What's this about "updated MCG"? Matthew Higby @mhigby 2h By the way, that 896 RPM Lynx will not be firing faster than the updated MCG. Supposedly it'll be in the next balance pass or something, but does anyone know what they're doing to it?
Is it finally time for the MCG to return to it's former glory? This means that the MCG will be firing at 900+ RPM!
Thats to say, we have nothing concrete on it yet. We know the Striker and MCG are in the revamp pile, and that a lucky TR carbine is being inducted into the 167 club, but thats about it.
Recoil will likely be a fair bit, with a damage nerf in tow. I'd genuinely expect the 112~ mark for damage if true.
Lynx gets brought up to 896 rpm. Gets dropped to 125 damage-per-bullet. What a surprise, it's gonna be on on par with the awesome and much-loved SMG-46 Armistice Now I'm even more skeptical of the MCG update.
I hope they buff the MCG so it's a at least as useful as any of the other LMG's. Oh that would be so fun to actually be able to face a infiltrator headon without being outgunned
I see the rule of the Terrain Empire forthcoming, the 4th faction is eyeing you up. I really hope they do something cool with the Striker, I hardly use it since the nerf.
This thing takes no different ammo types, no scopes, no stabilization(Only Laser and I think not even Advanced), no suppression obviously... And has ramp up. So this is not enough, max RPM increase I mean. I'm sorry but I'm not excited just because it will fire faster IF you survive long enough... 8 out of 10 you won't. Call me a Negative Nancy, but you're hyping it up way much if that's all that's going to change.
The general rule of thumb seema to be the higher the rate of fire the lower the damage per shot. I'm not sure if TR really expected to have their RoF increased whilst keeping a 143 damage shot but if so that is an unrealistic expectation The only other way to really balance is otherwise would be insane recoil and that would be even more unpopular I think
Yeah I don't know why anyone would want an Armistice but in Carbine form. Well except for that sounding completely ******* awesome. We don't know the entirety of the changes. Until we do it's kind of pointless complaining about them.
What did you expect? 143/900+ weapon? You know how many downsides would such weapon would have to be balanced?
A massive spin up time before it can fire to give the enemy a chance to take you down before - oh wait...
