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It is possible to consider luck as a factor in battle when planning a build. However there is a limit to how much negative luck any build can take. In a game of mathematical precision and control, boosters are a method to counter the uncertainties of the RNG. Some enjoy risk; others prefer to tread the safer path. Hence I don't think boosters are a sign of weakness - they are rather tools to give players a greater advantage over the RNG and a sign of caution, more than anything else.

Neither are they unfair, since boosters are easily attainable.

I don't quite understand the distinction between Field Medic and boosters in the context of this discussion. If the issue is whether one has boosters or not, you can simply view your opponent's character page and judge whether (s)he is likely to boost.

I emphathise with those who detest booster-users in an otherwise equal and enjoyable match, where luck factors are limited or equally distributed. Yet if one should look at it from another perspective; if using boosters is something expected, like using a gun or a robot. Something that isn't an underhanded deus ex machina but rather an expected part of one's arsenal. In that light, boosters aren't a sign of weakness.

Furthermore, though this really is rather evident, the opinions and mindsets of a few booster users may not necessarily be representative of the majority, as with other groups such as the varium-using community.

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It is possible to consider luck as a factor in battle when planning a build. However there is a limit to how much negative luck any build can take. In a game of mathematical precision and control, boosters are a method to counter the uncertainties of the RNG. Some enjoy risk; others prefer to tread the safer path. Hence I don't think boosters are a sign of weakness - they are rather tools to give players a greater advantage over the RNG and a sign of caution, more than anything else.

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I don't quite understand the distinction between Field Medic and boosters in the context of this discussion. If the issue is whether one has boosters or not, you can simply view your opponent's character page and judge whether (s)he is likely to boost.

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I emphathise with those who detest booster-users in an otherwise equal and enjoyable match, where luck factors are limited or equally distributed. Yet if one should look at it from another perspective; if using boosters is something expected, like using a gun or a robot. Something that isn't an underhanded deus ex machina but rather an expected part of one's arsenal. In that light, boosters aren't a sign of weakness.

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It's sad that people like you don't understand. I lol'ed at your win rate, why don't try to use some strategy to win?

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One still cannot deny that you only boost when you're losing....

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One still cannot deny that you only boost when you're losing....