LOL at FG in close range. If you get killed in CQC by a FG then you should find another game because this on obviously isn't for you.

I have, but this requires a direct hit, which is very difficult with the Assault FG

There is plenty of ways to counter the Forge Gunner on a tower. I detailed them in my original post. I will reiterate. Spawn a DS in your ground spawn then immediately take it to the flight ceiling. Both of these locations are out of FG range. While at flight ceiling hover over the tower, then wait for your squad to distract or kill the Forge Gunner, then drop down and take out his uplinks/nanohives. Done!

OK so I am going to try to reply to each of the points you made. Obviously you love the FG so I assume you are a bit biased in your original post.

1) you say heavies are easiest to kill. Well nobody runs around with a FG in normal assault range. They are almost always on a tower and in fact are the hardest to kill while they are up high because they can easily find cover from fire below. So this point you make is a bit irrelevant.

2) FGers require heavy squad support. This is true and also plays into a point I will make later which makes FGers extra hard to remove from towers.

3) CQC? I think I cover that in 1...

4) Tower FG. OK so this is where the FG dominates. You say, how many towers are in the game? I have news for you, there are a lot and most of them can cover and completely protect an objective with a FG. You can't just fly a derpship up there because, oh wait there's a forge gunner up there. Plus, the FGer has squad support which usually means at least one logi who has drop up links, nanohives, etc. So what your saying is, that it isn't hard to fly a dropship, that gets one hit by a forge gun, up to the tower, drop infantry and take down a heavy, a logi, probably a few other enemies, and the drop uplinks. Well again, I have news for you, it's pretty challenging.

5) solo FGers... Well again, obviously they won't be solo. This would be no problem.

I am not complaining about the FG just yet, just saying the points you make aren't that accurate or relevant to the true power of the FG.

The real issue with the forge gun is, once you have a well supported FGer on a tower it is near impossible to remove / takes a lot of effort while the rest of the blueberries are busy getting over run. Furthermore, this FGer can fully defend against vehicles and completely lock down one objective at the same time. This is OP, plain and simple. I like the FG, it's a lot of fun and I think it should be powerful, but it's splash damage and travel speed make it a beast at taking out infantry. To add more, the thing is extremely easy to aim. Anyone who says it isn't is either terrible or lying, period.

My solution is to reduce the splash and slightly decrease the projectile velocity. In other words increasing the skill needed to use it while keeping the same power.

Unless the FG is on a tower tanks can easily evade Heavies. Nearly every tank I have killed with my FG (I stay on the ground) just sits perfectly still letting me continue to blast them.

If the tank is moving, I have to use team tactics and cover to get close enough to pop you with a couple AV nades and a FG shot. If you spot me with your blaster, I'm dead before I can charge my Assault FG. If you have Infantry support, I do not stand a chance at succeeding this way.

Should I not be rewarded for this type of effort? Of course I should!

I agree, the level design is partly to blame. The forge gun though isn't that overpowered possibly the splash range, however its all about direct hits with that thing anyway.
It can be sniped and it can be counter forge gunned. You dont moan that your AR doesn't have the range to deal with a sniper up high do you? You generally switch to your own sniper rifle.

A rail gun fires and actual factual projectile, it uses successive magnetic fields to launch said projectile therefore no magnetic field to maintain. You claim the FG doesn't fire an actual projectile, therefore its not a rail gun at least not in the traditional sense. Either way if its not firing an actual projectile its firing a ball of energy which would require a magnetic field to keep the energy from dissipating.

This is a railgun

Your the one who claimed that it required "maintaining it's magnetic field at such high velocity over such a long distance" I was basing my statement off of your *fail logic as the same technology is used in both weapons, one is simply smaller than the other!

By your own description the FG is a rail gun. So is the Sniper Rifle as they actually have ammunition that gets used up as you fire. The "Railgun Installation Turrets" and HAV "Railgun Turrets" are not actual "railgun" weapons because they have no physical ammunition that is used up.

Also this is not real life. The Dust 514 "Railgun" did not originate in the U.S. Navy, and is hardly comparable!

In Dust 514, the FG is the same exact technology used in your HAV's Rail Turret, The Railgun Installations, Sniper Rifles, and soon to come Cal. Rail Rifle and Rail Pistol. So if the FG munition has a nerf to it's travel velocity so should every other railgun weapon!

I'm beginning to think you are simply arguing for the sake of arguing at this point in which case you double the fail!

I am not claiming anything, its clear as day they fire different projectiles. If its the same technology the visual effect would be the same.

The visual effect is the same on the FG as it is on the Railgun Installations, and the Sniper Rifle!

"the forge gun utilizes a stored electric charge to fire kinetic slugs at speeds in excess of 7,000 m/s, enough to penetrate even augmented armor systems. During the pre-fire charge, the forward armature locks into position, stabilizing the magnetic field and helping to shield the user from backscatter and the excessive heat produced"

The magnetic field is what fires the "kinetic slug". Kinetic energy is defined as the energy an object (in this case the slug) has due to its motion! If there is no object, there is no kinetic energy!

This "kinetic slug" can be associated with this.

"The railgun weaponizes velocity by using magnetic fields to accelerate projectiles to hypersonic speeds."

Quotes taken from Dust 514 Wiki

They both fire a magnetically propelled projectile!!!!!! The FG is powered by a battery!!!

IT IS THE SAME TECHNOLOGY!!!!!!!!!