I personally think you're pissing in the wind. CCP wants the AR to be easy mode for some reason, that's probably why they call it an AR. But even so, niche weapons need to be buffed back up to being effective at their niche and immune to AR nerf requests afterwards so history doesn't repeat itself.

Oh the irony.

The AR being one of the easiest weapons to use in the game,

and yet when killed by anything else its "you don't have the skill to aim and shoot at me."

Yes, skill is why you are using one of the highest DPS weapons in the game, with an effective range suitable for more situations then any other gun in the game, so effectively.

Skill

I personally think you're pissing in the wind. CCP wants the AR to be easy mode for some reason, that's probably why they call it an AR. But even so, niche weapons need to be buffed back up to being effective at their niche and immune to AR nerf requests afterwards so history doesn't repeat itself.

And then there's running people over with LAVs. Nobody tries to use anything which uses skill in this game so I believe it is a moot point. There is very little skill involved in the game because everybody is flocking to the thing which requires the least skill to use.

Considering the starter fits, I don't know how anyone wouldn't have tried out the AR before >_>;

Also, I don't really care about skill required, I just want to put whatever I aim at on its back.

Maybe so newer players can use a weapons that's not completely alien to them and maybe get a feel for the game.

There's nothing wrong with that, but when it's all that's being used by almost 90% of the player base, it goes from being familiar to being too effective. When's the last time you've seen someone use the breach or burst?

An assault rifle is NOT, I repeat, NOT a specialty weapon in any way. It's just a standard weapon, plain and simple. It's suppose to be easy to use.

Look at the real-world Kalashnikov AK-47. Effective, rugged, yet easy to use that a 7-year-old kid can learn how to use it in 5 minutes.

An assault rifle is NOT, I repeat, NOT a specialty weapon in any way. It's just a standard weapon, plain and simple. It's suppose to be easy to use.

Look at the real-world Kalashnikov AK-47. Effective, rugged, yet easy to use that a 7-year-old kid can learn how to use it in 5 minutes.

So I just tried wanking and I was blown away, its too freaking easy to do and spill. Its such an easy act.
But its boring.

As a novelty sex toy user (Butt plugs, Anal beads, nipple clamps, Prostate Cannon soon), I found it way too easy to do.
Moreover my balls hang so freaking low.

The 5 finger discount needs to be toned down a bit, not in strokes but in pleasure.
The damn thing has no pain or risk at all.

Next Please bring the fitting requirements of my anus down a level or make wankers use sand paper, its not fair cause some wankers have nearly double the pleasure.

but incidentally there is no skill involved in camping on a roof spamming an explosive weapon (looking at you dark cloud) that's the kind of crap we did when we were 10 on N64 games. I didn't think this was an arcade spam fest.

And then there's running people over with LAVs. Nobody tries to use anything which uses skill in this game so I believe it is a moot point. There is very little skill involved in the game because everybody is flocking to the thing which requires the least skill to use.

People that talk like Knight Soiaire sound like children that are sore losers and have had their feelings hurt.

No recoil at all? Must be using a basic, bpo, or militia version. Increase the recoil? Go ahead, because recoil will never be an issue for someone that knows how to use an AR because they know to feather it.

Skill? Pfft, hardly anything in this game takes "skill". The only time the MD takes skill is if the person your shooting it at is more than 60 meters away and you don't have the high ground; and even then it's just a matter of getting used to the firing arc. However the way most people use it requires no skill unless you consider hopping around shooting at peoples feet an act of skill.

What did I do to deserve this?

Once the Shotgun gets fixed, it'll get nerfed, the thing will be a beast in CQC and AR users wont like that one bit.

That's what you did to deserve it Knight Soiaire. I apologize if you were being sarcastic but after seeing it thrown across the forums for months I just can't help but think of anyone that says something like that as a little child that's a sore loser and has had their feelings hurt.

There's nothing wrong with that, but when it's all that's being used by almost 90% of the player base, it goes from being familiar to being too effective. When's the last time you've seen someone use the breach or burst?

This is the definition of FoTM. This is what gamers do. The constant quest for the easiest to use, most effective weapon available. Whether it's the LR, the HMG, the Flaylock, or the MD. All they do is try to satisfy the urge for the majority to feel better about their gaming.


This is why after 4 months, I'm giving up the MD (fearing the future nerf) and now going with Dual Scrambler pistols. After trying the scout suit, I've moved back to my Adv Gal assault suit to improve my TTL while working on my gun game. The breach softens em up, the KiLO (I think that's what it is) to put em down. Just got my first headshot kill in a 1v1, which turned into a grenade kill on his buddy who came to help.

In the end, it doesn't matter the weapon. The more you use it, the better you get with it. Pretty soon I'll start a trend, and the forum trolls will be calling for a nerf on the Scramber Pistol.

Dunno if you've been around that long, but they already DID. Thing used to have much greater range, it was the long range sidearm :p

I would use all those AR skill points i've invested if the burst didn't suck.

You know the forums do the same crap. A guy makes a complaint about AR because he dies too much by it. Player deems it OP. Posts thread about it. Others, whom falls victim to the standard issue rifle repeatedly, reads the thread and begins the movement. Now community is populated with AR OP threads.

Then you have this one guy who creates an alt or decide to do a field experiment. Wielding the weapon and getting kills with it, he deems it OP. Comes to thread to share testimony. Figures because he did this, now the world will understand and agree with the other bandwagon hoppers who says the AR is OP.

The AR is not OP. It's not a one shot kill weapon. If the opposing player has prepped his dropsuit appropriately for those ARs, then the AR user will have to use strategy and skill to take him down. Then it can be argued that their suit is OP.

Silly thread, tricks are for kids

I have the opposite story.

I usually use ARs 90% of the time. Unlocked lvl3 (EXO-5) Mass Driver over the weekend. It's a beast and far more fun than the GEK assault rifle. A veritable kill-stealing monster. My only qualm is the 3 magazines run out very fast.

You calling me a nobody? There are a few that use weapons that require skill, BUT there are many thaT just use easy weapons, just to inflate their i-peen.

That thing has killer recoil you know, man I just said to increase the damn recoil.

An AK 47 DOES NOT have recoil, thats a stupid internet rumor created by armchair warriors who've never fired a gun in their lives. Fire one yourself and you'll see that the recoil is so miniscule that your sight picture looks like call of duty with how little the iron sights move. Fire some 00 buck from a 12g pump with a wooden stock, THATS recoil.

Im convinced everyone that says that has no idea how to properly shoulder a gun or just has tiny little arms weaker than a childs
I mean its not like we would spend tons of time making our real world weapons effective while minimizing their drawbacks right? Every real world army uses assault rifles that kick up into the sky if you fire more than a single shot dont they?