I am an AR scrub who wants this game to be nothing more than cod in space. I believe the AR is the only viable wepon ad the improved hit detection and aim assist have finally allowd me to twich shoot most other suits to death in kes than 2 seconds. I much prefer this kind of twich and skill less game play, as I lack the fundamental skills to strafe and utalise cover effectively. I would even go as far to say my AR isnt quite powerfull enough as I cant solo HAVs with it. CCP please fix it so I can. Also any other AR scrubs who fancy backing me up on turning this game into COD514 then please sign bello so CCP dosent take away our win button.

At least you can admit it.

Attention: all those who don't want the assault rifle to be needed, unless we protest, and post our opinions in our own threads, I promise CCP will nerf the assault rifle. If you really care, post your own opinions on your own threads. As of right now, more people are protesting for the assault rifle nerf than against it. If you are against it, don't just sit there, let your voice be heard.



In my opinion, the description of the assault rifle says its the most advanced plasma weapon out there, so it needs to stay that way. Now you can respond to this, but make sure you most your own threads too. If you don't, I fear CCP will not hear your voice. I'm not asking you to spam I the place up, just post your own thread on your opinion on why you don't want the assault rifle to be nerfed.

Misquoting is both quite immature and rude. Its would be nothing like COD. I've played shooters where the assault rifle was one of the worst weapon to choose from. That being said, not many people played it because of this. The assault rifle isnt a noon thing more than the shotguns and mass drivers are. Anyways, I have invested in all weapons. I'm at least standard in all of them. The assault is is always wut I turn to. It serves its purpose well.

Attention: all those who don't want the assault rifle to be needed, unless we protest, and post our opinions in our own threads, I promise CCP will nerf the assault rifle. If you really care, post your own opinions on your own threads. As of right now, more people are protesting for the assault rifle nerf than against it. If you are against it, don't just sit there, let your voice be heard.



In my opinion, the description of the assault rifle says its the most advanced plasma weapon out there, so it needs to stay that way. Now you can respond to this, but make sure you most your own threads too. If you don't, I fear CCP will not hear your voice. I'm not asking you to spam I the place up, just post your own thread on your opinion on why you don't want the assault rifle to be nerfed.

In my opinion, the description of the assault rifle says its the most advanced plasma weapon out there, so it needs to stay that way.

AR still seems balanced as far as im concerned..

just go nerf the damage mods for it.

the only thing to blame there would be damage mods...

ppl were saying its too accurate at hip fire...

ill fix that with some smartness..

THIS IS NOT COD U STUPID IDIOT!..

sure hip fire is a little accurate while crouched but aren't all weapons more accurate while crouched?.

its the precision of the player that uses its not that accurate at longer ranges...

it has some drawbacks...

its a galente assault rifle.

one of the only galente weapons we have currently...


we have the amarr scrambler rifle.
and the rapid fire assault version which both function very similar to the tac ar and the regular rapid fire ar..


we should all wait until ALL or MOST of the different racial weaponry is released..

i still have noticed much gameplay wise since 1.4 update..

my gameplay style hasnt really changed at all...

other than my mlt tank just isnt as deadly now...

due to swarm launcher buff..

most of the kills of gotten with the ar currently have just been out of smg range...

the smg can still do damage at the range ive been using the ar at but not as much...

the ar needs to have a longer range than the smg and the hmg...

in order to combat those very powerful cqc guns...

it still seems balanced as far as im concerned..

just go nerf the damage mods for it..

its a relatively decent gun with good versatility of course for the std assault rifle would be in the middle all alot of the classes..
breach ar for cqc fights tac for longer ranges and reg ar for most effectiveness in mid range...

which also has the ability to do pretty decent in cqc and longer ranges but not too effective..


the only thing to blame there would be damage mods...

and med suits that can normally get over 800 armor or more than 500 shields when fitted in a certain way...

sure hip fire is a little accurate while crouched but aren't all weapons more accurate while crouched?.

It needs its range nerfed down by a lot. Like A LOT.

The range isnt the reason most people have a problem, its the dps. Anyways it seems to me that those who have always wanted the assault rifle nerfed are finding a perfect excuse as to why. That way, their mass drivers/other guns they arent good at using are stronger than the ar and therefore, easier to lose. ITS A WAR GAME, EXPECT TO BE KILLED!!

