I did. Scrub? Nah, at least I ain't in a starter corp. We got 0.3s faster firing, but lost 2 shots per clip. Seems like a nerf to the lone AV'er to me. Used to fire 5 then reload, now it's 3 then a 4.5s reload. Of course it's a slight buff to av teams, but all vehicle pilots always complain about 1 guy killing em.

By the way, I run Pythons, (bad) gunloggi's and scout suits. When I complain about swarm nerf, it's only to correct people, I kinda like it.

Do you think it might be possible the skill is not working ... By Design !

Since EVERYONE, AV users included, said the changes weren't wanted until 1.5.

AND (to my knowledge) there's been no comment from CCP that they'll be fixing it.

Chances are that was the easiest way to revert their changes after submission to Sony.

Just Lol.

Of course, any random whiny tanker in an NPC corp makes everyone else look like scrubs.

The clip was 6 before 1.4 ... 4 as standard + 10% per level of operation
AND the reload time was 4.5 before 1.4 and is still the same.

Lets look at the full cycle ... This means from beginning first lock to the beginning of the seventh lock, since before 1.4 there was 1 reload and after there are 2 reloads to get to the same point and begin the cycle again.

before 1.4 would be 21.7

and since 1.4 it's now 18.9 - this is while the skill isn't working.

So that's 2.8 seconds difference ... less than half a second per volley average.

The Problem isn't the increase in DPS ... it's the FACT that most vehicles in the game right now can't stand up to much more than the initial three vollies, which now hit much quicker than before.

It's become a Burst variant shall we say giving damage in quicker bursts but with more gaps.

The problem is the same as it's been for quite some time now ... That proto vehicles aren't available to withstand proto AV ... if you want to moan about anything, moan about that !

How about an out of date Wikia to prove your point wrong ...
http://dust514.wikia.com/wiki/Swarm_Launchers

Swarms had 4 in the clip since Mordu's Trials ... I don't know what game you've been playing, but if it was this one you haven't been paying attention very well.

It's possible they changed the number in the clip when Uprising came out, I didn't notice since I just skilled them as they've been my primary weapon since part way through E3 after I got bored with my 'I win' Surya button, but I'm sure I had 6 in the clip till now.

I didn't say there were any proto vehicles ... in fact what I said was there aren't any proto vehicles to withstand proto AV ... I didn't say there aren't ANY vehicles that can withstand it ... LLAVs are about where proto HAVs should be, damn difficult to kill solo, but possible with good tactics n a bit of luck.

Probably kicking a dead horse with the lateness of the reply, but its better to correct you, just in case. I'm guessing you don't use swarms much, because you overlooked something.

* Swarm Launcher base lock-on time has been increased to 1.4 from 1.2 and its fire interval has been reduced from 2 to 0.3

The fire interval includes the lock on time. So, using the corrected values -

Pre-1.4
In prime conditions, each shot takes 2 seconds.
5 Shots at 2s each = 10s
4.5s reload = 14.5s
1 more = 16.5s
Meaning 16.5 seconds to fire 6 shots.

1.4
In prime conditions, each shot takes 1.4 seconds to fire, with 3 shots in a clip.
3 x 1.4 = 4.2s then a 4.5s reload = 8.7s
3 more shots = 4.2s, so the grand total is 12.9s for 6 shots

Of course a more realistic time in battle is about 16s for each, because the swarms take time to leave the launcher.

*Edited numbers on pre-1.4, in my head I had a magical 6 shot swarm launcher, now its fixed to have 5 in a clip.