Hello there!
Amongst the many weapons of power play there are those that appear to be almost completely useless. for this post I will discuss the Advanced PA and how it could be buffed to be a more potent balanced weapon.
currently the APA possesses a rate of fire of 0.8 rounds per second according to Elite wiki (not significantly faster than the standard PA's 0.3 rounds per sec) the weapon is also nerfed in damage as well. making the standard PA a much better option over it's "advanced" counterpart. Apparently for a while after the weapon's release it had an amazing fire rate of 2 rounds per second! So I can see why it was nerfed. but in doing so they killed the main feature of the weapon. its superior rate of fire...
as a suggestion, would it be possible to revive the weapon not as some high damage rapid fire noob cannon. but an efficient suppressor in combat scenarios. nerfing the weapon down to 1/3 of the standard PA's damage would be sufficient (and still quite potent) whilst increasing rate of fire back to 2rps making the weapon Advanced once again...and not some useless rubbish powerplay weapon like the retributor
For those who love a great laugh. the 'rapid fire' engineer mode combined with target lock breaker would be hilarious...you'd do almost no damage but what would be more fun than shooting 3 round per sec (2rps + 50-66%) volleys of plasma at enemies and knowing they can't shoot back.
another suggestion is to have the weapon available for all classes 2-4. not just class 3. this broadens the range of use of the weapon significantly.
what do you think?
Amongst the many weapons of power play there are those that appear to be almost completely useless. for this post I will discuss the Advanced PA and how it could be buffed to be a more potent balanced weapon.
currently the APA possesses a rate of fire of 0.8 rounds per second according to Elite wiki (not significantly faster than the standard PA's 0.3 rounds per sec) the weapon is also nerfed in damage as well. making the standard PA a much better option over it's "advanced" counterpart. Apparently for a while after the weapon's release it had an amazing fire rate of 2 rounds per second! So I can see why it was nerfed. but in doing so they killed the main feature of the weapon. its superior rate of fire...
as a suggestion, would it be possible to revive the weapon not as some high damage rapid fire noob cannon. but an efficient suppressor in combat scenarios. nerfing the weapon down to 1/3 of the standard PA's damage would be sufficient (and still quite potent) whilst increasing rate of fire back to 2rps making the weapon Advanced once again...and not some useless rubbish powerplay weapon like the retributor
For those who love a great laugh. the 'rapid fire' engineer mode combined with target lock breaker would be hilarious...you'd do almost no damage but what would be more fun than shooting 3 round per sec (2rps + 50-66%) volleys of plasma at enemies and knowing they can't shoot back.
another suggestion is to have the weapon available for all classes 2-4. not just class 3. this broadens the range of use of the weapon significantly.
what do you think?
