i know im going to get trolled...lol

MD: 50% increase in ammo, 15% increase in damage (after 1.4 patch)

flaylocks: .5m increase in blast radius for all variants.

I wouldnt mind the flaylock buff while the damage stays the same.

The MDs are ok man. If you cant kill with an EXO-5 you are doing it wrong.
And the ammo is their down side, carry nanohives.

that buff for the MD is supposed to be after 1.4 when armor gets buffed, so that MD don't become obsolete.

You know what will be obsolete?
Scouts and commandos XD

You know what will be obsolete?
Scouts and commandos XD

If you think commandos are For AR , you should see what one can do with Scram rifle and Mas Driver.

Or absolute Long Ranged dominance with sniper rifle + Swarm launchers.

But thats The 2 Light weapons talking, not the Commando suit working. As it is ANY Med frame has more HP than them, and they are supposed to be heavies (And move like heavies)...so yeah...

Why do I feel like this is a troll thread?

its not, but i thought i would instantly get flamed for asking for a buff to the flaylock and MD

Why do I feel like this is a troll thread?

why the **** do you want a buff to either - if youre good with the fleylock youll see its still ******* ridiculously powerful and that it should be outright removed
MD is amazing where its at, borderline OP

right on time. ladies and gents, "le troll" aka the ar noob. observe his brash and irrational comment, not supported by any facts.

8/10

Nice one. much better than usual.

Unfortunately a 15% buff to MD damage results in about the same as the base buff to the armor, making the armor buff a net gain of Zero in the face of weapons that classically obliterate them.

The mass driver will still obliterate armor tankers without a buff. And buffing the Mass Driver with no corresponding buff to shields will efficiently result in an unintended stealth nerf to caldari and minmatar dropsuits when there is already potentially a nerf to shields in the offing if the armor buffs are insufficient.

This will truly make mass drivers Flavor of the Month as it will almost entirely eliminate the advantage shields have in a 20% resistance to explosive harm.

Buffing the mass driver will result in a net loss to the game, not a net gain.

the armor buffs will mean that it takes three mass driver shots to kill a gallente assault rather than two. This is hardly justification for a buff to the weapon, which is already massively efficient (some say TOO efficient) at obliterating armor tankers, especially heavies.

The MD doesn't need a buff especially when they are going to be used by everybody and their grandma after 1.4. If anything every weapon should get a damage buff not just the MD. Also the MD is performing way beyond were it is supposed to be with it doing 30% extra damage instead of 20% to armor and barely any fall off damage.

Why ask a buff on things that are fine?
Flaylock is fine,

if you can't kill with a MD as is now change game.

I admit that AR have too much rounds per clip, they should have 45-48 rounds.

The HMG would need a buff to its range or we'd need a better medium-long range weapon than the FG. Otherwise heavies are going to have a hard time dealing with MD's. And the lack of ammo shouldn't concern an MD user because they could just use a hive if they were concerned about it.

i know im going to get trolled...lol

MD: 50% increase in ammo, 0% increase in damage (after 1.4 patch)

flaylocks: .5m increase in blast radius for all variants.



EDIT: i changed the damage increase from 15% to 0%. the comment by breakin' stuff is logical. i must agree an increase to damage could have an adverse effect on non-armor users and unforseen consequences. I still stand firm by my belief that the MD needs more ammo. its a primary weapon. having such limited ammo isn't justified.

the MD hs plenty of draw backs:

.the possibility of suicide
.slow fire rate
.slow reload time
.trajectory calculations (if your not good at this you will die fast)
.elevation considerations
.weak against shields (so, flux grenades are nessesary for functionality as without them you will waste more limite ammo and die faster)


having limited ammo limits its use as an AD weapon, which is stupid.