Hey all, I had to make an infographic for an assignment with a subject of choice. So I thought to myself: "why not make something related to PlanetSide 2. Maybe something that can be used for balance discussion (weapon usage stats etc.)." After some discussing and reviewing, I scrapped the balance part and instead shifted focus to informing the newbs instead. The following infographic was born: Click here for link Allow me to add a few notes: 1) Auraxium weapons are intentionally omitted; newbs don't have them. 2) The CQC / All Around / Long range are indicators only; it's not a binding classification. 3) Both NS guns should have a C+ rating, but somehow it disappeared 4) Obviously, re-skins are omitted as well. As for the grades: All grades are determined as follows: the best value is graded A, the worst D unless the worst value is exceptionally low (then it is graded F, and the second worst value is graded D instead). Then the difference in the values is split linearly between grade A to D. Grade A = 12, A- = 11, B+ = 10 etc. until F = 1. After all grades are determined, their average is taken and rounded off. This results in a final grade. Damage is based on: TTK within Max. Damage range. Utility is based on: Sustain (seconds of fire before reload). Staying power (seconds of continuous fire before ammo is fully depleted (incl. reload times)). Amount of time spent reloading per bullet (reload speed was averaged between min and max). Recoil is based on: Vertical Recoil per Second of continuous firing. Horizontal Grade (based on hor.tol., min/max hor. recoil, bias/angle). First Shot Recoil Multiplier. Control (accuracy) is based on: Hipfire Accuracy (standing, crouching and bloom). ADS Accuracy (standing, crouching and bloom). Funny to see that averaging the 4 domains leads to a B- to B+ grade on each weapon. Meaning there is no true 'best weapon'; all weapons are sidegrades with each their own ups and downs. Hope you enjoy the content and feel free to comment
I did something like this ages back (long before the LMG revamp thingy), based on the actual weapon stats, the usage/effectiveness stats from the live servers etc. etc. Only two things are relevant from that review: 1) Most guns are virtual copypasta across the three empires, despite discrepencies in usage stats. 2) Nobody really cares, and will go on ******** about unfair, op, up, nerf, buff etc. exactly the way they were before. Sorry to be the one to tell you that!
