Hello
I had some very interesting conversations with an array of players way more experienced than me.
I was wondering if maybe somebody from NST could clarify what the finished weapon damage balance project would look like.
Couple of bulletin points:
- As there are no Bonuses in Hacknet many storebought Modules outperform the rare modules (is NST aware of this, and is this intended)
- The players I conversed with would be in favour that Rares actually do perform better than storebought weapons, to justify how hard they are to get.
-> Input here from me: Maybe lower TL Rare weapons would allow lower Mainskill Setups to be competitive as well?
-> Input here from me: Isn't it valuable to have Rares as endgame content? Building a Rarepool, having Highslot weapons built, all of those are interesting mechanics and roadblockers to the one perfect weapon.
- The PPU is currently hard pressed for a Role except buffing Tanks, Spies use Nanites, PE's selfbuff. Is it feasible to expand their role back to antibuffing?
- Either the APU is too squishy or Hybrids do to much damage. There is very little reason to play a pure APU atm, as the defensive capabilities of the Hybrid outshine the offensive cababilities of an APU by a wide margin.
- There are problems concering Hit registration with Gatling weapons, generally the Netcode seems a bit more sensible concerning hit registration
- Meele weapons seem to have received a severe nerf, the new WoC weapon performs much, much better than any other weapons across the board, is this intended and what might be the reason for this happening?
Maybe somebody of you could take some time out of your day to give us your point of view on these Question (what is intended, what isn't, what do you think deserves to be looked at, what is a sideshow from your point of view).
I'm just wondering what NST's Vision is on some of these Questions, I don't care about timeframes at all!
Regards and Thanks
Odi
Edit: There are probably Question NST knows about and I don't, an Update on where the balance project will go next (just in terms of Vision and Philosophy concering Rares, WoC, Weapon Build Quality, etc. would be much appreciated). As I said timeframes dont matter.