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Honestly my main complaint with the AR is that it's boring.

LR and ScR can press range advantage against it. ScP can outdo it in short range firepower. MD can make use of cover or elevation to engage it with minimal direct exposure.

Shotgun is way too low on effective range to be an answer to the AR though. Too easily confronted out of it's niche. Not actually as reliable as the AR within it due to Houdini Bullets and the AR actually being decent at CQC itself.

That's the point of the AR.
It can perform EVERYWHERE except for sniper range, but other weapons eclipse it in their niche.
4 weapons that are very general, the Gallente AR, The Amarr Scrambler Rifle, the Caldari Rail Rifle, and the Minmatar Combat Rifle.
They each will have their own downsides and upsides, but will all be able to perform at 90% of situations.
That will bring the variety you so crave.



I agree 100%.
But the standard doesn't need a nerf, the rest need a buff.
They aren't competitive against other weapons, that shows something.



That's because you view the AR as the standard.
What if you looked at the range of the Rail Rifle as the standard?
Then you see that it has lower range but higher DPS, as an example.
It's a matter of prespective.

And yes, the AR can perform at CQC, but nothing can beat a one shot kill like the shotgun can do when hit detection doesn't screw up.

The most effective weapon is the brain controlling the thumbs behind the weapon.

You just proved your own point against this.

Massive DPS, that you can't apply, is useless, wasted DPS.

Have,...have you even used a scrambler rifle?

Yea because MD, Forge, Flaylocks and Scrambler all require skill that AR user just doesn't have.

Alot of these threads been goin' around. WHEN they finally do balance the AR, these forums are gonna be full of *insert weapon here* is OP threads, when in reality, the only weapon i'd deem to be OP at this point (following the flaylock nerf), is the AR. I believe nerfing the AR just a tad would encourage players to branch out and use different weapons...which i believe was one of the key selling points of Dust 514.