Standardize Weaponry

[Politus]

Do explain how a weapon has character for me. I'd like to hear that.

"the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing."

^character^

Don't get snarky with me just because I chose to answer your desperate pleas for more than just a one-line response.

edit: Also, to clarify what Ingenious was getting at...

My point was that if all the weapons have equivalent stats, then the overall diversity of guns is limited to Vampire Red, Blue and Yellow, there is no diversity of strengths and weaknesses. What He said is that when the term Diversity is used in real life by admissions officers, who do have an interest in diversity for their respective universities, they don't just look for a variety of skin colors, they look for actual, meaningful differences in personality traits, in strengths and weaknesses: In other words, they look for different stats, so that they get a diverse array of people, not just a diverse array of colors.

What you responded to me with was that you want more choices for a given faction, so that you can choose Vampire 1, AND Vampire 2 with pride; by all means, give more choices to a given faction. However, guns aren't the only choices, and some factions are supposed to have better guns. Vampires aren't as great as Krakens, but IMG has massive mining bonuses. Junkers may not be able to beat many people in a direct pissing match, but they have direct control over a great financial base. The point being, diversity isn't just about having every faction shooting a specific color, so that the rainbow looks pretty, so that IMG is shooting Vampires and Lane Hackers Hellflurries, it's about having a dynamic interplay between the strengths and weaknesses of the different factions' equipment, ships, and economic standing. IMG mines; Outcasts shoot and smuggle Cardi; Corsairs build ships. The factions are diverse enough, and the guns are truly diverse enough despite the fact that some can't do as much as others. That was planned for in the balance, wasn't it?

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