are using something that's OP and they're terrified of having that leveled out too.
Hello forge gunners!

We see right through you.

So tired of idiot players screaming for nerfs and balance when you should be screaming for Information!


You think you know DUST? You don't know jack. You know one single player's DUST experience.

You think you understand what needs nerfed, changed and balanced? You don't know jack!

You have ( We Have) no data. None. CCP tells us nothing about system performance, kill ratios, weapon effectiveness given planning goals.

God help us all if they ever actually listened and acted on the whining that the mewling Dust Diaspora flings thier way daily.

Quit crying for change and start demanding information. Make informed decisions. You know how the game feels to you. Now how does the game perform for everyone?

CCP: please publish weapon and game related data that is pertinent to the multitude of issues players bring to you.

Transparency. Information. Data. Those are the tools that lead to a top quality product. Not whomever can whine the most or insult thier fellow gamers the best.

looking at data like which weapon got the most and fewest kills is completely worthless in balancing,
All it shows is what people are using, and the reasons vary.

If IRL was a game, and we were balancing cars you would see something like

Well, millions of people drive hyundai and toyota

Whereas only lets say a few thousand people are driving Lamborghini.

"NERF HYUNDAI, BUFF LAMBORGHINIs!"
Duuuurrrrrrrppppppppppppp

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Problem is this is exactly how CCP balances weapons lol*

idk, I'm not defending AR

but stats are affected by many things and you can make numbers mean anything you want.
For example I'll be more players chose whatever the default starting race is. More players play medium frames because that's what the game starts them with, and it keeps them in their comfort zone. More people use AR's because its the basic starter weapon. Hence more spec into it, and more kills with it. Its most similar to weapons in other games they're used to, etc.