Gotta Love Dalton OHK
Nailed 4 separate ESF's last night, and nothing has made me regret not running capture software more...
Posted Nov 12, 2019, 2:24 PM UTC
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What about the big toe?
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Wat
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Your comment probably has some meaning but it's probably slipping past me, lol.
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I blame the big toe for all the socks that's been slashed up, driving the cost of socks up, something not easily slipped past me.
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yeah way to improve the air game for beginners
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Jesus christ what is with you people?
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what do you mean “you people”?
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You People as in:
The people that try to argue the OHKO Dalton is unjustified because of it ruining people's days or making newbies quit the game.
Such bullshit. They're no better than Wrel's original written and documented justification for the nerf.
More ESF's are killed by OHKO tank rounds, decimators, etc than Daltons (Basing this on in-game experience, but I'm almost positive the numbers would support this if I had them)
And if we're bringing up ruining a new players experience and making them want to quit, why isn't anyone talking about HA's winning 90% of 1v1's because of 200fps 8th dimensional movement meta that makes them un-hittable due to crouch spam and sidestrafe abuse, and chugging medkits to achieve brief invincibility. Howabout Bolters that kill in 1 hit? Howabout pump shotties? What about dipshits unplugging their ethernet cables and C-4ing a pointhold? What about tank mines that dont render at all? What about every single other bullshit way to die in this game?
TL;DR - The "But what about the new players that quit because of being killed by 'x thing' huh?" argument is tired, overused, and completely bullshit when applied to one single balancing point such as the OHKO Dalton. If you want to have a discussion of TTK/instant kills/bullshit vs. earned kills - there are far more factors and angles to include in the argument.
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What about dipshits unplugging their ethernet cables and C-4ing a pointhold?
My eye is twitching.
The only real issue with lib balance now that wyrms and tomcats exist/are effective counters is a lack of communication to new players that comp will save them from the OHK and crewed libs being able to land and outrepair an ESF unless it has wyrms/tomcats.
You're absolutely right about there being a lot more issues that are far more impactful to new players than the dalton though.
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people complain about everything in your last paragraph every day
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While those are valid annoyances, the real new player experience killer is the absolute bitch of a grind to get to some point of survivability and interesting gameplay. A lot of people even over BR40 dont remember or realize how insanely hard it is to get certs as a new player, shit even if you find a valk group that will let you rep engie for 6 hours.. you probably log off with only 200 certs tops.
I wont say PS2 is pay to win, I mean is certainly could be, but it definitely is pay to play. I wager the fisu pop will drop by at least 20% now that pumpkins are gone and new players realize they need to play for a few days before they get to try anything else. Fuck can you imagine being a new player an choosing between spending that 750 certs on an implant pack vs getting two pieces of C4? The grind is beyond brutal for a new player, and its kinda a "fuck you pay us if you actually want to have fun" or not be fodder to the 200fps heavies.
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Wrel's original written and documented justification for the nerf.
link?
edit: unless it's the stray shot meme
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Dalton should totally OHK but its too easy to aim whit that sht to an esf it should have a proyectile speed similar to a buldog so it can fulfill its air to ground role while not being the best antieverithing option
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woosh
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Lets be honest here, if a new player in an ESF got hit by a Dalton pre-CAI revert and was left burning they would not have Fire Suppression equipped and Certed to survive it and they would not have the skill to quickly and safely land their ESF and repair it. So in that regard, it makes little difference except there are now more Dalton snipers out there in the skies now.
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who said new player?
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You said beginners, same diff.
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nope. beginner pilots can be vets who want to learn to fly
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Buddy I -am- a beginner 😂 BR 16, last time i played was on connery in 2013 where I stopped at BR 23
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There is no airgame for beginners. The Skyknights have that sorted.
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What skyknights? I didn't know they came back
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Pretty much anyone who's thrown a couple hundred hours into the air game and has gotten good at it. They still exist despite the vocal minority leaving.
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So anyone better than you? Got it.
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No worries captain I'm doing my part.
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Wouldn't want any days to be ruined by stray shots eh
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FOUR SEPARATE ESF's?!?! Wow Dalton really needs to be checked out, I bet they were really good too
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Absolutely good actually, and we weren't going hunting either, actually seeking ground targets, then subsequently being engaged by ESF. 1 long bombed "hail mary" kill, and 3 where the ESF got too close to the belly of the ship. Kudos to my pilot for placing me properly for the close up hits, but they were -definitely- not deliberately planned engagements.
how did u get that insane aim? do u have some special gaming chair or something?
Uh, I have Autism? Does that count 😂