Sincere question:

Did you take ARs into a compound, I.e. a CQC area?

it is if youre good at hip firing

It is *supposed* to be a close range weapon, but it isn't. Right now its range is barely less than the scrambler rifles.
Don't forget that regardless of its technology, it's also still a rifle. Rifles are, by design, extended range.

IMO the only rebalance the MD demonstrates a need for, is a buff to the shotgun and perhaps the breach AR. Then we'd start to see an oppropriate balance between close and mid range weaponry.

You come off very smug.

Whose to say that people who arent the best at aiming, or twich reflexes (perhaps older folks not up to par with the younger generationn) shouldnt have weapons that will make the game more enjoyable for them? Just because someone is not skillful with an AR type weapon doesnt mean they are a bad player. Maybe in your limited scope they are. Those players may be great thinkers, tankers, supporters, tacticians, hackers, pilots, defenders... just bad at tracking bunny hopping strafing players.

One might give your post some more credit if you werent so condescending.

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Stupid question: wouldn't MD users be completely defenseless against one or two decent snipers?

Maybe that's the problem?

If the entire enemy team is running MDs, then obviously nobody is left to counter-snipe, and they'd be like fish in a barrell for one or two decent snipers on your team which should, in turn, force them to alter thier tactics, shouldn't it?

(I'm not trying to be facetious or anything, I really am curious about this and why it wouldn't be a reasonable counter tactic in this situation)

Did I say they had to clear out the compound completely? No, I didn't.

Only that they do enough damage to force your opponents to change their tactics, then they might not ALL be running MDs, and then your infantry guys might have a chance.

couldn't you say that about the ar since day one?

the ar has a third skill to increase effectiveness. it hits hardest at alpha volley, which makes it stronger than any hmg. it's got range out to FOREVER.

a free ar is better than most maxed out weapons. try doing the math. take into account reload times. take into account how an hmg doesn't even do full damage until 1.5 seconds into it's fire-animation. take into account how useless a laser rifle is. take into account how useless a sniper rifle is (unless you're a mile from the fight). take into account that the only other usable weapon is the one that you're qqing about on the forums.

last i checked geks will hit you effectively out to 70m. which pretty much makes me think you didn't check anything.

last i checked the splash damage i'm hiting for is 140. what's that, like 5 bullets from a gek? how may rounds a minute do you fire? somebody get me an abacus.