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Auto

Tue May 04, 2004 4:47 pm

Why do people hate now more than ever?

Because Combat Medic is pretty much the only thing that can get past, the completely overpowered 90% resist to everything, composite we see on most servers.

If you can cast your mind back to when composite was not widely available, you would realise that combat medic attacks, although still very useful, were not at all overpowered, most combat professions could hit over twice the damage a CM tick does every second. So back then CM attacks were very balanced with the rest of PvP.

So really its composite that people should be calling to be nerfed, but of course it wont get any hate since everyone can use it for pvp and pve alike, so CM gets the hate..CM has never changed for the better people (nerfed in fact) other factors have which have had the adverse effect of changing the lines drawn for pvp regarding CM's.

The day you are willing to accept a nerf to composite is the day CM will once again be balanced, if poisons and diseases were nerfed to 25% regeneration rates (with buffs and food) would exceed the dot which obviously isnt viable.

Composite is making CM a villain in SWG, Rifleman are in the same position but since everyone and their dog is a Rifleman it doesnt get flamed as much.

Greython Tolar of DOOM

SioBabble

Tue May 04, 2004 5:07 pm

#2

Auto, I agree with you.

The promiscuous use of composite armor, which renders most attacks feeble, makes CM attacks look overpowering by comparison. BecauseCM poisons and diseases are twoof the few things that can get past the composite shield (along with stun weapons, which is why the PvP crowd was outraged when the Geo blaster made its debut).

Composite use is now utterly trivial with doc buffs at 2200 per H and A stat, minimum, along with a swig of vasarian brandy washing down some vagnarian canapesto quickly deal with the M pool. Buffing makes armor encumbrance a joke, and means that the tradeoff that was intended to wear armor has been lost. There used to be costs attached to wearing armor in terms of your damage dealing capability (armor encumbrance targets secondaries which impacts how much specials cost you and how fast your pool regenerates) and with buffs those costs are basically non-existent.

So, there are cries to nerf CM, because the l337 d00ds loathe more than anything else having a carebear pwn their whiney little butts.

Message Edited by SioBabble on 05-04-2004 05:08 PM

Tazz vonMannstein Baron-Administrator of Corellia, master navigator of Corellia, captain of the Gregarious Gurreck

Sio Babble MBH/MCH/Cabana Boy; master of Tyson, the GNORT OF DEATH

Jeffn Akbar Nerfed from here to Lok MD/MCM

Zanti Agaesia Bothan MBE, 12 point Master Chef, Havoc Squadron Ace pilot

MasterPilot11

Tue May 04, 2004 5:14 pm

#3

/applaud

/agree

I'm not even a CM yet, i'm about to give up Master Chef to start it, but i've paid attention to this problem, and i don't think i could have been said any better.

/bow

Kazz Alow

Soon to be former Chef of Black Dragon Mercs

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jgr

Wed May 05, 2004 3:47 am

#4

Very good point and I totally agree, last summer hardly anyone complained about cms as there were much better ways to hand out damage in pvp than poisons/disease - what we need is a pvp armour revamp (faction armour only perhaps?).

~ Karma ~

Brainplay

Wed May 05, 2004 4:22 am

#5

Even against 80% energy composite I can still out dps my MIND poisons using headshot3. Aint life grand

Composite is great and all but all it does is prolong the fight. Being able to land hits for 200-500 per second through 80% stuff is awesome! Not too mention unless its been crafted with krayt or nightsister stuff the HAM cost will factor in a bit. 90% comp. is HEAVY stuff. Throw in the fact that its probably not stun layered only sweetens the pot. Lub me jawa!

Lazy PvP'ers suddenly realize the fight is going to take longer than 10sec now and start to whine. Omgz, maybe they'll have to start using l337 strats now.

Keorythe

h Combat Medic h

/Forcing Counterstrike PvPers to PvE since 2003 \

A Combat Medic Alpha tester who never got the chance to alpha test

Rchuno

Wed May 05, 2004 8:41 am

#6

The nail has been struck on the head. Comp armor is being called for a nerf on other boards as well. Docs are having people call for nerf on buffs but realy it is just the armor that needs a nerf. 90% reduction mixed with damage mitigation makes most attacks futile. easy enough to fix. Make it so armors max resist is 70% or so and everyone has a huge increase in damage output.

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