versus White Scar... meaning against a JP ? As i play also JP and battling other JP, there are no problem. And JP + MoN are not a problem to me. Don't forget that we are melee specialist. If we do not come in melee, we are as good as dead. You cannot expect non melee specialist class to compete vs melee specialist. As least, you have tool for survival but if you are alone vs a JP, depending the class you play, there are chance to get out: havoc having the less chance, highest chance is AS if we exclude JP) Also, do not forget you can run ^^ For now, backstab and attack in back have strong hitmark problem making very hard to hit in the back while running. Due to Wargear, half balancing and broken melee system, there are massive gap between faction and classes (i am sorry for Eldar, they are looking like CSM / LSM when founder closed was launched xD, i hope they will become better in patch 19)
All I have to say about Stream of corruption is this: It has way to long range and nothing to counter with. Please adjust accordingly.
I already encountered them, for sure they are a pain in the ass, when they are a certain number (i am agree with you, too much people of the same class can really disturb the game) but their way of heal is a strong weakness as i always wait they go heal their allies to kill them, it is at that moment they are the most vulnerable. Anyway, Brent already announciated that SoC will be modify next patch so, we just have to wait
The Stream of Corruption is supposed to be spewed from the user's mouth, not fired from their hand. With that in mind, the SoC should have a relatively short range(I.E. 15 to 30-meters) with the poison applied dropping every 2.5 to 5-meters, while having decent cone AoE(I.E. 60 to 90-degrees). In addition to being able to poison multiple enemies at once the SoC should apply healing over-time to any allies with the Mark of Nurgle.
My favorite are the guys that talk shit when they do well with an ability that doesn't actually require you to aim. And getting that damn thing to break getting behind cover is ridiculous. Sometimes it just sticks to you because your shoulder pad is sticking out or something.
If LSM hadn't raised a storm of complaining about MoN when it was already weak, and also about how MoN assault (previous to patch 18) was too strong because of lifesteal, you would see more melee on other classes. As it is, since CSM's assault class got nerfed as a result of lifesteal being removed AND MoN being nerfed into the ground, there's no reason to take that class over a sorc. It's not that sorc is so great that people are playing it, it's that there's no other option besides raptor, and not everyone likes to play that.
Wiawyr, Lifesteal was going to be removed since it has been put for data and will come back when more wargear will be implemented. The thing is, lifesteal was one of the main element that was making melee tolerable... but coupled with the high resistance of MoN... people called for nerf... as they called for nerf for JP when JP got mitigation + lifesteal xD. JP got nerfed also when they cancelled the stagger on the Slam. A main feature from Founder closed, i haven't still digest that one... I complained against MoN and against Shieldbro because, MoN was a little bit abused. Someone of i encountered were played like shit against other melee but perform butchery on ranged classes. I complained against Shieldbro because was bugged at the level of the shield: once, with other chaos friends, we were 5 on one shieldbro: 2 gunning, 3 melee... we finally killed him with a grenade >.<... and the other bug of he was protected by his shield (shield protection up) while he was running... dafuq? I will continue to complain on both faction to be able to show people the 2 sides of one piece until we have a good balancing... that will come in the open beta (my guess)! Raptor is not an entry class to play, it takes times. Personally, i played so much JP that i am like shit playing tactical but when i cannot melee because of lag or because there are 7 AS in front of, i switch to tactical and try to gun down with my bolter but it has become really hard with the new accuracy system.
Thank you for being neutral and actually caring about balance. Guys like you will make this a fun game to play.
