The issue here isn't the AR. The are is still fine.

The problem is the aim assist. Just get rid of it. There was no problem in 1.3 when we didn't have it. I actually kind of liked it since you actually had to aim.

CCP just turn off the aim assist, it makes this game far too easy.

Alright....I'm going to put my 2 cents into this topic, I do play nearly all the light weapons in the game at some time or another, except for the shotgun and I've been killed by every weapon type in the game and nearly every single type of AR gun, I have 7mil sp, little under that and my KD ratio is not a 2 it's more like a .90 meaning I can get stomped I die a lot in either version of the game.

1.4 though is honestly horrible, the smg is now way more powerful then the hmg at close range combat, since the smg has more power per bullet, when I was in 1.3 I could compensate a lot for this with skill, now since players do not miss...well that damage difference becomes truly noticable. As a heavy my hit box is huge people are making the 49m-50m shots with the ARs and basically not missing more then 60% of the bullets, which means with an HMG unless it is a pure close quarters match I am screwed, getting to the point I might as well forge snipping like most other heavies do.

While I am playing a advanced gallente assault suit, which I play with either an AR or scrambler rifle I have noticed one truth, no matter who I fight and typically how I engage them I will loose at least 50% of my health unless they do not see me at all. My gun isn't an instant killer like some people's, however, this makes it so that I have to hide after every engagement, not exactly the most fun, in a way the game is feeling like 1.2 where the guns all had different ranges and if you were out of range of someone you were sol that's how much fun the aimbot has drained out of the game.

The 1.4 patch it seems the devs did not test at all, major issues are forming with everything that they worked on, things that should have been caught with even the most basic of testing with more then 5 people. My current picks of FOTM for OPness currently are, the AR and the SMG, the two most aimbot assisted guns. The guns were fine before, just the aiming assist on them now makes them way to powerful for what they are. Also, my test method for guns is by using them and dying by them.

The issue here isn't the AR. The are is still fine.

The problem is the aim assist. Just get rid of it. There was no problem in 1.3 when we didn't have it. I actually kind of liked it since you actually had to aim.

CCP just turn off the aim assist, it makes this game far too easy.

Except it is an AR problem when no other weapon in the game is pulling out the DPS and range of the AR without losing anything. What other weapon is problematic with AA?

The SMG

Except it is an AR problem when no other weapon in the game is pulling out the DPS and range of the AR without losing anything. What other weapon is problematic with AA?

Someone actually testing. It's in Russian. He turns on the Aim Assist at around 1:30. There seems to be a large difference, though it may be him tracking manually.

The issue here isn't the AR. The ar is still fine.

The problem is the aim assist. Just get rid of it. There was no problem in 1.3 when we didn't have it. I actually kind of liked it since you actually had to aim.

CCP just turn off the aim assist, it makes this game far too easy.

I've been taking on 2-3+. I call it selective cover. Find cover for the majority while taking down one or two. Then change positions rinse and repeat. This is a tactical shooter. You're not supposed to run in on 5 guys shoot em in the face while doing the dougi. I bet you're a KBM player. Yeah they're all bitching about dying more.