NC will still be good on emerald

hiphop4321 · 2003-07-22, 03:19 AM

I think our core players and most experienced will stay. LOts of good NC on there. We still have kick ass battles on solsar (mont especially) everyday with TR. Im hoping we will be alright

Arakiel · 2003-07-22, 03:26 AM

The jackhammer didn't get any worse.

DVCBigGun · 2003-07-22, 04:01 AM

I hope you all will continue to fight because those are the best fights. When i go to amerish the VS often lose or take the bases behind us, prolonging the inevitable. I appreciate you NC coming in to the fight because you present a good ol fashioned fight. The VS fight till they die and run, hacking what we just took, (in my experience). I will see you all on Solsar for some good fighting and if you want to coordinate let me know ingame.

PS I love the JH Lancer Striker et. al. we are different empires with different guns deal with it.

Diddy Mao · 2003-07-22, 04:20 AM

I use to enjoy fighting the VS but now it's horrible everywhere I look Lasher's Lasher's Lasher's. I think for the patch they should have Increased the Damage "OR" Increased Speed....NOt both of em! Now the Chain Gun and the JH dont' stand a chance! but I think we've had it coming beign that the VAnu have had the low pop count or the longest ass time! I guess it's all balancing out in the end!

Arakiel · 2003-07-22, 04:24 AM

Seeing one faction using a powerful HA weapon on almost every infantry? That's certainly unheard of :P

WritheNC · 2003-07-22, 05:07 AM

Seeing one faction using a powerful HA weapon on almost every infantry? That's certainly unheard of :P

I've never seen more than one weapon of any type used with such frequency like the Lasher has since the patch. And that counts the jackhammer because I know someone will bring it up.

I'll see you TR on Solsar tomorrow night, btw.

Arakiel · 2003-07-22, 05:32 AM

Originally posted by WritheNC
I've never seen more than one weapon of any type used with such frequency like the Lasher has since the patch. And that counts the jackhammer because I know someone will bring it up.

I'd bet that this isn't true.

WritheNC · 2003-07-22, 05:38 AM

I'll take that bet!

I got .76 here on my desk...at least until friday!

Aegis · 2003-07-22, 07:15 AM

There's never been nearly every NC with a jackhammer, never more than half, thats still a lot, but recently 70%+ of VS have Lashers. I wouldnt mind if it had any disadvantages (JH is useless at range... and therefore against vehicles), but as far as i can see it doesnt have any. Lashing damage and ROF makes missing all but impossible at close range and long range spamming still works better than any other HA by a very long way.

Eliaas_Demens · 2003-07-22, 07:46 AM

The best fights on Emerald are VS vs. TR. :P Half of the NC are such shitty players it's depressing. Hell I charged forward and knifed one to death the other day.

ZionsFire · 2003-07-22, 08:52 AM

yes i bet you did

Madcow · 2003-07-22, 11:17 AM

At the JH peak it was easily more common than the Lasher is so far. Give it some time, though, the Lasher usage seems to actually be increasing. It has a chance to take the title.
I'm also seeing FAR more MCG then I did a couple of weeks ago.

Agathon · 2003-07-22, 12:45 PM

Hello,

All nerfs and tweaks are bad for the game if you ask me once it is retail. The fall out and change to game dynamics plays havoc with your customers. The Vanu weapons were always uber to me since they kill so easily through armor. I still don't think they needed changing. If anything they should have nerfed the Jackhammer if people were complaining so much, but increasing stuff is a bad move. This game will end up like EQ, and things will just keep getting more and more powerful as one class (or weapon cert carrier) whines to the next.

I don't mind getting mauled by Vanu's weaponry. The problem for NC now on Emerald at least is that the Vanu have become very good at tactics in the past because of being out-numbered. Now they have the same good tactics, but they also have growing numbers and better weapons. It is going to be difficult to defeat them without at least equal numbers. Last night on Cyssor, NC was barely holding on to a few bases left that were not Vanu. They appeared to be outnumbered at least 2 to 1 in every fight I participated in. It was a bloodly hell.

I'm up to the challenge though, and I'm not going to add to the whining. I'll have fun either way, and tactics will continue to be the number one tool of victory. Weaponry only goes so far in a game (we don't have the almighty nuke trump card as in IRL), so no matter what weapons a person has--tactics will eventually win the day. I'm up to the challenge, and no amount of struggle will stop me from being NC.

Revolver, thanks for the heals btw, hee hee... It is good to see people from on here in the game from time to time to say hello!

See you all in the game,

Cease · 2003-07-22, 01:15 PM

When in game its generally too hectic to tell exactly how many are using certain types of weapons. Yeah the VS have a ton of people with Lashers right now, and that is different from the way the VS USED to be. But its not any different than the NC have been with the JH for a long time now.

Its probably a change for a NC player, but for this TR player its the same stuff in a different empires colors. Not only will you see Lasher Lasher Lasher... but now the NC can experince the HA+Agile+Surge lemmings that I've seen the NC use so often.

Its only been a couple of days. The "core" NC players are about to be tested. It's one thing to say "We'll be fine" after only a couple of days. Go a month or two of fighting all the Lasher users... go a month or two of being consistenly being out-numbered and then we'll see who is still around.

Agathon · 2003-07-22, 01:24 PM

Hello,

While I agree with most of what you said, please don't lump all jackhammer users into the surge forward, no tactics, and no team skills player. I use a jackhammer while in close combat, and I always wear reinforced. Charging forward alone isn't something I do, and I don't use surge as you suggested. People might be surprised, /gasp, but I actually use my jackhammer to kill vehicles. <chuckle>

I don't think you meant to say all jackhammer users are like that, but I just wanted to say I'm definitely not one of them. This game is a game of tactics for me, and I want people to work together as teams. Individuals are worthless imho.

;-)