Yeah you got me there, I admit that I tend to skim big ole walls o text. It's just that that one quote was the one where you mentioned the strawman, if you originally meant that it was the whole argument it is , admittedly, abit harder to see what you mean when you dice up your argument like that.
I separated his post into multiple quotes because I wanted it to be easier for him to see what each part of my reply was addressing. And regardless, if you, as the third party, decide to join in, then it's up to you to make sure you know what you're analyzing.
Oh absolutely. What I meant was that it seems strawman is the one people are always calling eachother out on, to such a great extent that they start doing it when no strawman is present. On another note, that's basicly what started this whole thing; I hate to see people hate on other people, and the strawman thing sparks something in me.
For the record, that was an honest question, and now it is answered.
Sure. But consider the context of my post (the part you originally addressed): it can be argued as abrasive, but certainly not unfair. I wasn't out to get anyone; I cited the term because I thought it was appropriate. I didn't say something like, for example, "nice strawman you idiot" (note: I'm not saying you said I said this).
I don't really think that's the right term, if I had thin skin then I would have gotten offended and started INSULTING YOU IN ALL CAPS BLARG.
People react idiosyncratically. It's my opinion that given how you replied, you needed thicker skin. It's obviously not something I can state as a fact, which is why the "lol" is there to indicate that I'm not completely serious.
XD what? Dude, you severely overestimate how much the goings on of a forum on the internet mean to me. Do you think I'm fighting for my honor or something? If it really means that much to you-
You're right, I'm sorrry.
There.
Sure, yeah, I don't "care" either, but it was the case that
you initially challenged
my claim, right? So obviously I'm going to try to disprove you. I was only as condescending as your original post was: "Do you post that link alot because you post it when people don't make a strawman? :/" If you'd like you can look up my post history and see that I try to match my tone to that of whoever I'm speaking to. And for the record: all I said was that I think you're trying to explain your way out of it. I didn't say that you were upset or something, because I don't think you are. In fact, I even said I agree with what you said – when you look at that quote by itself, it's definitely not a strawman.
Now on topic, I'm actually in agreement with. . . um. . . Dick Nation about the handguns. I feel that the handguns should serve as sidearms. I don't know how many people really agree with that, but I don't feel that handguns are really a sharpshooter thing. I would really like it if they were all perk neutral.
Eh, at this point in the game, TWI isn't going to do something drastic like that. It's unfortunate, but currently, sufficient skill allows players of certain classes to not only overlap the roles of other classes, but in a lot of cases,
outdo them. The overlap thing will always be there, obviously, but for whatever reason, this is a game where a sharpshooter can function as an
effective trash killer and
effective scrake killer and
effective husk killer and
effective fleshpound killer, while, for example, a commando or firebug or demolitions player can only do some of those (or some other things not listed here, but the point is that no class has its own niche that no other class can accomplish).
Like, I watch some of these "combo videos" on YouTube and just wonder what the point is. I mean, yeah, you could use that weird offperk M14 flinch thing to kill scrakes as a medic or whatever, and since the end goal is to have fun, it isn't a problem, but it sort of makes me wonder why class balance is even worth talking about when the sharpshooter can already do everything every other class does and better (sole exceptions: the berserker is a better kiter (but why does that matter when the sharpshooter kills everything anyway), and demolitions is better at killing fleshpounds). Basically, sharpshooter to me is what the berserker is to that wacko, Nutterbutter.
