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Not that this post has any bearing on anything... Most of the complaints come from Lockdown players. I'm sorry, but Lockdown is only a small part of this game, and most don't play it.
I think Polaris is fine the way it is. I've said it before, I'll say it again, some weapons NEED to be more powerful than others. Ever heard of a sniper rifle? Ever heard of a howitzer? How about a nuclear bomb? Real life has overpowered weapons, so why is it hard to accept them in a game?
If anything, Lockdown needs to see changes that will help balance it. Most complaints about balance come from Lockdown players speaking directly about Lockdown. An easy solution is to have identical gear for all players according to the class they choose (striker, heavy, etc.). Problem solved, no need to nerf ANY gear.
[Ignoring whatever EoS and whoever else after me posted]
I've been playing since SK came to Steam. While there's still a ton of people who've been playing longer, I can still say that I've been doing PvE and PvP for a relatively long time. For any lack of skill I may have, there's a veritable army of people who are much, much worse. I find your assumption that my sentiments on the polaris are out of ignorance to be disgustingly condescending. Hell, I own one myself - I just don't like using them due to how over-powered they are, and because it really pisses people off in groups in PvE.
Point being, I know damn-well how to run and dodge. Recons have a MSI decrease when using our cloaks, which break even from the freaking poison status. The bullets are large and have the largest range, which increases even further as it then explodes, making it hard to sneak around some guy blanket-firing without being detected. I'm not some 2-bit moron going "lone-gun Rambo" as a recon either, it becomes impossible to help my team in larger skirmishes because someone inevitably starts spamming and once a recon loses their cloak, strikers chew you up in seconds.
Your whole flanking strategy only works if you consider the guy with the polaris to be an idiot, even more so as a lone idiot, and at best a lone idiot in a wide open field or a map that allows flanking maneuvers. I have no problem with lone idiots. I kill said idiots all the time with a farking DVS. Smarter polaris spammers like EoS here, usually are also strikers with other OP weapons like the Gran Faust & Divine Avenger who can still 1HKO at close range and if not, have team mates who can. This is then compounded as most LD maps are built almost entirely of narrow corridors and choke points.
In honesty most of my anger stems from the recon class being so poorly thought-out instead of the gun itself. The "ultra-fragile cloak that slows players down (while still not hiding their foot steps), yet is essential to being useful as a recon" is just plain bad design considering that everyone else is a walking tank with wide, high-damage, sweeping weapons and boosters that regenerate instantly. But that's a different gripe for a different topic. Don't want to derail anything here.
However, I do play other classes and it is still an aggravating weapon. It annoys me that it can do essentially the same job as a shock alchemer without the need to actually aim or carefully lead targets while still proc'ing it's status effect as often if not more. It bothers me that it farks over bombers in the worst way possible in that it is both effective at killing them (which is fair considering that guns are good anti-bomber weapons in general) but also that it then goes on to prove a better area-denial weapon than most if not all bombs (RSS used to stand a chance, buuuuut...). Which then goes on to show a vein of hypocrisy in OOO's balancing system. As often lamented by bombers: a bomb that acted like a gun was removed and replaced with an inferior one while a gun that acts like a bomb was not only kept, but then got BUFFED along with the other guns.
Well, that's my 2-cents. I don't actually expect anything in that wall of text to change your opinions, but instead to give rationale for my loathing of this gun.
Also, in EoS's defence, that's what a suggestion is - a suggestion. It is what we think should be done to further improve the game. I don't get the impression that he was trying to "force" his opinion because he invited conversation on his ideas, something not done when some one "demands" something. That is the entire purpose of this forum: some one has an idea - they vocalize it here - people criticize said idea and give their own recommendations - if it's any good, OOO takes note of it and it goes into a mighty bucket filled of things they MIGHT do. Maybe.
For some context: From my experiences, EoS is a pretty decent LD player who only gets beyond that when he spams his polaris, which admittedly he is very good at. Him saying that the polaris needs a nerf is like the ku klux klan calling someone out for being too racist. As in, perhaps it's a bit hypocritical, but if he's saying it needs a nerf there's a good chance that means that something is seriously wrong.
Have to agree though, the "top tier" thing really does come off as kinda arrogant. All it takes to be a "pro" in LD anyways is just using high damage weapons like GF or DA to get a 20k score. I apologize in advance if it sounds like I'm hating on anyone. Consistently high damage for a few games makes anyone a "pro" regardless if they actually help out or not.
All being said, thanks for at least being civil.