NAV HIV wrote:
1. Has the ability to take out its user, this requires tactical awareness
- Most good shooters do
2. The user has to have combat awareness all times.
- Again refer to 1
3. User must keep in mind that at certain elevations the weapon is useless. Thus forcing the user to change playing style based on the map design itself.
- when the user has level 5 on MD operations it increases the AOE by 25% so not a big disadvantage
4. Has very limited ammo, user regularly outlives his ammo supply multiple times before dying
- Allotek or k-17D nanohives more than enough
5. User has to carry equipment that could render its user at a disadvantage equipment wise on the battle field. To truly be effective he must carry a nano hive and a flux grenade. For logistics people its even harder because it lacks a side arm thus its flux grenade become its side arms.
- Umm not really. Would barely need the sidearm if you are specced into MD properly
6. User has only 6 shots before a long reload.
- Really? Long reload speed? I can duel with AR, reload and kill mutiple people at the same time. There's even a skill tree for it.
funny how you ignored the rest of the post but:
1.Most good shooters do
I doubt it, most people who get killed from the mass driver are people who are focused on a different target or that blindly rush in. Also, mass drivers regularly finish off people instead of them being the main attacker.
2.Again refer to 1
-Slightly agree
3.when the user has level 5 on MD operations it increases the AOE by 25% so not a big disadvantage
-Again it still faces a elevation disadvantage even though a level 5 proto mass driver is better but again isnGÇÖt all proto weapon better than its lower skill set? Look at the proto AR, it melts people faster than a MD. So yea itGÇÖs not as big a disadvantage for PROTO but anything under yes .
4.Has very limited ammo, user regularly outlives his ammo supply multiple times before dying
5.Allotek or k-17D nanohives more than enough
-You just proved my point that you need to run nano hives in order to maintain its ammo. Most weapons you donGÇÖt outlive your ammo supply. For example it takes around 13 AR bullets to kill someone but it takes 3 shells to kill someone with the MD. In other words the AR has more killing potential yet way more ammo.
6.Really? Long reload speed? I can duel with AR, reload and kill multiple people at the same time. There's even a skill tree for it.
-What? IGÇÖm talking about the mass driver, and look at this.
AR: 60 rounds per clip. It takes about 13 shots to kill person with the AR. You can kill around 4-5 people with the AR in one clip. With the mass driver you can only kill 2 people with one clip. The AR has twice if not more killing potential than the mass driver, yea I understand you have to GǣaimGǥ with the AR but you still more killing potential if you only kill one person per clip before reloadGǪ See my point?