Curiosity About Overpowered 'mechs/weaponry
#1
Posted 24 October 2014 - 10:07 AM
My curiosity leads me to ask.. "What makes the original unaltered 'mech design "overpowered"?"
I thought games like these were supposed to be filled with challenges for us to learn and adapt to introductions of new features instead of trying to make the new features dulled down to what we are used to being able to handle.
I understand there are things that only money can grant us access to that freeloaders like myself can only access with the chance of participating in/winning a challenge.. but are all these modifications and adjustments adhering to the game specs or are all the "nerfs" being made solely on the cries and complaints of players who just can't handle the introduction of the new features to mwomercs?
Then.. there are the complaints of "omfg wat r u doin! u ruin game 4 me! i quit!" because what they're used to gets changed/nerfed to the point where they must adjust their playstyle or move on to using a different 'mech because they believe the adjustment rendered their original playstyle completely useless.
Personally, I have no problems with the adjustments as they haven't really affected me much if at all in a negative way. But it still makes me wonder about the original idea of the game being adjusted so much to where it feels like we're playing an entirely different game.
#2
Posted 24 October 2014 - 10:24 AM
Even if you just hard-locked that weapon to single-use-per-mech, it would still be useful due to it's insane projectile speed and awesome range. You just wouldn't be killing mechs in two hits with it.
Edited by divinedisclaimer, 24 October 2014 - 10:25 AM.
#3
Posted 24 October 2014 - 10:24 AM
#4
Posted 24 October 2014 - 10:27 AM
Viktor Drake, on 24 October 2014 - 10:24 AM, said:
It comes down to pilot skill a lot.
People were saying Dire Wolves were OP, including the "top tier" clans; which made me laugh because they of all people should know that having those walking turrets is as much a liability as it is an advantage since the other team could collectively be moving up to 30kph faster than your entire group.
#5
Posted 24 October 2014 - 10:28 AM
divinedisclaimer, on 24 October 2014 - 10:24 AM, said:
The problem isn't even dual gauss. The problem is that gauss is front-loaded pinpoint damage that goes exactly where you aim it and players can shove it on any chassis with the hardpoints for it whether it should be on there or not.
Unfortunately I don't see a 'fix' for these particular issues (the defining thing about gauss versus AC is that gauss is one slug, so there's no real way to 'fix' the FL-PPD thing). Maybe if you could only charge one gauss at a time and couldn't start charging a second until the first fires? I got nothing.
#6
Posted 24 October 2014 - 10:32 AM
So it really does depend on whom you ask...
Me, I think my usual saying when it comes to bad mechs...
"There are no bad mechs, just
would apply, just a little different..
"Nothing is OP, you are either good with it, or you're not. If it killed you, smarten up, and learn the weakness of the unit and exploit that weakness."
#7
Posted 24 October 2014 - 10:37 AM
That said, I've played this game for over two years. The current balance between mechs and weapons is the best I've seen it. There is room for improvement, but balance feels more solid than it has in the past.
#8
Posted 24 October 2014 - 10:41 AM
As I've been on both the giving and receiving end of this type of equation, I have to agree that it sucks. As a player, it's pure awesomeness to shoot an unstoppable, pinpoint alpha into a mech and see it vanish. (Did that to an airborne shadowhawk and it was pure awesome.) On the flip side, it also sucks when you get hit with such a volley and know there was nothing you could do to stop it.
In most cases what people think is over-powered is just griping. In some cases it truly is overpowered and gets adjusted. The key is to take the emotion of all involved parties out of the equation and base it on pure logic and analysis.
#9
Posted 24 October 2014 - 10:52 AM
You know what was the most annoying death I've had? When a Jenner managed to keep his six medium lasers on target through the entire burn duration on my Raven's tiny side torso. At 300m. While I was moving. Three times in a row.
Nerf skill. It's OP.
#10
Posted 24 October 2014 - 10:58 AM
terrycloth, on 24 October 2014 - 10:52 AM, said:
You know what was the most annoying death I've had? When a Jenner managed to keep his six medium lasers on target through the entire burn duration on my Raven's tiny side torso. At 300m. While I was moving. Three times in a row.
Nerf skill. It's OP.
Still loved the time I managed to sneak up on a Raven 3L with ECM up, while in my Timber Wolf in D configuration on Terra Therma, and one shotted it from behind with 2 cERPPC and 4 cSRM 6's...
Bet that pilot was so mad...
#12
Posted 24 October 2014 - 11:01 AM
Brought to mind about 'mech chasis designs where someone throws an AC20 or a Gauss Rifle on a Raven and the Raven doesn't start running lop-sided but that's just common sense and doesn't apply to how games work I guess.
I guess with the absense of the dice roll factor it does have a large impact on game design where instead of relying on a multi-sided stone to tell you how accurate your aim will be against the opponent you now must rely on a steady hand and better reaction time/timing of shots to get close to 100% effect of attack.
But what about the original build of 'mechs? Why should we shove a plug in certain features of the original 'mech designs to even the playing field between ones who shell out money to buy features and ones who play the game for what they can get out of it for free?
I mean.. I've piloted a Locust against a Direwolf that was caught by itself and managed to take it down with no assist. But with all the adjustments and "nerfs" I'm starting to wonder if it was based on my skill as a pilot or did the adjustments to the Direwolf's original design play a part in it?
#13
Posted 24 October 2014 - 11:04 AM
BTone, on 24 October 2014 - 10:59 AM, said:
Wow, I think you captured the antithesis of every OP thread on the forums.
Well, there is the other issue that all weapons magically converge to a single pixel; that is a bit of a gameplay issue.
Never going to be addressed, of course.
#14
Posted 24 October 2014 - 11:04 AM
#15
Posted 24 October 2014 - 11:06 AM
There's no way to not put this bluntly...
A lot of players suck and can't aim to save their life. When they get killed, they complain. End of story.
#16
Posted 24 October 2014 - 11:08 AM
Mcgral18, on 24 October 2014 - 11:04 AM, said:
Well, there is the other issue that all weapons magically converge to a single pixel; that is a bit of a gameplay issue.
Never going to be addressed, of course.
#17
Posted 24 October 2014 - 11:30 AM
Instant and pinpoint weapon convergence is the root of a lot of the problems. Personaly, I'm in favor of removing convergance entirly. Since, a return of delayed convergance is out of the question.
#18
Posted 24 October 2014 - 11:34 AM
Nerf Explosions, they are OP!
...or y'know, I coulda just pressed Z sooner
#19
Posted 24 October 2014 - 11:38 AM
However that concern does not seem to apply to Clan mechs. Of course, Clanners can one shot each other as welI.
I predict that the Clan V IS invasion battles will start to run out of IS defenders as IS pilots get tired of the firepower difference.
#20
Posted 24 October 2014 - 11:43 AM
PPCs -- who knows? I mean, the realistic way to make a 'lightning gun' is to ionize a pathway through the air that the lightning will follow, so I guess they'd be as aimable as lasers.
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