Assault takes even less skill than the normal MD, it's just that its damage output is even more lacklustre.

Breach is good if you know how to use it. It's the minmatar shotgun.

So you are telling me that EC3 is not OP?

I use MDs when playing on US servers when the lag is bad or when I'm just way too drunk to do anything with an AR. (And I've hardly put any points in it, proff lvl2)

I feel sort of cheap and dirty many times, the Freedom MD which I use is simply put; way too good.

IMO they should remove the Freedom and the equivalent Assault MD and make them officer salvage weapons.

The EXO-5 and its equivalent assault MD would be the new proto's with the same cost as the current protos.

The current standard will be elevated to enhanced and they'll have to make a new one to fill the standard gap.

Any MD user with a little respect for themselves will admit that the EXO-5 and its equivalent enhanced assault MD is more than "good enough".

IMO this would be a fine first step in balancing the weapon, something need to be done IMO.



- I've suggested the same for the locus nades, the Core Locus nade is too powerfull and deadly. This needs to be done after the "fix" to aiming and hit detection.

We might end up with a game where anything which explodes is the default best way to go, as is nearly the case now, I certainly don't want it and I hope you don't aswell.

I went 29-0 with that last night. I am not even a MD user. I use it just to show people how OP it is. I couldn't comment on it till i used it.

Now about the shield stacked person, it only takes me one shot to kill them. Heard about the the Flux ?! Heavies would die before the 8 round clip ends. Guess what, the negative splash damage doesn't affect me much, i'm caldari lol

I get it. You are having too much fun with it. But please. I know a lot of people who specced into it just to see why it kills them so fast with such less effort

So you will say that a EC3, Freedom or even a boundless is not OP? Ok just for your sake i wont call it OP. Let's just call it a very easy weapon to get some easy kills. Clearly a guy spamming explosive rounds constantly is there to play the "Support" role.

Mass Driver: Good for a few contacts at a time, best at 1 on 1 engagements
Assault Mass Driver: Great for going up against groups of players with a squad of your own
Breach Mass Driver: Light AV weapon.

Trust me, I've taken down tanks with over 7k hp using a flux to knock their shields down and the breach to keep chewing at their armor. All of them are situational weapons, and all of them work fine at doing what they're intended to do. I do wish the breach did a lot more splash damage and was more of a "skill" weapon that could be used on the battlefield as well.

Also, think of the mass driver as a shotgun. It's only effective at close range or from heights, so don't let the player get the advantage on you. Also, concentrated fire on a mass driver user is even more effective. I die mostly when I encounter a squad of enemies that kill me before I can get 2 shots in.

And yet, people still complain about the Swarm Launcher. Even though it needs AV/Flux nades and nano hive.