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...at level 208, my psionic powers left my body and I stumbled into a boot camp. I emerged several seconds later changed forever...
I am just as concerned about all the switches to soldier and mutant now as I was with all the switches to purist 100 or so levels ago. I also think it's unfortunate that it might be happening "mid change". Though HCS has been quiet so who knows.
As a soldier, I have leveled 2 levels and completed the new elite mission. I did one level with the soldier HK set. I only repaired 3 times during the entire level with intensifier 3x on. This was about 1/10 the amount of repairs I needed to do on the previous level as a purist. The rest of the time I used a FE en-r22 and level 100 HK helm add-on. I used an unupgraded level 200 soldier set and the level 205 spear. At level 210 I switched to the common rilfe drop. I hunted the elite tonight and completed that mission with this set up. Only 2 upgraded pieces of gear and the standard damage attack boosting soldier buffs + KR and corrode. I killed 25 elites and never repaired. I one hit every time WITHOUT 4 pieces of gear being upgraded. I like this class it is very effective for leveling and elite hunting. I will check out the HK tomorrow when I have more energy, but am pretty sure I can 1 hit it now that I have been able to upgrad the 200 set.
Sorry, but I really don't believe you only repaired 3 times in an entire level with ANY INT on. With INT100 you are basically requried to make 550 kills to gain a level at level 208-210. That breaks things.... You found something NO other soldier has found if you really managed that. Soldiers can go longer between repairs than purists - with both set up as well as we can manage we've figured on somewhere around twice as long with ideal setups (which most in damage is not for most levels as a soldier). As for the Elite someone with most in damage and KR gets a major damage boost over other setups - at a cost in many levels. A purist could 2-hit 27 in a row with a full psi bar atm so there's no difference except the purist could do it in 50-60 level old gear. There are differences on other elites.
I think it is asinine that now that the purists basically got chopped off at the knees that all these other classes (especially soldiers, who are clearly set up as the easiest class now) are so hostile and strongly fighting against the purists request to sort out their class. Obviously these changes do not affect you, so bashing every purist or claiming they are wanting to become overpowered is a joke, especially when it is obvious they are the least power class in the game now. As a purist with the HK set on I would randomly die if I went more than 5 or 6 deep into kills on elites with MS running. As a soldier I can kill 25 level 210 elites with unupgraded gear. How is this balanced?
First, most of the non-purists are arguing for the same thing that some purists are - go back to last week's Attunement skill (and get it working) as well as stacking uncharged shards. Other things are argued on different sides by different people. I can guarantee that purists can easily wade through this elite too. I've seen it. Way more than 5 or 6. In fact 27 can be killed with almost no danger if proper psi management is used - with 50-60 level old gear. The difference is that purists face a cost for MS for the first time. I, and many others both purist and non-purists, have agreed that this was changed too far. So, I'm not sure where you get "bashing every purist". There is a running argument with ONE purist that wants MS AND the higher stats of other classes.... In fact, one of the loudest counter voices to this purist is... a purist....
To all other classes participating in this thread, I say "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all".
No. If I see something as game breaking I'll say it about any class. In fact, I was early in this thread arguing for purists to get some stuff BACK rather than take it away. What I have argued AGAINST is merely asking for statistical equivalence while at the same time maintaining MS. This doesn't work in a general setting because MS also works in normal leveling. Attunement (old version) was created as a way for purists to get "rough equivalence" in Elite and HK hunting when needed while leaving leveling in a situation where more frequent repair (not 10x more frequent) was the cost of safe leveling with MS. The new attunement sucks. I agree. But, making it an always on skill with power anywhere close to other classes becomes too powerful. I have NEVER argued that purists are too powerful as it is this second. I think they have an interesting tradeoff for leveling and a major advantage in most Elite hunting (the 210 is a strange Elite and much safer to play against than some others have been) given the ability to run 27 shields in a psi bar. With current skills HK hunting seems overly difficult for purists but some form of MS armor boost or damage reduction combined with last week's attunement fixes that - it was a purist that got that one removed and replaced with the worthless one.
To HCS, I can say with a pretty clear perspective, through the course of your updates you have either entirely screwed up on the purist update and made it inferior to the other classes OR you have screwed up on the soldier class (and from what I can tell the other two classes as well, although not as badly) and made them entirely too strong.
Attainable damages are roughly equivalent for soldiers and cyborgs (cyborgs are higher if they get a good crushing weapon but they haven't in a while). Soldiers come with better safety in leveling while cyborgs get more suicide setups. Mutants get slightly less damage but have some damage reducing skills that might matter. In addition, mutants can use core gear other than weapon without losing any benefits. Purists get about the same damage as mutants, maybe slightly less but not much with proper skills, and the safety of MS. In addition, purists can use any gear except weapon without losing benefits. Are soldiers the easiest? Probably if set up properly. But, they aren't as safe in normal leveling or Elite hunting as purists. Purists are currently screwed in HK hunting unless a strange build is out there I haven't seen and to address that - last week's attunement (loved by many purists actually if it had worked).
ecolitan, we all know you disagree with everything said so no need to reply.
uncalled for, unneeded, un....
cyborgs get defense/armor/HP boosting skills (or a free 150 evo points in HP 
"To be honest I think you're blinded by your own" evolution setup and fail to see the bigger picture of each class!