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[Corbon Zackery]

They had to water pistol lasers otherwise they would be the dominate weapon in the game.

[CancR]

More blatantly wrong and stupid statements, yay.

I don't even know what to say to this...I mean if you really fear lasers that much then this isn't the game for you.

[Volthorne]

CancR, on 31 July 2013 - 04:36 PM, said:

All this blissful ignorance, and yet devs of competitive games for decades has looked to the most skilled in the community for balance. Games you may of heard of like Quake, Star Craft, Team fortress 2, LoL, even MW:LL.

I made a post on this in another thread. What's "best" for competitive play isn't always "best" for the community as a whole. In LoL, for example, there are Champions that are "balanced" at high-level play and can completely wreck shop - some able to take on the whole enemy team SOLO - in the lower-level play; Fixing those champs to NOT wreck shop in low-level play would make them worthless at higher levels. Or in SC, to use a notable example, there was a build at high-level play that could not be countered... except at lower-level play; Fixing it for high-level made it absolutely worthless for low-level.

What's good for the "competitive players" isn't always best for the game as a whole and vice versa. If you think otherwise, you probably shouldn't go near game balance forums.

Also, nice of you to throw MW:LL in there. Because, you know, 50 players tops totally allows you to balance things properly or - better yet - for a "competitive" game.

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You can't accuse other people of not knowing how to balance a game just because you don't, that's just lazy and stupid.

I can if they don't actually know what they're doing and just toss out random-*** suggestions that solve absolutely NOTHING. For example, using your numbers, why would I ever WANT to put a SLas on my 'Mech if a MLasonly takes .25s longer to recycle and only generates *one* extra heat? Half a ton? Nah, dump a few points of armor and upgrade to an MLas.

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Like..Blatantly ripping off gaming's favorite joke by removing one word and adding in two more..Oh I see...You are a PGI employee on a smurf account.

More tinfoil hats, please. Or tears. Or both. Both would be best.