In Battlefield speak, the AR is the M16A3 of DUST.

Simple:
High ROF weapons that are hand-held are horrible when it comes to accuracy over any sort of distance; the AR and SMG simply need to have much greater dispersion in their weapon spread. That, or remove/replace the kick reduction bonus you get from leveling into them.

8) Mass Drivers are making a comeback, and all sorts of other weapons litter the field.

Judging by the amount of likes you have i'm going to say you have been around more than long enough to know that plenty of people want the AR nerfed to hell and back. Most don't give good (intelligent) reasons or numbers, but the cry has been going out as long as I've been here (2 months roughly, not long I know). I personally feel the AR wasn't OP pre 1.4, but combine with AA it is to much. My feelings are I would rather have no AA and at most slight (slight slight SLIGHT) nerfs to the AR as opposed to heavy nerfs and keeping AA.

But that's just me. Everything I've said is merely opinion, not fact.

Things will be what things will be I guess.

Well that makes you a scrub because MDs are racking up over 60% of my deaths. ARs don't particularly shoot around cover, MDs can.

Alright, let me take it slower with you.

You are presenting it as if the AR ALWAYS wins in CQC. I say it doesn't. I have seen
the shotgun reliably win versus ARs in CQC. You are probably mistaking mid-range or mid-close range
for CQC.

As a tanker with around 15 million SP, with a majority in my vehicles, I am pretty
effective with my role. Does it mean that I should automatically win against infantry
with smaller SP counts? No, I don't think so. Sometimes you fall into situations
that are just not in your favor.

I don't use ARs much, but when I used one with my ds3, it was a pain in the ass to use
and the KB/M users would win most of the time with equal circumstances. Mass Drivers
and cheap weapons that took advantage of the weak/broken aim assist dominated
in that era.

Now that Aim Assist actually helps hit with the AR, it is now effective. The other forms of
the AR has been nerfed into oblivion. Go ahead. Try the burst assault rifle, the breach, and
the tactical and tell me if they are very useful over the generic one with all of the nerfs leveled.

That is good that you are leaving. That means one less "Nerf X because I can't abuse Y anymore to beat X" thread.

I also have an assault alt that I stopped playing for a while because the prior aim assist actually made it harder to hit people using the DS3.