Sentry is OP as is because your damage scales up so fast and also gives that bonus dmg to your teammates. Having it off last night for the Hard incursion run I did I noticed enemies weren't melting as they used to, but were draining health at a steady rate. I finally got a Strikers pack to replace my Tacticians so I can try the 3/3 now.
You're right, but a team all running strikers well is far more dangerous/damaging. The changes they're bringing in 1.2 knock sentry off OP and down to what it should have been from the start.
For PvP, absolutely. For PvE, with no real changes incoming level wise, it won't be necessary to add the additional 10% to armor when you're used to incoming damage now.
the 201+ bracket will have lvl32-34 enemies making DZ05-06 feel like challenging incursion.
The Problem is that 220GS as a requierment was simply too high. Players around 200 GS are not that uncommon anymore but I have yet to see a single 220 or higher GS player around. Maybe I am just blind or those high GS players shy away from safehouses and challenge missions so that you seldom meet them there but to think that you should have at least 220GS for the next "free" Incursion felt like "Yeah cool someday in the future I might be able to play this...and until then maybe 5 - 10% of ALL players may enjoy the new content. I do not mind hard content but content that is only usable by so few players? They should maybe lower it only to 190 - 200 GS instead of 150 so that it still is harder then Falcon Lost but still open for more players then the 220 version.
You will be. What @MurphDog6 did not mention was that they plan to change the loot system quit substantial. I heard from a YT Video that they plan to increase both quality and quantity of the loot you get. So no longer performance mods every 2nd drop. They said they will drop less low gear score stuff and more weapons. I am looking forward to the patch to see how they will balance this out.
Not so much I my mind. We all have to be honest here, that with SMG's and AR's/LMG's the bonus was quicker up to it's max then the server could display the marks on your target. That this was not what the Dev's intended for a "Sniper"-set is quite obvious isn't it?
Nope just bye bye easy plus 45% damage boost for non Sniper weapons on a Sniper Set. Just use Strikers instead for you full-auto weapons. Don't get me wrong here, I'll have to adjust my playstile aswell because I use a AUG/M44 combo right now and also benefit from the fast increase with my AUG or better not so after the patch. Maybe I just use a Shotgun now or switch to my sidearm more often...have to experiment with that for a while. Maybe they really give the 3-round-burst weapons like the FAL the ability to proc the mark bonus. We will see and adapt accordingly.
Just bear in mind:
That may be absolutely true...but I still see me using the full set bonus just because I like it more and I am not so hardcore on the min-max front that I would drop something I like just for something that is the better choice. Otherwise I would always have to look up the current "best" build and try to mimic that rather then play the way I have the most fun and I know that Sniper Rifles and especialy the bolt-action ones are not the best weapons in the game (leaving the "Balance" talented M1A out of the comparision here) but I like them so I will continue to use them I think. Even if that means, that I am not as good as a Strikers User with good aim and a high RPM weapon. I think I'll just adapt. But since I am still missing various pieces of 214GS Set items I simply can't mix every combination right now. A 4 Strikers 2 Sentry mix is out of my reach currently and to be honest I would rather use 4 Sentry pieces combined with 2 Striker to improve my current build and keep the mark ability.
I'm only referring to GS220 in the context of expanding the DZ with an additional zone of DZ07-DZ08 to cover GS200-220 AND if they brought in an Incursion with a required GS of 200+ for example. Currently FL is ... 130 or 150 GS as a minimum if I remember correctly with an average team with GS of 150-200 as being able to complete it.
In the state of game video they have said that update 1.2 is all about buffing and not nerfing. So I wouldn't expect SMGs and assault rifles to suffer. Instead they are planning to buff the other weapons such as shotguns and LMGs to make the load out of agents more varied. Nearly everyone is running an SMG/Assault rifle combo or using one of them with an M1A. The devs want to make all the weapon types good so more people use them.
My understanding from what they said is that the new gear, and the buffs that they add to existing gear, will be focused around certain weapons so that people are more apt to use them. For instance, purely as a hypothetical example, they may do something where there's added bonuses on the Striker Gear Set for using a Shotgun or Assault Rifle.. Or maybe a bigger bonus on the Juggernaut Gear Set for using an LMG.. Something like that so that the community starts using weapons other than the SMG and so that they can get more accurate info on how the weapons actually work in the world. Then once they have that info, they'll be releasing a big Weapons update according to that info. This was at least my understanding of it, but since they didn't go super into specifics it's partially up for interpretation at the moment.
I agree, though shotgunners are still going to wreck face at close range. You'll just have to be more strategic about running through the DZ. You won't be able to just walk up and face roll 10 mobs in 10 seconds with little fear of dying like you can now in the current DZ. If the 34s have the same buffs as the Falcom CM, then the grind will get slower. People will pick it up real fast though and teams will have more customized strats in place. A lot of CC in the 200+ that's for sure.
