Carbineer Archive
Thread: It's not FAIR
We could write a book on the things that are borked about the insane bonuses on TKA, but this ain't the forum for it.
From what I've been told by Master Riflemen, they can speed cap their best shots on a T-21 Rifle, which is essentially their best weapon and nowhere near their fastest.
Our problem is that we're nowhere near that same level of capability on our own Elite weapon and our best special (CripplingShot), in fact, we're twice as slow even on the best Elite Carbine I've ever seen (2.0 speed). In order to cap our best specials, we need to use a less powerful carbine with (from a crafting perspective) insane difficulty in the crafting of these weapons, or invest in skill points from another class to compensate.
I don't think a linear comparison of our speed bonuses to a Bounty Hunter's speed bonuses can be taken seriously without the big picture look at our professions, both offensively and defensively.
On a number of occassions, I have pummelled Master Bounty Hunters with no other skills because what defenses we do have make up for the lack of firepower.
Any future enhancement or balancing of Carbineer performance needs to be considered in a side by side comparison to the other Elite ranged professions (Pistoleer, Rifleman).