omfg pre-wipe there were STILL unarmed players despite it being not that "op" and guess what? it was very effective back then too. now you need to use tactics to rush with power fist and maybe use armor and tank-like perk to be effective and not make some fucking cheap-ass build that can kill fully armed/armored players.
i play pre-wipe, and play HtH pre-wipe. remember what HtH were used to? little tournaments in cow pens in Redding. sometime Hinkley. no player use it for real PvP.
now you need to use tactics to rush with power fist and maybe use armor and tank-like perk to be effective and not make some fucking cheap-ass build that can kill fully armed/armored players.
i agree AC not enough now, need other defenses. its ok, its fair. that is i have saying.
you died to my characters in reno because i have high enough skill on my characters to take you down, and i change my aim to body parts with highest hit chance.
exacttly, it is simple. i died
always to lasers or veterans SGuns which know where shoot.
you ask for the AC to go back to 160-180 and i bet (and im 95% sure that i'll win) that your build has EXACTLY 180 AC.
exactly. and i think 180 is
too much AC. 2h ago, i test with friend shoot me, and with 140AC every shot from hunting/sniper at 25hex or less hit me. did not try other SG. with (low quality) BG it was little better, but also easy. so difference between 180 and 140AC is huge. after mine short tests, i think 160AC fair. maybe Devs or GMs could talk of theyr tests.
and like Avv say, ofc HtH can be trolls, but not if reduce AC and %KD. but 140 and -5 malus are, i say again, too much reduction.
maybe you should change your game style and stick to close range and not charge snipers when you're unarmed. just sayin'.
well maybe you should stop killing BOS with bluesuit and get some proper 3x brd burster TB character with m60/avenger and do it like pros do it. there's plenty of good pve builds on forum. update ruined pve farming? HOW ABOUT PREVIOUS UPDATE THAT RUINED PVP?
i agree wit everything you sayd. but making AC HtH fair =/= killing AC HtH.