The game is dead as long as the AR (and to some extent, all hitscan weapons) stay as they are .

This is a fact. Look at the numbers at eve offline.

If you would like to continue to be able to play Dust, you should be supporting an AR nerf, an AA nerf, and removal of hitscan altogether.

I knew some random idiot like you would try to push this angle.
It's always 'DUST WILL DIE IF U DUNT NERF DIS WEPUN!!!!11!!one!'

AR is one of the guns I am specced into, and you know what kills me the most in game?

FORGE GUNS and SHOTGUNS, not AR

The AR is getting nerfed in 1.5 anyways (some versions anyways) I belive its recoil should be higher then it is and LOL at the person claiming its DPS is better then a FG lol 37 or so hp per round compared to over 1500 hpfor a FG shot? Yeah the AR out damages there doesnt it?

do any of u ppl even no the difference between accuracy and precision?...

lower level ar rnt op...

majority of the other guns r better than the ar. in their specific situation..

the ar is designed for multiple situations..

its one of those adapt to current scenario guns...

and back to accuracy in precision just for ppl who dont know...


precision is basically the grouping of the guns shots..

accuracy is pretty much just the ability to hit your target..

and its not spray and pray with perfect accuracy..

what i have noticed with some of the hit detection is that it looks like it will need tweaking as your reticule can by a little off of the target or while ads pointed close to the target and ull get the hits in..

the other guns r still deadly even with out damage mods more deadly than an ar...

so why should a well balanced gun be given an unbalancing drawback?

u still have to reload even after firing a single round because if u get caught with less than 60 rounds in your ar you r dead..

this is a futuristic and chaotic universe..

we have power armor!.

so why complain with a single gun just because its used more than other guns?

its the most common because its the first gun most new players start out with..

and its not a problem since every1 has and can use an ar...

these nerf ar theads are just like the remove free lav threads...


and every other nerf thread..

the point remains that the assault rifle currently can be countered by everything..

if a gun cant be countered by anything then its op..but if it is countered by everything quite easily its not op...

ar is fine..just because it can kill your precious proto doesnt mean its op... and to state true facts here from my current gameplay and matches ive had currently i really havnt seen any reason as to why the ar is op...

because game play is still essentially the same...as in 1.3 except the laser got better again.. and lets stop with the dbs crap as it doesnt determine anything all it does is give the highest possible damage the weapon can reach...

and this dps can never truly be reached in any of the games unless your target stands still...

so stop whining..

and give proper feed back instead of crying about weapon that majority of the players have always used in the beginning and have..

and learn how to stop running into gunfire.. if u can learn how to not run into direct gunfire from a bunch of other players with guns like yours..
then u r on step one to surviving in dust 514..

At least you can admit it.

I will be rude when i say this, but you don't know the difference between the AR's non existant drawbacks compared to some of the huge drawbacks of other guns. the sniper rifle is suppose to be a weapon to be feared, the damage is only around 219 for the ishukone and the charge is only around 310 or so. compared to what the suits can get to now, it's not the weapon it could be. the sniper is not feared if you have well over 350+ HP, which is very easy to come by. the AR right now is easy mode when compared to red line sniping, and that is just sad when i have to say that.

let me make a list of advantages for the AR:
-range of the LR and SmR
-DPS of the SMG and HMG (with their dispersion)
-accuracy and precision of the sniper rifle
-doesn't suffer much from kick, recoil and overheat like the HMG, laser and scam rifle

list of drawbacks:
-can't think of any that is noticible

people don't run into gun fire, they look around first and see what they can use, but when faced with an AR user, only have less then 3-5 seconds to act or get behind cover. all this is from personal experience as a scout meant to avoid direct fights. i think you need to clean your eyes out and see what is really happening in the game rather then just blindly follow the trend and defend what is clearly broken. ALL weapons need some drawbacks to them that makes other weapons viable while still keeping the broken weapon useable. i don't want to hear what each weapon does in it's niche as the AR clearly dominates them in their roles, as I used the AR against all and came out on top and only lost to someone using a higher tier AR. this game is catering to AR users more then any other players

You understand the S in DPS stands for per second right? Not shot.

This is why we can't have a nice game. AR users are the stupid majority.