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Umm, can i ask what does it mean precisely? I cannot have 11 points anymore anywhere? No more ability checks like 12 perception or +10 agility?It means you could theoretically have over 20 base ability points (impossible since you can only ever get 6 + 2 extra base ability points from level ups and feats), and on top of that you could also get up to 10 bonus ability points from equipment, food, drugs, etc. What this means in practice is that you can have, say, 18 base Strength and you can then wear Rathound Regalia for +1 STR, use Vitality Powder for +4 STR, Supersoldier Drug for +2 STR, and finally All-in for +3 STR, bringing your total Strength up to 28, which is the new maximum combined ability score.
For mass use, sure, but special ammo is already situationally quite useful.Incendiary ammo works if you're burst firing, for anything else the odds of setting a target, let alone a specific target, on fire are very unreliable.
Burning folk never gets old. It's OK to do less damage (especially on DOMINATING, fighting bosses which you aren't likely to one-shot/one-burst anyway) when the result is likely to be a panicked enemy - a 9-round long burst is about 98% likely to set the target on fire, and I like those odds. The micro-shrapnel ammo makes for a great crit opener, putting a big debuff on an enemy - Ancient Rathounds are a favorite of mine for that since they're so very resistant to other useful CC abilities. And contaminated ammo is nice for the stacking +damage debuff, especially on more resistant enemies; I like tagging Balor with a round while he's stuck in a trap or stunned, then going to town with the W2C.
Sure, for general use, the general use ammo is absolutely better. But I think there are enough special cases that special ammo is still worth crafting and carrying a couple magazines' worth.
In any case, the idea was more about ammo than armor. The ammo types aren't playing out quite like Styg intended. Special ammo is generally overshadowed by craftable W2C/JHP, and the main reason to ever use special bullets is not having the W2C blueprint yet.You'd have to nerf W2C as well as JHP to the ground before the weaker special ammo types start to look good. They need significant boosts, though you're certainly well aware of that.
Something like, say, reduce the armor penetration percentage of W2C rounds by the armor's damage threshold. So a high-end anti-rifle vest (40 DT) could reduce W2C armor penetration from 65% to 25%. Just to make W2C slightly less of an universal solution.Wouldn't that mostly be a burst fire nerf, and do you really think burst fire builds need to be weakened even further?
And sniper rifles wouldn't even notice if the enemy's DT was 90 instead of 40.
Hornet: My only suggestion is to remove the burst precision buff and leave it as the lowest AP option because they are already immensely powerful.
Marauder: Take the burst precision bonus from the hornet and pass it to the marauder to make it the most consistent single target burst weapon. Also maybe tighten the damage spread to make it the most reliable.
Huszar: Make the Huszar into an LMG. Keep the wide damage spread, double the burst penalty and give it an extra bullet or two per burst, and double the mag capacity. The role of the Huszar becomes the crowd control assault rifle. While it throws more rounds down-range they are less likely to hit whatever you are specifically aiming at, therefore more likely to hit one of the other targets nearby.
(devs only and maybe an odd Finn or two)
