Discovery 4.91 Patch 12 Balance Changes [12/6/2019]

[Reeves]

is because without using broken mechanics there is no point even trying.

If the only way you hope to stand a chance is an admittedly broken mechanic then just stop playing to win. I've seen this allegation for years now and I can understand where it comes from, but the logic is always faulty. The point of a learning curve is to work through it and games usually provide multiple avenues to do so. SHFs can counter VHFs without the dumb dual MR meta, this is coming from a guy who mounted two chain guns just for laughs.

I'm curious where you're getting this VHF justification from, please don't cite hearsay because that'll automatically invalidate your point. Dealing more with the facts of these changes and less with the assumptions will give you a better insight on just how this shakes things up.

"I'm bad at X, make it so that I can kill someone with years of experience and more technique than me." - If this were any other community there'd be an angry mob coming for you with pitchforks. You aren't forced to play VHFs or learn them, but neither are you entitled to have broken gimmicks purely because you're getting killed by someone better than you. There have been people older than you on the server that would likely have better reflexes than me, a young man, so let's leave stuff like that aside.

Tldr: Don't be silly and try to find a scape-goat in the form of fighters. At least not when silencer missiles outnumber CM amounts.

To be fair though VHF combat - whilst I think it's more fun than other forms of PvP these days - is still plagued by its lack of accessibility for players and I'm still amazed that several years later little to no consistent effort has been made to make the class more friendly.

I agree, but I don't think that's the case anymore. SHFs counter fighters, they in return counter bombers and then of course bombers counter SHFs. The balance of power finally runs in a circle, it might not be a perfect circle (great band btw check them out) but it's something. You can't make a class friendlier without dumbing it down given the limited mechanics we have and the style of the game to begin with. People really ought to experiment more and focus more on progress and less on victory. The latter can lead to some pretty dodgy behaviour in the long-run.

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