FG's havent changed since way back in Beta... like... at all...

If you have 6 fg's stacked against you of course your going to have a bad time... same as any other weapon.

funny how the forge has been the 1 weapon that has not changed in over a year, been no complaints about it, and now all of a sudden people are using it in pubs and its deemed OP


yes its a VERY strong weapon

with a 2.5s time PER SHOT

4 shots

direct hit is a kill

splash takes 2-4 shots to kill

yes ANY forge melts vehicles, especially at range

forgers up high now place more weight on snipers, just think if just 10% of redline sniping scrubs would point that rifle where it should be, picking off people on roofs etc.

the reason for any talk of this is cause getting up high with a forge allows you to shoot freely and even a blind monkey will luck out and get a kill

ESPECIALLY when the idiots on the other team throw down an uplink in the open and morons keep spawning like its feeding time at the zoo...

I wish this game tracked player accuracy cause you would quickly see how difficult the forge is and would instantly stop this discussion

when I get home later I'll try to look all this up and make an accurate post. not gonna ballpark this and get even more crying over it

when I get home later I'll try to look all this up and make an accurate post. not gonna ballpark this and get even more crying over it

Why don't you try FG sniping; just buy a militia FG and a militia Heavy Dropsuit, come on, try it.

It's like 1.75 seconds per shot or something like that.

Changes the FG needs:

Slightly more shake on charge up (this I'm not positive of, the Assault can be tough to use on moving targets as is, but it might be fine)

Assault FG damage swapped with Normal FG damage (lower base damage, higher overall because of RoF)

Slightly less splash radius

Damage decay on projectile, to help dropships, punish FG sniping, and discourage camping.

Why don't you try FG sniping; just buy a militia FG and a militia Heavy Dropsuit, come on, try it.

This thing shouldn't even have a militia version

if you don't stand still then forge guns won't be OP.

I mean, the issue is pretty simple.

Heavies lack content. You guys have one anti infantry weapon and one anti vehicle weapon. Yet, somehow, the anti-vehicle weapon is more effective and harder to counter than the actual anti-infantry weapon.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't be able to get infantry kills with the Forge gun. But it should be harder to do so because One hit kills are not fun. There is no counterplay involved in this exchange.

One hit killing someone with a forge gun should be awesome and full of lols. But now, multiple people will spawn in a match, with the sole purpose of racking up infantry kills with the forge gun.

Something needs to be changed, and as it's already been stated several times in this thread: Just give it more shake/vibration when charging.