Burst change in pubs

[Apho]

Lol. What a silly thing to complain about.

"dude, cmon, this is ridiculous. I keep getting kills, and im tired of it. Look, 50-0. This game irritates me"

[FatherG]

a step forward into randomness as to who gets kills based on skill. there are probably less than 10 people in the zone who can actually say that they aimed for a specific person when they bursted on a consistant basis. that means everyone else is just dropping them and hoping for kills, which requires no skill at all. its a pretty skill-less weapon.

Even if you do aim the bursts people still start up with the "luck, wtf" etc comments when you kill them. Almost as if the majority of players can't accept the fact that yes Virginia, you can aim a fucking burst.
Personally, I like this change. It always annoyed the shite out of me to hit a terr with two aimed bursts that was flying by me on the roof, only for him to eat *both* of my bursts. But of course his fly-by-drop-burst-run-away skillless ass kills me with one burst. God that irks the shit out of me. Terrs can fight god damnit, enough with the running BS.

[schope]

everyone can aim a burst if you are used bursting from a specific spot. You know where they are going to hit.

also pubbers think all burst kills are lucky

[Richard Creager]

More fucking up with the settings, thanks dock.

[gerry]

You gotta hope that everyone eat&lag :up:

gerry.exe baby!!

[ogron]

bursts fucking suck, let's get this shit straight. a terr can hide in his favorite burst spot and kill off 2 people whenever he wants, its gay, requires no skill, takes no energy, and shouldn't be in the game.

people should be dodging bombs, bullets, etc... not gay ass burst that replenishes every 2 seconds, and that u can't differentiate from your teammates burst, and that doesnt show up sometimes because of lag.

take it out of TWBD especially, its sick.

[Kezia]

I also don't like the bursts that kill you first hit, you die so much from these annoying bouncing bullets. But hey, it keeps your terr(s) alive for as long as they can.. they are a very important ship and should have the necessary protection, but whats next, repels?

[ogron]

or make burst, similar to other zones, shoot out like 8 bursts with spider-bullet like energy...something, anything, from a 1 shot kill system, or make shooting burst take energy! BUT DO SOMETHING!

[Kezia]

Nah, dont copy all the other zones, just leave it how it is..
really.. its not that bad, just dodge

[za gophar]

uh yeah, like i said, u may aim bursts on a consistant basis or not, but most people never do, and many are complete jackasses with them.

like roof terrs who drop bursts into the flagroom, sit and watch the yellow words appear in the middle of the screen.

[FatherG]

You can still dodge those Claus. Unless the burst was repped just watch the angle it's flying at, and get to a point where it wont hit. It's the same with those javs that like to use that shot straight down the fr entrance; get all in the way in the corner and you wont hit.

[!cER]

My main problem with a burst is that its so damn hard to dodge. Its easy to see in an empty base, but in a crowded FR how can you see a tiny glowing ball o' death that doesnt even look like it was being aimed. Half my dodges are based on where the enemy ships are pointing, but a burst the terr doesnt have to aim it at you, so i dont see them :/ and it is so damn annoying to see yourself blow and have no clue why until you see who killed you - a terr.

[Roggan]

The change from random energy to instant kill wont be a huge differance in base. How often do you have a burst hit a ship with full energy?

Maybe a terr, but not many spiders ever have full energy, shark maybe, but they either have 3 reps to use, or they thrust into your burst to suicide *shrug*.

[1ight]

I usually even dodge my own brusts, just in case. I'm glad for the changes, besides who would complain if they accually get more kills in pub/twbd/twlb?

[OT]Now those who don't think that pub doesn't matter can get at least 1:1. And I think its stupid to say pub doesn't matter, matter for what? You can still be good in pub and be on a squad, twd and twl. I have found that it is rare for good players in good/good rep squads to have a good pub rec. I found this extremely funny, yo ucan survive in bds, dds, jds etc, but not in the pub(s). Btw, there is only on pub and thats the pure pub, first one on the list, with guanobot. ^^[/OT]

[Mythrandir]

The fact that bursts now insta-kill is a side-effect of the fixed damage for spider, lanc and warbird bullets.

Personally, I don't think it changes; for new players, the terrier is another way to obtain 'cheap' kills, much like the weasel, levi and the previous lancaster. And each of these 'cheap' kill ships have their own weaknesses.