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Sniper rifles are overpowered.
Currently I'd say that sniper rifles in general are too overpowered. Sure, I agree that it's fun to use them and can get those annoying heavy enemies fast, but when you want to try something new, say pistols or shotguns and your whole team is carrying nothing but sniper rifles, you will know you're useless except as a bullet sponge and combowise. And this happens most of the random groups. During past weeks, I have not seen team without at least 2/4 using snipers while the third might been vanguard or so they go with shotgun
Some weapons are nearly useless and some are too useful.
I believe 1.05 tried to balance this if I'm right, but Vanguisher and Equalizer still dominates most of the games. Of course they should be better from any common weapons or so, but lack of diversity kills the multiplayer fast I think. Maybe add some juice to Venom shotgun for example or other rarely used / difficult to use weapons? And bring back assault rifles somehow making them more relevant
@Neeki81 It depends on the player. I consistently keep topfragging with Asari Adept and Talon/Sidewinder on Gold by a difference of at least 5k even with a team of snipers.
- Anonymous9 years ago
@Tuinbonen I agree. Ultimately it comes to the player skill. Though Asari Adept is one of the easiest non-snipers due to constant biotic combo's. Other easy one would be human engineer with freezing the environment and when the enemies goes to freeze themselves, unleash the combo's. Oh and Salarian architect worked quite nicely with shocking barricade. Just running next to them and then shotgunning and comboing them point blank. So yeah, it depends on the player, but usually everyone just snipes from the farthest corner because enemies really do hurt and it's easy way ☹️
- 9 years ago
@IIIPripyaTIII wrote:
@Neeki81 It depends on the player. I consistently keep topfragging with Asari Adept and Talon/Sidewinder on Gold by a difference of at least 5k even with a team of snipers.
I honestly feel like the Sidewinder is quite useless. I don't have pistol barrel yet either or above a level 1 so its difficult to say but the RoF is pretty crappy and the low clip size is difficult to deal with mooks at Gold. I also only have a Talon 1 which I don't remember if I ever maxed out in ME3MP either.
- 9 years ago
@ensiform I'd like to call the Talon the "Vangod" of the pistols. It takes 1 or 2 shots to kill detonated regular/armored enemies except for Berserkers (4 shots maybe) on gold. Since I rush to a bunch of mobs a lot, I barely use the Sidewinder but it's a good pistol for taking out targets on a distance (or you could use the fun Stagger Pistol, find out yourself which one that is 🙂). I could use the equalizer, but that has a range limit to it and I'd pick the Talon all day (my opinion).
- 9 years ago
@Tuinbonen that honestly just speaks to the amount the asari adept needs to be nerfed. she really is the chun-li of the game, i can kill anyones score with her and thats just wrong (even the bunnyman and doctor aids).
though honestly i thought this thread would relate to apex RATING, not the useless missions that are just a treadmill of tedium.
- 9 years ago
Not everyone is equally skilled, sniper rifles give a non-skilled player like myself a way to actually contribute to the team on silver. Have played 3 gold matches in total and passed them all but it just wasn´t the blast I was hoping for, gold feels more like work than fun.
I don´t feel snipers should be nerfed, it´s more of getting other guns a better value if people wish to see more variety.
A way to actually improve everyone´s game is to make range matter, anyone using the Vanquisher as a shotgun? I know I am and it works better than most actual shotguns apart from maybe 3 or 4.
Snipers should do reduced damage the closer your target is to you and the other guns modified to work at their intended ranges. Shotguns are already working that way but that´s due to spread.
- 9 years ago
@verkhon maybe time to find a new hobby? i know its mean, and it sucks but you cant simply dumb down the games until they are easy enough for the least skilled players to play.. it screws the entire rest of the world. the guns DEFINITELY need adjusting, but alot of people i have played gold with absolutely did not belong there nomatter what kind of weapon they are using. if all you can contribute is living in your scope you are just wasting space, somebody who will actually complete objectives AND get kills could be occupying. a few other things that get people put on my ignore list? not being willing to use missiles, joining gold with an apex under 1k on a level 6 character, ignoring objectives (or dog piling on point a for example because they cant hold their own on b or c), dying every 30-45 seconds (and then ofcourse staying down), doing ANYTHING stupid on their mic, and lastly not readying up for 5+min.
its a fact of life, you get old, your body betrays you, and your hair turns grey. you just have to stick to bethesDUH games and such (you know the ones made for people who suck at videogames) if you want to continue gaming. its not the developers job to deliver a game EVERYONE can play, its their job to deliver the game they envisioned (and i shutter to think they envisioned this broken POS).
- 9 years ago
@MEGAF1UX You and I are on the same page about the Asari Adept 😉
Don't view it EA nudge nudge wink wink:
- 9 years ago
@Tuinbonen yea if you apply yourself at all with that class you dominate. the insurgent is also a monster if theres nobody playing that class. the worst part is NEITHER of those are n7 classes!