were quickly pushing us back into the tower, and soon they were coming through both doors and pushing towards the cc and spawn.
With 2 VS shooting lashers down the stairwell(there's usually more though) to the spawn, they can dominate an entire squad of NC. The first couple of NC take lasher orbs. The ones that don't get hit directly get "lashed" and still take damage.
That's the hard part about the balance of the lasher. When a jackhammer is fired, how many people can you hit with one shot? 2? Maybe 3? If you hit 2 or 3, the damage sucks. If a Lasher orb goes down a flight of stairs, passing 4 NC/TR but doesn't hit any of them, they still take damage. All of them. JH and MCG shells stop at the first person they touch. The lasher can rake through everybody. And if you want to shoot back up from the bottom of a flight of stairs with a JH, you won't win. Half the time you can't even see with all the big glowing disco balls between you and your target. By the time you get close, you're already dead. I'm sure TR is having just as much fun.
Its not impossible, but its hard as hell. The only way I kill Lasher wielders now is either:
1. Catch them unaware or looting.
2. They're shooting at another person.
3. Bait them into firing all 20 orbs, and if you're still alive(since you get lashed even if you're hiding behind a wall or tree), run out and take them out before they can reload.
4. Edit: #4 is the straight up gunfight, toe-to-toe match. Of course, with a bigger range I'm half dead so I can't miss when I'm in ideal JH kill range.
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basically since the patch theyve been getting gang banged. hell last night on cyssor the TR had some sort of truce with the Vanu.
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Grats. The game is based around a 3 way war. If you were on NC and pulled that crap I'd kill you. Well ok, I wouldn't because then you'd be even more tempted to truce just to spite me, and it would start a vicious cycle!
Truce = teh suck!
2003-07-23, 10:59 PM
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