DUST Search - TACH Assualt Rifle - How to fix it?

CCP Rattati wrote:

Kekklian Noobatronic wrote:

CCP Rattati wrote:

I have always been a normal full auto AR guy, but I "know" that for the most effective use I should be firing controlled bursts but I never seem to have the mental fortitude to do so.

I tried all the variants after Uprising but I never got them to work for me, probably a combination of lack of my skill/stats and hit detection.

So I began testing the burst, breach, tac and normal AR again after 1.4.

Breach is fun but not enough punch to be competitive. Maybe I shouldn't ADS on the breach, that's food for thought.

TAC is too much of a sniper for me, the only kills I get are low health runners, but then again, I'm not a sniper by nature.

Burst is probably my favorite, but something about it makes me always think, well I would have wasted that guy if I just had my duvolle full auto but now I'm dead and he is not. I love the feeling of a direct hit of a concentrated burst but I usually need 3-4 of those to take someone down, and that's just too much, 2 solid burst "should" be lethal. The Allotek with 3 complex dmg mods does hit like a bulldozer.

Also on most of these, I am just getting killed back by full autos, as we all seem to share the same range, or minimal differences.

I enjoy the different playstyles, but I never see the variants on the battlefield anymore

Maybe that's because the community at large has been speaking the truth all this time.

Full auto AR > Every other gun. There's not enough granularity to make using the other variants count.

Having said that, I'm with you. I use them all, and I wish we saw more variations in weapons being used out there :(.

It's hit and miss, we bumped up the TAC and a new FOTM was born, I know we will keep iterating. Competitive but not OP is what everyone wants, it should be about personal preferences and choice, and that's our goal.


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Brynjar Reko Intara Direct Action Caldari State 24	Posted - 2013.09.10 21:07:00 - [1] - Quote CCP Rattati wrote: Kekklian Noobatronic wrote: CCP Rattati wrote: I have always been a normal full auto AR guy, but I "know" that for the most effective use I should be firing controlled bursts but I never seem to have the mental fortitude to do so. I tried all the variants after Uprising but I never got them to work for me, probably a combination of lack of my skill/stats and hit detection. So I began testing the burst, breach, tac and normal AR again after 1.4. Breach is fun but not enough punch to be competitive. Maybe I shouldn't ADS on the breach, that's food for thought. TAC is too much of a sniper for me, the only kills I get are low health runners, but then again, I'm not a sniper by nature. Burst is probably my favorite, but something about it makes me always think, well I would have wasted that guy if I just had my duvolle full auto but now I'm dead and he is not. I love the feeling of a direct hit of a concentrated burst but I usually need 3-4 of those to take someone down, and that's just too much, 2 solid burst "should" be lethal. The Allotek with 3 complex dmg mods does hit like a bulldozer. Also on most of these, I am just getting killed back by full autos, as we all seem to share the same range, or minimal differences. I enjoy the different playstyles, but I never see the variants on the battlefield anymore Maybe that's because the community at large has been speaking the truth all this time. Full auto AR > Every other gun. There's not enough granularity to make using the other variants count. Having said that, I'm with you. I use them all, and I wish we saw more variations in weapons being used out there :(. It's hit and miss, we bumped up the TAC and a new FOTM was born, I know we will keep iterating. Competitive but not OP is what everyone wants, it should be about personal preferences and choice, and that's our goal. I think the solution to this will be seen when the racial variants roll out in full, and more importantly, when the starting fits have their racial variants to begin with; this inherent and automatic differentiation would vary the rifle use from the start and I think players would be more likely to stick with their starting rifle type. If this were true, even if most players still used a rifle-type weapon, they would be different variants and that alone would help balance the game a bit, as part of the AR's power comes from crowds of people using it at once. Mass drivers are finely balanced until a whole team is using them in one installation.