Originally posted by Sredni
the soldier proffession isn't made up entirely of lvl 150+ pvp gods! Soldiers are not the top pvp proff. Maby after lvl 150 they are, maby, however before they get mirror X, before they can switch out of ql 200 weapons, before they get a high high attack rating, before they can sink the ip neccesary to equip a decent scope, before they have ip to use high lvl nano's from any branch but mirror shield, before they're lvl 150 soldiers are not very good at pvp. At lvl 75 or so they can start beating MA's, after lvl 120 or so they can start to hold their own against some of the other proffs, and after lvl 150 they seem to be pvp gods.
9/10's of the game takes place before lvl 150, and for 9/10's of the game soldiers are mediocre. MA's are gimpy post lvl 70 or so, however they're getting a makeover, we can hope they're no longer gimpy then. And once you join the group of proffessions who can easily beat soldiers are you going to continue saying they're Uber Takuan?
Soldiers havn't had an edge for a looong time now, the reason soldiers seem to think we should be good at combat is cause that's all we have to do. A trader can do wrangles and build stuff, an engineer can build stuff, a number of proffs can warp or teleport, some can charm monster, others can root. Other proffs get neat buffs that do spiffy things, other proffs can solo better, other proffs have crit buffs, other proffs have heals. Why be a soldier if you can be another proffession and be as good or better at combat then a soldier, but also get to do neato other stuff like build guns, or teleport the team back from missions?
How true, traders my level walk around with 1250+ atk rating, while i myself only have 960....
Maybe funcom could introduce more ranged weapon skill buffs like they did for MPs with nano skill buffs
Apprentice: Assult rifle +60
Master: Assult rifle +90
Grand Master: Assult Rifle +120
Etc
