Can apu's be fixed please?

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20-09-12, 21:39
Ascension

Can apu's be fixed please?

I'm really keen to play again, however pretty much everyone I've spoken to in the community has told me not to bother rolling an APU as apparently they are pointless.

Please make them viable again.

That is all.
20-09-12, 21:41
Dropout

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Originally Posted by Ascention

I'm really keen to play again, however pretty much everyone I've spoken to in the community has told me not to bother rolling an APU as apparently they are pointless.

Please make them viable again.

That is all.

They are not pointless. However they do need some tweaking to really be viable Again.
Hopefully they will see some balancing at some point, now that we actually have (totally awesome) people working on the game again.
They have their hands full so any kinds of ETA's for such balancing is impossible to say.
21-09-12, 09:45
enigma_b17

Eh? Why aren't they viable?
What's happened em?

Is it the fact that they die in like 2 seconds?
21-09-12, 10:01
Trivaldi

Feel free to discuss what you would change to make them more viable again over at the Brainport forum.

That is all. ;)
21-09-12, 12:02
Ascension

Unfortunately I've just returned to NC and not played an APU since '04. I'm currently playing on Titan, however I don't want to waste my time levelling an APU to find out they're not any use anymore!

Unfortunately I worked now so don't have to the free time to play and level several characters to find out what's worth playing.

I'm sure some of the seasoned players could input more on how to balance than me.
21-09-12, 20:46
=REMUS=

They're not useless from what i've seen, however I feel they need to do more damage than they currently output to offset their durability.
21-09-12, 22:09
Dropout

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Originally Posted by =REMUS=

They're not useless from what i've seen, however I feel they need to do more damage than they currently output to offset their durability.

Not more damage IMO, but higher freq would be very nice - and it would make the class a lot more fun to play (Again, IMO).
21-09-12, 22:14
Mad_Deunan

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Originally Posted by Dropout

Not more damage IMO, but higher freq would be very nice - and it would make the class a lot more fun to play (Again, IMO).

and change the poison and fire beams so that they can stack again !
22-09-12, 01:11
tbird

Ok i started a new Spy, Tank and APU on Titan. The APU's DMG-Output compared to the other is just a joke.
22-09-12, 01:32
Dropout

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Originally Posted by Mad_Deunan

and change the poison and fire beams so that they can stack again !

Ah yes, forgot that one.
22-09-12, 01:42
Xiphias

can we just not set them to how they used to be?
22-09-12, 01:47
kevz

and fix PE's while we're at it, i heard theyre useless in OP fighting.
22-09-12, 01:49
Xiphias

you mean the only viable classes are HC tanks and RC spies?

Not the diverse scale of what to choose to play anymore ...

However, I'm dubious that we will ever get our wishes. I would love to have our prayers answered for things to go back to how things were, (2.2 seems like the biggest cock up ever in terms of balancing).

I understand agree that there is still alot of work to be done to get things moving smoothly again. I'm eager to know however, will we ever see a Patch where the classes are slightly better?
22-09-12, 02:27
Dropout

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Originally Posted by Xiphias

you mean the only viable classes are HC tanks and RC spies?

Kinda.. They are the most used by far. Well and PPU's obviously :)
Pistol spies can be lethal with a bunch of Ion Pistols though. And a team of APU's isn't bad either, especially when fighting people that clips a lot :p

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Originally Posted by Xiphias

I understand agree that there is still alot of work to be done to get things moving smoothly again. I'm eager to know however, will we ever see a Patch where the classes are slightly better?

Im sure we will, but Im also sure that it is going to take some time.
22-09-12, 05:48
Faid

I had to turn Faid into a rifle spy so I can actually play him on Titan sad, He's always been an APU...
22-09-12, 12:07
Beckard

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Originally Posted by Mad_Deunan

and change the poison and fire beams so that they can stack again !

^this
23-09-12, 08:15
Doc Holliday

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Originally Posted by Faid

I had to turn Faid into a rifle spy so I can actually play him on Titan sad, He's always been an APU...

I rolled Doc as a pe. i dont care. all my toons on titan are the same classes/names since i started. people remember them and will know its me. Yes Private Eyes arent so hot allegedly but im still keen to at least cap him. the whole woc business will be IF and when not as and when. maybe i just keep him for shits and giggles and go pistola instead. i havent yet decided but the rocket pistols are soooooo much fun ;)