I have zero issue with Trials being difficult, zero issues with the Doctrine being the prize at the end, and zero issues with the reality I'll never see the Lighthouse. The Doctrine has been one of the best guns in PvP, as it should be being a prize worthy of catching. Even though I can't have one, I detest it's being nerf'd.
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I don't think the doctrine is a great gun because its inherently good. I think many people are getting killed by it are getting killed because the people who earned the gun are good players. It's not as if people using the Doctrine pre-nerf could not be killed when they used it. I've killed them using everything from a sniper rifle, pulse rifle, HC (for the LOL's!) and even another high RoF Auto (Arminius-D with HCR). I actually have a doctrine and i HATE it compared to my lower RoF auto's with HCR. It's a good weapon, but its perceived as "OP" because the people who have them are good, not because the weapon is inherently a world-beater. Doctrine users can still be killed. And if GOOD players can be killed even when they use the gun, then its not OP IMO.
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It is doing 16 dmg on a crit hit now. 2.5 % less will be a damage reduction of 0.4 per round. It's still gonna be a very viable gun probably.
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Wait until everything is factored in. We will see.
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In the preview stream the crit hits still showed as 16 afaik. So 15.6 seems about right.