Serration/hornet Strike Compromise

[Xylia]

So the idea has been suggested that we build Serration/HS/PB/PP into weapons innately as they level.

 

Players cried out "NOOOO!!!" because of their "hard work" (lol) they put into ranking those mods up.

 

So... how about a Compromise:

 

Rank10 Serration/Hornet Strike gives +165% damage, right?

 

Why don't we make it the following:

 

Serration: Increases base damage by 7.5%, 10 ranks, max 75%.

 

And then, when you rank a Rifle/Pistol up, you gain 3% damage max per rank for a total of 90% at Lv30.

 

90% + 75% = 165%.

 

Guns at Lv30 will be just as powerful now as they were before, so there's no Powercreep involved. Newbies and those who don't have ridiculously modded equipment and/or those lacking Forma/Potatoes would see a decent boost in power, while those who do have equipment modded out the Wazoo would have to wait a little longer to get their full power (rather than having 165% at Rank 3 with V polarity).

 

It would also close the gap somewhat between haves and have nots, while still allowing players who got a Rank10 Serration/Hornet Strike to still be more powerful (but not as grossly so), while allowing newbies a way to handle Earth and Jupiter with their Bratons (+90% would be quite helpful to them). Any newbies getting stuck behind any of these walls would then have a choice: simply farm Mercury until they get their Braton ranked up.

 

EDIT: Math Fail, but you get the idea. I keep forgetting that Rank0 is a thing, blah.

Edited March 20, 2014 by Xylia

[Lactamid]

If i recall correctly

S is 165%

HS is at 220%

PB is at 90%

PP is 120%

 

Otherwise it could perhaps be something.

[Xylia]

If i recall correctly

S is 165%

HS is at 220%

PB is at 90%

PP is 120%

 

Otherwise it could perhaps be something.

 

Well, you get the idea.

 

RE:baldy117: It helps when you post actual opinions/data/etc to a conversation, yaknow? If you've got something against this, why not just contribute to the conversation rather than posting memes? Or are you just completely against the idea of allowing new players to actually Play Warframe whatsoever without begging for handouts in Trade?

Edited March 20, 2014 by Xylia

[Lactamid]

Well, you get the idea.

 

RE:baldy117: It helps when you post actual opinions/data/etc to a conversation, yaknow? If you've got something against this, why not just contribute to the conversation rather than posting memes? Or are you just completely against the idea of allowing new players to actually Play Warframe whatsoever without begging for handouts in Trade?

yeah i get it.

[Monolake]

Your idea is good for noobs who dont have the mods. Also it is powercreep, since you could use other mods instead to stack with new base damage and get more DPS for same mod points. I wouldnt bother with Serration at all if it was as ineffective as you suggest.

[AuroraSonicBoom]

The problem is that it's not a situational mod but one that is clearly superior to almost every other mod out there bar the other base damage increasing mods. You're not solving the issue by basically taking away nothing and just moving damage spreads around.

[Nephero]

Please define acronyms before using them. Not every one is 100% robot... yet.

[Methanoid]

sounds fair tbh, there just needs to be some form of change like this tho, new players under dmg2.0+ just cant compete well, they have little in the way of damage increasing ability as they progress through the starmap, ill bet a lot of players have rank30 mk1 bratons/skana/lato's and tons of free modspace left because they wont have many mods, or ranked mods.

 

unfortunatly for them a rank 30 mk1 braton with few mods is exactly the same as say a rank 10 mk1 braton with little mods, which doesnt help them progress esp when hrnet strike/serration are nigh impossible to get, leaving them struggling through venus and esp earth.

Edited March 20, 2014 by Methanoid