If nothing is changed for the lanka I'm afraid that it will fade away and get left in the background, be labelled as the worst sniper due to being almost unusable at long ranges. This I wouldn't want to happen because I really enjoy playing the lanka. It would just be a very precise rifle (not a sniper rifle) that you wouldn't want to use at range. A proper sniper rifle is all about speed and precision. That OR they remove it from sniper category, take away it's scope or whatever because something with 200m/s shot velocity has no right to be called a sniper rifle, that simply defies logic. DE should either buff the velocity upwards of 400m/s+ or at least double the current one which is painstakingly slow and just compensate that buff with a nerf to magazine size or charge up time. I believe the Lanka might need a rework or a buff. Might be fun when you're just messing around, but for serious missions you're not gonna mess around and play with it. But lets get real, nobody's going to enjoy that experience. You might not notice it that much because there's not much places where you shoot long range shots pre-PoE update. My concern is, how would the lanka fair against the other hitscan snipers when plains of eidolon comes out? I have a feeling that's it's going to be the least desirable sniper in the open fields because that 200m/s. kill! And on top of that the lanka has a charge up time albeit negligible with proper modding, it is still there and is very much felt. Every other sniper is hitscan which makes hitting moving targets as easy as breathing, just point. The lanka is as far as I know the only sniper rifle in game that requires leading (predicting where the enemy is going to be and compensating for your bullet's travel time (im going to stop explaining basic sniping terminology now so if you're getting lost this topic might not be for you)). Even at the current setting/tile-sets where most your shots are going to be close - mid range.
Now that, is one hell of a slow projectile for a sniper rifle. Let's discuss projectile speed, more specifically the Lanka's 200m/s. Guess you can say im just establishing myself. And that I probably know what I'm talking about in this discussion. I guess what i'm trying to say is it takes a lot of skill to be a legit sniper in that game, more so than in others to get that kind of achievement. On top of that, Planetside2 is quite notorious for having slower projectiles compared to other shooter games, not to mention they're not 1 shot unless you hit the head.
It's basically the reward for accomplishing a milestone of having 5 different Sniper rifles with 1,160 kills each. I have the NC Moonshot which says a lot (for you guys who don't know what it is. But lets jump right to the point, but before that I would like to share a tiny bit of info about me: I am a planetside 2 vet with a pretty good track record in sniping.
Hey guys, it's been a long time since I last started a discussion on these forums.
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