Xena_Shepard wrote...
Powers should be vastly superior to weapons, because weapons take little to no skill (unless you're a sniper). They're just there to appease the talentless hacks (AKA the BF3 crowd, which BW is trying to pander to anyway).
I don't know how this turned so hateful and angry, but saying "balance weapons" does not mean "nerf powers to weaker than SMGs, then make weapons as powerful as biotic explosions are now, and change the perspective from third-person to first." Nor does it necessarily mean "buff every single weapon" - there are about half a dozen that are decently balanced/worthwhile already, which are exactly what almost everyone uses. "Balance weapons" means make the other 50 weapons an option that won't get you kicked from silver/gold matches. You're required to equip at least one weapon - it's not some extra part of the game. Just because a soldier/infiltrator with +75%-+150% weapon damage can equip a Falcon or Mantis/Widow/Bl.Widow and do respectable damage does not mean that weapons are balanced.
Besides the fact that if weapons were king it'd alienate the actually good players because the weapons you get are entirely left up to chance, and even with the current system that still screws people over.
If the weapons were reasonably balanced, you wouldn't BE screwed over by not getting one of the 10% of decent weapons - you may not get the one you had your heart set on, but you would still get something you can use. No pack truly a waste, every weapon viable. This is not PvP, buffing other classes/builds does not screw you over in any way, either. And if you were worried about the game becoming too easy, then you probably wouldn't be fighting so adamantly to keep biotics/techs/explosions the way they are. :V They've been buffing enemies too, no reason to say that won't continue, as well.
More variety in worthwhile weapons/builds, being able to shore up class/build weaknesses, make the ME equivalent of a battlemage, or even just play however the hell you enjoy playing, none of these would hurt the game at all. The powers have huge AoE, huge damage, awesome buffs/debuffs - all in one. A few weapons have tolerable single target damage (except the Falcon, which has its own limitations), the rest just make people angry when they show up in packs. And as far as pandering to the BF3 crowd, I seem to recall there being quite a bit of gunplay in that terrible Mass Effect trilogy, they might be pandering to those horrible fans too.
Modifié par Iodine, 20 mars 2012 - 09:44 .
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