Why the proposed 1.2 Pyrotech changes are poorly thought out

So, the question is, how do we get this thread or my thread on the PT forum seen by Georg? =)

All threads are apparently "Seen" By Devs

They seem to be avoiding any thread that has "balance" adjustments to a class though even if there is reasonable call for them to say something to quell some of the unrest players are having.

While people will say "BW doesn't have to explain why they nerf!", it'd be nice when it's such a drastic change to say "We made this change, BECAUSE of this." or "We made this change due to upcoming changes not in 1.2 for balance" though.

I really do not understand the nerf. Advanced prototype (middle tree) is horrible. I don't know any good pt/vg that have more than six points in this tree.

Pyrotech has a chance to have very good rolls, or it will be very sub-ordinary.

Here is how I rate Pyrotech

CC- C+ (stuns are not that good, but the chance to snare I give it a C+)
Burst damage- B+
Sustained damage- C+
Aoe Damage- B+ (would be an A if it weren't for the casting time, especially for vanguard)
Range C+, pt/vg need to move around to be between 5 and 15m to be successful

Defense- B- Heavy armor is all that this class has going for it
Mobility- D- (Would be an F, but you can spec into charge or the 30%+15% run in adv prototype, again, show me a significant player who has those specs)
Action/regeneration F (worst in the game, by far).

We made this change, because the moon and stars aligned when a player made swiss cheese out of a sorc and then took out another player at the same time. These two people cried and we really want that $30 a month, because our game is failing. There is no guarantee that you will leave, I am sure that the majority of you were dumb enough to purchase a six month sub, so we have three months to make this a better game for you.

So innacurate. So PT pyro burst, only burst in game that deals SAME burst no matter of armor of target (elemental dmg + 90% ARP on rail shot), is B+? Then for the love of God, who has grade A burst in this game? As is well known Pt pyro (and assault vanguard) have highest burst in game.

If you troll me with infil shadow or deception sin, I will not even bother replying.

well played sir. Good laugh. :d



i didn't realize pyro was all elemental, all that kinetic damage must be an improper tooltips.
I didn't realize after 90% armor pen everybody had the exact same armor rating.
I didn't realize that 90% armor pen attack couldn't be shielded, easily deflected, etc.
I realize you are an infil shadow or deception sin.

Thus, if something negatively affects Rail Shot it will negatively affect Powertechs more than it negatively affects Mercenaries. Trust me this has nothing to do with being "tacky".