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N1ck Comeau
Ahrendee Mercenaries
EoN.
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Posted - 2013.08.22 04:53:00 -
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So currently some people think that the Assault rifle is overpowered.
This is not the case.
So let me start of giving the reasons why the assault rifle is the most used weapon in the game.
It's familiar to everyones eyes. New players all know what an Assault rifle is but they probably don't know what weapons like the plasma cannon do, or the laser rifle. New players will always flock to the weapon they know the most about.
It's good at everything but not great at anything. What i mean by that is in a lot of cases it is a good gun, but other guns can easily outclass it. My hmg will always beat a assault rifle guy in a CQC fight. Snipers will always beat them at range.
Not once have i seen an Assault rifle user take down a fully healthed tank with it.
So the solutions, simple change the name to something less familiar, Like Plasma rifle or something
[*] Make it have a role. I think a short to medium range gun with below average damage and a decent rate of fire suits it well. (I pretty much want a slight damage nerf. Which can easily be made up for by proficienty to five and a damage mod or something |
Lillica Deathdealer
Mango and Friends
182
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Posted - 2013.08.22 04:59:00 -
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While we're at it, make it fit the definition of a plasma rifle as stated by the devs, which is to say, plasma weapons are short range compared to other weapons of their class.
Meaning the TAC AR should not exist, because it outranges the laser and scrambler rifles. Laser tech is medium-long range. |
Thurak1
Psygod9
62
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Posted - 2013.08.22 05:04:00 -
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N1ck Comeau wrote:
Not once have i seen an Assault rifle user take down a fully healthed tank with it.
So by tank you must mean the vehicle. I play a heavy and there have been plenty of times i have been killed by a AR of some type. Heck often times just being behind me means you can shoot me dead before i can turn around to face you. |
Vitharr Foebane
Blood Money Mercenaries
32
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Posted - 2013.08.22 05:10:00 -
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N1ck Comeau wrote:So currently some people think that the Assault rifle is overpowered.
This is not the case.
So let me start of giving the reasons why the assault rifle is the most used weapon in the game.
It's familiar to everyones eyes. New players all know what an Assault rifle is but they probably don't know what weapons like the plasma cannon do, or the laser rifle. New players will always flock to the weapon they know the most about.
IT'S GOOD AT EVERYTHING but not great at anything. What i mean by that is in a lot of cases it is a good gun, but other guns can easily outclass it. My hmg will always beat a assault rifle guy in a CQC fight. Snipers will always beat them at range.
Not once have i seen an Assault rifle user take down a fully healthed tank with it.
So the solutions, simple change the name to something less familiar, Like Plasma rifle or something
Make it have a role. I think a short to medium range gun with below average damage and a decent rate of fire suits it well. (I pretty much want a slight damage nerf. Which can easily be made up for by proficienty to five and a damage mod or something
And therein lies the problem why spec into a niche weapon which is good 40% of the time when you could be good 90% of the time. It also the easiest weapon hands down to max out. |
gargantuise aaron
Sanguine Knights
103
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Posted - 2013.08.22 05:48:00 -
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And the 250,000+ sp to get into something else doesn't help |
Meeko Fent
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
688
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Posted - 2013.08.22 06:30:00 -
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I agree with your changes, except the last one.
Myself, I think it spews death just way too far. Give it a much shorter effective range( in ingame mechanics terms) and absolute range.
Rename it "Ion Carbine" or "Electron Rifle" so it sounds like a kewl Sci Fi gun, and it may incline people to use other guns, because right now, everyone sees it on the skill tree, and instantly go "That gun is extremely simple to use" and skill into it fully, instead of trying out the other cool guns DUST has to offer.
That and kewl names are kewl. |
MR S1STER F1STER
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.08.22 07:38:00 -
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Sorry, it's OP AND overused. When you can kill someone with 3-5 rounds (body shots) from a fully automatic weapon with no spread, no sway, and a 60+ round magazine, while running (and without even using damage mods) it's OP. The end.
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N1ck Comeau
Ahrendee Mercenaries
EoN.
1109
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Posted - 2013.08.22 15:09:00 -
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Thurak1 wrote:N1ck Comeau wrote:
Not once have i seen an Assault rifle user take down a fully healthed tank with it.
So by tank you must mean the vehicle. I play a heavy and there have been plenty of times i have been killed by a AR of some type. Heck often times just being behind me means you can shoot me dead before i can turn around to face you.
i did mean the vehicle yes. But a good heavy player can often mow down an AR user up close |
N1ck Comeau
Ahrendee Mercenaries
EoN.
1109
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Posted - 2013.08.22 15:10:00 -
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MR S1STER F1STER wrote:Sorry, it's OP AND overused. When you can kill someone with 3-5 rounds (body shots) from a fully automatic weapon with no spread, no sway, and a 60+ round magazine, while running (and without even using damage mods) it's OP. The end.
3-5 shots? Must be a bad suit then. |
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