Sandpit, on 23 March 2014 - 06:22 PM, said:
Sure, I get your opinion is that they're "op", mine isn't. No amount of you saying otherwise changes that. No amount of "well I don't like em so they should be nerfed" has yet to explain why a weapon that now does just as much damage and is just as viable as EVERY other weapon in the game now is somehow "op"
It doesn't do more damage than other weapons
It has the ONLY hard counter (ecm) in the game to a weapon system
It requires time before and after achieving lock
But the only things I've seen offered as "proof" it's "OP" are:
It's "easy" to use
4+ mechs running dedicated LRM tubes make it "op"
It counters poptarts so it's "op"
Nowhere in there does it show how a weapon doing just as much (note, not MORE) damage as other weapons when used in good coordination and teamwork, is "op"
Proof and arguments aren't the same thing. Not even close.
Nobody has proof of either side of the argument.
The "easy to use" argument is a legitimate one. Right now, if you take a LRM boat and any other mech head to head in an open match, the LRM mech wins without contest. Even the poptart will have a tough time, because you can just keep him pinned and then flank for clear LOS and dump salvos into them.