Patch 3.15.29 is live! New Lasher and other weapon adjustments

[Quovatis]

Greetings Auraxians! We are very pleased to announce the long awaited Weapons Balance Pass, with this update you'll find some exciting changes to your favorite weapons and maybe a few to your least favorite weapons. In this update you'll notice right away that the Lasher has gone through a major overhaul, with their new Armor Piercing fire mode and increased Orb speed the Vanu Sovereignty will be ready for battle in any situation. Fans of the Sweeper Shotgun will also enjoy the increased clip size of this weapon which brings a little more power to all Empires. Additional changes have been outlined below!

Lasher
* Increased Clip Size to 40
* Added Armor Piercing Fire Mode (right-click)
* Armor Piercing Orbs have a new color
* Decreased Lash Damage & Radius
* Increased Lasher Orb Velocity (the Rate of Fire was not changed)

Jackhammer
* Reduced Triple-shot Damage.

Sweeper Shotgun
* Ammo Clip adjusted to 12 rounds

Punisher
* Reduced COF

Pulsar
* Damage Degrade is now more on par with the Cycler and Gauss Rifle.

Heavy Scout Rifle
* Decreased COF
* COF recovery time slightly increased

Thank you and we'll see you on the Battle Field!

[HanSime]

Started to wonder if there was anyone still posting here... :P

[NeoPhoenixTE]

There are. The lil private staff forum has gotten a shot in the arm lately with plotting.

As for the public forums, I just sit and watch. I can't really think of any good new topics to bring up.


But back to the topic at hand. I got a chance to face down the new Lasher, and you know, I'm actually not as fearful of it. I feel like I have a fighting chance against the thing again. Some people are complaining about the nerf side of it while overlooking the whole instant AP aspect. I know there's a new learning curve, but that just means you gotta work on your aim more.

For once, this is a balance pass that I think did the trick.

[Quovatis]

Yeah it's funny seeing how many players think they nerfed it and how many think it was buffed. It's about the same, so I guess it's pretty balanced overall.

[HanSime]

Wish I could judge it, but can't: haven't been subbed since july. And since Werner is in the land of zombies and other undead figures, there's sadly no reason to return.

I keep finding myself returning here and to the forums though, just to see how things are. Shame they don't allow former-players to keep posting, it'd have kept the community alive a lot longer. Not being able to post just makes them lose interest afterall.

[Secant]

Woo hoo 4 free cert points
The TR no longer have a reason to cert HA. At All.

Sweeper has a 12 clip now so its superior to MCG indoors.
Punisher is damn near on par with the Gauss at range (add in the nade launcher and overall i think its just outright better) Certainly better than the Cycler now at similar ranges.
HSR is now a freaking beast - this doesn't effect TR but man; talk about a mean rifle Oo its effective at 50-250m now rather than just annoying at 150m-200m.

[HanSime]

People who cert HA are in denial. Suppressor is all you need.

Seriously, been using the Suppressor for Anti MAX and anti-aircraftand anti-sniper for ages. Heck it even outbested the old Lasher on occasion.

Man... A Suppressor with a clip of 40-50 would be t3h awes0me and OP.

[Quovatis]

Yeah, the suppressor is actually a very good weapon. With no COF bloom you can beat Pulsar/Gauss/Cycler users at medium range. The only thing holding it back (and keeping it balanced) is the small clip size.

[Secant]

Originally Posted by Quovatis

Yeah, the suppressor is actually a very good weapon. With no COF bloom you can beat Pulsar/Gauss/Cycler users at medium range. The only thing holding it back (and keeping it balanced) is the small clip size.

I remember the first time i got banned
i got on a trial and grabbed med, engy, and rexo then ran out there with dual suppressor; i got soooo many hacking hate tells "No way! you dont have to reload!"

[HanSime]

I thought that was called 'aiming', in combination with reloading after they're dead. :P


But that must just be me. :( I had a standard rexo / dual suppressor loadout which was handy at BD defense. It's funny when people send you tells coming down to "The hell are you using a Suppressor for and how the hell do you manage to get kills!? O_o' Holy crap did you just kill two MAXes?! *awe*"

Funniest though was when I beat a Reaver after EMPing him and unloading two, three clips in him without him moving off. Of course died in the explosion since he was just a meter away, waiting to hoverspam me with missiles. :P

[Marinealver]

oh joy[/sarcasim] another nerf to heavy weapons. I was hopeing for the MA to loose the distance damage degrade for some longer range firefights. now all we got is close range spam weapons.

[steve444]

very interesting post.

[steve444]

very helpful post.

[MasterCalaelen]

I'm glad you registered to share your insightful opinion on a 3+ month old update steve, twice.

[NeoPhoenixTE]

Or a 2+ year old update for that matter.

*summons ban-hammer for the likely spammer bot*

[Secant]

This is the most action this forum has seen in a month - you all need to be more kind to the newcomers :P

[HanSime]

Action?


Where?


D:


AAAAAH I CAN'T HANDLE THE ACTION!


*sips soda*

[HanSime]

At least if I make a second post within the day, it's a +1 post people have to read through first and waste a moment of their time, before they realise it has no intrinsic value whatsoever, so by the end of the comment they're in shock and want their time back, but they can't! MUAHAHAHA. >=)



Yeah.

*takes another sip*

[MasterCalaelen]

Originally Posted by HanSime

At least if I make a second post within the day, it's a +1 post people have to read through first and waste a moment of their time, before they realise it has no intrinsic value whatsoever, so by the end of the comment they're in shock and want their time back, but they can't! MUAHAHAHA. >=)



Yeah.

*takes another sip*

I'm glad your post wasn't as long as your posts usually are, cause else I'd REALLY want my time back!

[HanSime]

Quite. =)