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Raser -> RE: =WF= Release is Live! (7/20/2009 5:16:49)
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Review: WarpGuardian -> Gunner class
Greetings, I'd like to post my review on the WarpGuardian, particularly the Gunner Class.
The WarpGuardian upgrade itself really adds a lot to the game, the new mission and extra items are definitely of good quality.
However, I am very dissapointed in the lack of balance between the Guardian Striker and the Guardian Gunner.
One of my main problems is the special weapon. The Boomerang.
This weapon is lacking in pretty much every aspect.
- The looks are everything except impressive. Being a WarpGuardian I expect to feel 'great', 'powerful' perhaps even heroic. Running around with a Boomerang does not do the trick at all. I expected more of a nice two-handed gun (like the Icon Cannon special from the Armor). Something impressive..
- The damage is laughable. I do 3 times as much damage with a normal weapon compared to the Boomerang
Secondly, all the bonus abilities granted by the WarpGuardian armor are not beneficial to the Gunner Class at all.
-> Ram attack: Melee Ability, with ranged stats this is a useless ability
-> Power Punch: Melee Ability, with ranged stats this is a useless ability
-> Double Strike: not available while wielding a Gun (which is what Gunners do)
-> Triple Strike: not available while wielding a Gun (which is what Gunners do)
-> Ion Cannon: The damage is not sufficient. Using a normal "Shoot Gun" action does more damage.
And finally,
The special abilities prevent the use of the Gauntlet ability (it doesnt show in the attack menu if you can choose on of the Armor Abilities), which is terrible because the Gauntlet ability is the best of the Ranged Abilities you can perform, however it is blocked a lot of the times because of the total number of special armor abilities (which are all useless as mentioned above).
I really like the game but I am starting to regret making a Gunner Class character into a WarpGuardian. Please consider the above mentioned points and upgrade the 'heroic feeling' and 'gameplay abilities' of the gunner class. Introducing multiple classes into the game is a great idea, but make sure it is worth playing anything else but the Striker class.
Great job on the game itself tho, it really got me hooked.
With Kind Regards,
Raser
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