went NC to VS for a day...wow

If SOE lets people transfer their certs/purchases then no one will be left to play NC.

all my friends stopped playing cuz i wanted them to play NC with me

Your friends are scrubs, you're better off.

Besides actually balancing the game, whch it doesnt seem is ever going to happen, since it doesnt seem SOE has a clue based on PS 1 and PS 2 so far,......what do you do? A lot of the current NC players will either quit, or reroll sooner or later.

I doubt very seriously any type of transfer of SC assets or certs will ever happen. Instead SOE will 'fix' the current balance,....which based on SOE's balancing of the past, will probably result in a different faction being nerfed to throwing rocks and sticks and a different faction being godlike.

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None of what you posted is even remotely true.

NC do have stronger weapons yes. But it doesn't matter if it doesn't hit the intended target. I rolled a VS and TR and tried them out for a few hours. The difference is vastly large. I barely have to compensate for recoil and that's on stock weaponry.

We don't actually. We have more damage per bullet which is mostly balanced out by lower rate of fire even before you consider the handling of the weapons. I suspect that's why the NC sniper rifle is quite liked because you really only care about damage per bullet on a sniper rifle. Though I think those are all standardized between factions.

NC weapons sound more satisfying, but VS weapons are much more fun to use.

Oh geez. I hope the server I return to after I get back from the dorms isn't filled with VS.

...Otherwise, I must hope to consistently hold back a hundred people.

http://i.imgur.com/BlizD.jpg

They're pretty balanced, actually, it even seems like NC is in the majority overall.

Nice.

Guess I'll be in for some happy times~

Just hope I don't see too many hackers I keep hearing about.

Just don't play too much at off hours when there's almost no one around, because then if someone is cheating you'll keep running into them. This game's combat is a *********** meaning that a cheater will not be able to kill everything as infantry anyway.

Dont know what kind of crack the OP is smoking but its pretty good stuff I guess. Vanguard is a legit tank. It doesnt have the mobility of a magrider but it hits hard as hell and can take more hits as well. AI Max for NC is complete bull. I dont know how many times I have gone through a jump portal or door and just been 1-shot by a stupid NC AI MAX. At least vs the TR ones I can shoot back a second or so before croaking instead of just falling over dead instantly. the VS ones as far as I can tell are awful in comparison. Aircraft I have no opinion as I dont personally fly. For infantry I admit NC are pretty damn horrible in comparison. Some of the Gauss are alright at mid range but at close range I usually just light up NC with my flare. That being said TR still are far better than both NC or VS for infantry weapons IMO.

So really the fact is if your faction sucks at one thing its probably better than the others at something else. If I was NC I wouldnt run around as infantry either suit up as a gay MAX or vanguard and make me rage everytime I get 1-shot over and over.

Edit: Also forgot NC I believe have the best sniper rifle. At the very least I get completely stomped by the LA80 or whatever it is far more than any TR equivalent and far as I can tell VS ones suck balls too.

The only real balance changes in terms of faction balance that need to be made is bringing NC Infantry-weapon DPS in line with the other two factions, if not slightly higher. Currently, NC does have the highest damage-per-bullet capability, but the ROF is so low that it not only negates the damage bonus but results in a DPS that is substantially less than either of the other two factions. In a 1v1 NC is at a disadvantage, when that really shouldn't be the case.

Based on faction motifs; VS are all about mobility, strike anywhere with precision accuracy, they don't do a ton of damage and can't take much, but they can easily maneuver for another strike or to avoid damage. TR play by blitzkrieg rules, able to quickly move around and drowning their enemies in weapons-fire. NC prefer the brute-strength method, hard-hitting and high-defenses, but they don't move much and when they do move they do it slowly.

More precisely. TR excel at offense, NC excel at defense, and VS excel at strategy.

However, at this time, the NC don't hit hard enough to bring their overall strength up to VS, or TR levels. NC is suppose to seem OP in a head on fight. TR can overwhelm with numbers, and VS can strike almost anywhere they want when they want, but NC can't hold their own because their brute-strength it negated and reversed by the advantages of the other factions.

I'm not going to abandon NC, but it's severely demoralizing when your faction's trait isn't allowed to exist in game. I'm fine with recoil and accuracy levels, with NC it should be a matter of every-shot-counts, but current stats mean that even landing every shot doesn't even matter, you'll still lose anyway.

Fun fact, it is. Read some data tables. Bloom values on most NC guns are twice that of VS/TR.

Confirmation bias - QQ

I ecperienced pretty much the same thing. If i had not spent money on NC i would also gladly go Vanu. I mean i feel sorry for the BC but if they leave things as they are they will perhaps stabilize at some 20% of hardcore NC players, the rest will leave.

What an utter BS my friend. Truth is they are fairly equal but try NC weapons you wont hit a barn door, just like everybody else

Wow @ Miller. It must suck to not be the TR there. 47% pop... at least the NC were enjoying a 12% exp bonus. It's like they were defending a bio lab everywhere the went that stacked with actually defending major facilities.

It's just a snapshot as I've seen varying numbers of the servers I do play on.... but 47%....

If I'm not mistaken, on the base carbines NC gets about 17% increased damage per shot, which means at 6 shots they earned just over a single bullet worth of damage. They get that at the cost of slower reload, slower rate of fire, and I believe CoF/lower accuracy, no?

I think I'd rather fire a couple extra bullets.

Edit: it seems like the NC gain anywhere from a 17% to 20% damage buff at the cost of the above stats. Frankly I don't think it's worth it.

I also tried switching to TR for a few mins and the difference was ridiculous.
If I could transfer my certs, I would do it immediately.
The TR and VS weapons compared to NC are anything but balanced.