Originally Posted by
Captian
I'm aware of how things work Vs a good trader, and I've beaten some of the best (ask skoggshuggaro about his trader v my MA (captiansma). I beat him at 150 and he's 165 iirc. However, the "get more NR" argument is invalid as soldiers can't get enough NR even with NR perked. NR 1 or 2 only gets us barely over 1k unless we fully twink out for it which hinders our ar and makes us useless in almost every situation. The alpha argument is valid however, it's nearly impossible being that:
1.) Even with 1800-1830 AR, I still can't perk some traders before they drain me (non trox even)
2.) AS, burst, Fa can't hit them enough
3.) we don't have stuns (that are reliable)
4.) we truly don't have that big of an alpha which consists of: As, burst, and fa then crappy perks (that you easily out heal and take forever to fire off) + kizzermole gumboil/lava caps (if I can even use them by that time because you can't use them during perks running)
5.) If we start off with assault rifle to get the heavy hits, shutdown skills makes it OE enough to not be useful at all and making swapping to AS gun (if you haven't started already) impossible
6.) Good traders can almost alpha soldiers quicker than soldiers can alpha traders
7.)Alb wen wen might have been the dumbest thing FC gave traders aside from AS
Yes, even the good ones do die, I'm not saying they don't. However, to make a profession that completely shuts down any twink, regardless of how twinked even if the trader is fr00b is just silly. (not saying a fr00b beat me, but they can land drains on me which makes me useless) I understand traders are a soldiers nemesis, but nemesis doesn't mean impossible and that's how it is. Also, I'm not saying this just from a soldier's point of view, I'm saying this from a MA's pov as well. Ma's do have enough NR to resist a lot of drains, but even with over 2k NR, I was still hit by drains by traders (not as much I admit, but fairly often). Through drains, I was unable to use my good heal (I still could use my lower one, but I couldn't out heal the dps the trader who could now perk me through 2300 evade skill and 500ish aad was doing)
The drains are simply overpowered and need to be reworked. Stop denying that they aren't OP when everyone else (including some traders) see otherwise. Instead help us fix them so that it's fair for everyone.