BLOOD WOLF, on 02 September 2016 - 01:45 AM, said:
What some people don't get and you would have thought by now, There is more to balancing than theoretical post's about ED. You have to also demonstrate why their is a flaw.
If you haven't noticed by now, paul has been taking data from the PTS.
Just want to mention that.
...Data which has been used for years, and failed miserably?
cUAC nerfs dont' work, because cUACs aren't equal. The UAC2 is absolute rubbish with a 5 second jam, and will be rubbish at 8 seconds. The 14>7% jam chance doesn't make up for it, because a jam is devastating no matter what.
A 2 second jam would be devastating, in that it costs 3+ cycles of the cannon, let alone 11
They're nerfed because cACs are not taken...but cACs have been trash tier since the beginning, having less DPS than normal fired cUACs, at no benefit.
cACs need buffs, cUACs don't need nerfs. some cUACs need BUFFs FFS
Here's something I made a year ago
Some things have changed since then...but very little. Notice what I do to cACs? Give them velocity, and un-gimp their recycles?
That's what needs to be done.
Let them be standalone viable weapons, competing against doubled damage, and not just worthless place holders.