Deployment #2 - Discussion

[Alduin]

Dear Runners,

please discuss anything related to Deployment #2 in this thread.

Sincereley,
Your Neocron Support Team

[Cursed Shadow]

I'll have to test it, but that DPM curve is looking quite steep.
It lends itself to overpowering the BHG, AK, WoC Launcher, Disruptor and possibly the TL115 drones.

I would have expected the damage to start to flatten out around TL110, but the curve does not represent this...

As I say though, the above is speculation, the proof is in the pudding.

Edit: *add rant about how WoC weapons should always do less damage than Rare, Hard-earned weapons here*

[Alduin]

We realised the DPM for high level weapons was too low compared to weapons with lower Techlevel. Our initial goal was it to make the lower Techlevel weapons more useful ( > TL75) in PvP and we want to keep to this idea. However there are more factors correlating with damage than just damage factor and frequency, causing an unexpected outcome: lower TL weapons being more useful than higher TL weapons. Therefore we adjust the DPM-gain per techlevel again.

That's the reason why it is steeper now. The focus is first of all to get the end-game PvP right. Everything else will be balanced around the end-game PvP, so expect the slope (the first derivative) to be fixed/equalized once we are happy with the end-game DPM curve. Apart from that, keep in mind that nothing is fixed yet. We have the freedom to change stuff in case it does not fit, so: braaaiiiinnnzzzz uhm, I mean feeeeedddbaackkk

[Neallys]

I have tried a few duels, I need to do further testing though. Stamina is a bit more manageable, It's not that the current Melee system bothers me that much, but it's more appreciable to play melee without constantly spam your belt of stam boosters. Always a welcome change. As to the damage, I'm not sure how I'm testing this, I did 1v1 duels, without PPU shields, I'll try some later on with PPU shields, melee against heavy.

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[Cursed Shadow]

Do you have any Endurance specced?

[Teal`c]

Contact me if youre interested in a duel with your melee vs my hc.