I am honestly a little scared for tomorrow and what the quirks will bring. One reason is I believe the quirks may be a bit to bold and at the moment look big and scary. On the other hand, this is the first patch bringing in these quirks to IS mechs and it is safe to assume that balance changes will be made appropriately.
The other reason is the weapon specific quirks. I agree with the application of the quirk system, but I believe that giving the current bonuses to specific weapons will pose a problem. one of the bonuses i think needs a carful look at is the amount of cooldown reduction given to specific weapons on a mech. The main reason for this is that cooldown reduction is a DIRECTLY affects the weapons damage and giving a specific weapon more damage that others can sometimes make other weapons builds completely nonviable or obsolete. Being able to customize and have different variations on a mech is one of the aspects of this game that make it great, but when you single out one weapon system on a mech and give it twice as much of a buff as other weapon systems, it makes that building any other way seem illogical. The locust-1V is a prime example of this. I am one of the rare few that uses a large laser on my lights because it has a .25 second shorter beam duration than the er large laser, meaning i don't have to stare at the enemy for .25 seconds less seconds and they have that much less time to react before I run behind cover. Unfortunately, because the Quirks on the locust are Er large laser specific, after calculating quirk values, elite skill perks, and modules, the large laser becomes only about .1 seconds shorter beam duration than the Er large laser but has a 0.8 sec longer cooldown. This gives the Er large laser a higher damage output than the large laser and even though it still has a shorter beam duration it is still obsolete in comparison. All in all i think that weapon quirks should stay general rather than specific to retain the ability to customize and have a variety in how to build your mech.
Edited by imadoctor009, 03 November 2014 - 12:55 PM.
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Alexander MacTaggart, on 01 November 2014 - 10:07 AM, said:
Can you fix please?
