Speeders doing more damage than shooters

I think minions are awesome, and shooters are good only if they have mk5 in Ace 1.

 

What, that was an offhand comment, isn't that ok?

 

Nope. But since you came here for some minion stuff...

 

Oh, shooters are good. Even more than enfos, shooters(very few of them, tho) are what very easily takes me out in battle. If used correctly, the shooter's weapon deck can be used to bait and trap enemies into corners, or just outright empty raw DPS, that's pivotal to a win. A shooter on a roll will just cycle weapons and wreck anyone stupid enough to get in his way. I've seen these dudes, Remember My Name in our league being a fine example of a trapper, and people like @Babablacksheep (who goes by MedullaOblongata nowadsys) who snipe and rail people into oblivion. @BITTERSTEEL is the finest example of the dps-pumping midrange brawler I've ever seen, he just LAYS down that damage if you try to come at him.

And also, guys, shooters that don't get top damage every few games... Need to reevaluate their setups.

In @P0rthos ' own words, if you want, here it is.

 

Ha! Shooters are heavily misused, that's why their gearscores are, in general, higher than yellows, greens and blues. We have a lot of setups considered "meta" which we try not to divert too much from because it leads to a noticeable drop in agility, or firepower, or a lot of other factors. Shooters really don't have guidelines for 5/8th of their setup at mk6. Allows them to make the biggest loadout disasters in the game imho.

 

I do agree with the original premise of this thread, shooters should on average have the highest damage in battle as they have no cooldown issues and can run more of the 2 slot red weapons too.

However, in shooters defence, they often use weapons which have very different shot velocities, which makes it harder to lead shots than ships where all of the weapons have similar shot velocities. Being able to adapt to those differing lead times is one of the key skills they need which separates the men from the boys.

 

I use @00starlord00 's mk5 and I know how difficult mastery of every wep is. It's also what makes shooter so attractive to beginners. It has less, yet more, of a penalty for missing. The "more" part is because you don't realize you're missing a lot till you have t5 epic everything and are still in Ace 1. You rack up those numbers, but it's never really enough since you MISS a LOT.

 

I also think that part of the problem is they’re using too many ‘high risk/high reward’ weapons. They’re great when they come off, but there is also the need to balance that with more consistent weapons too.

 

I think that speeder is a more "blunt" class, in that it kicks you in the face if youre bad with it. It's very highly responsive to skill, and both speeder and enfo really show you what youre bad at, be it handling, tactics, or accuracy. Shooter will only show you these things if you're observant.