DUST Search - The real reason ARs are so popular

Buster Friently wrote:

Ignoble Son wrote:

Buster Friently wrote:

Kasote Denzara wrote:

TL;DR = They work.

Not only that, they work better than other weapons. Pretty much all of the time.

Hail AR 514. Go AR or go home.

What "other weapons" are there in this game? Seriously. Let's count shall we.

Not including sidearms or AV weapons there are exactly two:

LR
MD

now we can pretty much nix the LR off this list because, for one, it is a good weapon, and the only reason people don't like it is because they either don't want to deal with its CQC limitations or it's over heat. The weapon does just fine killing people other wise, in it's optimal range it is FAR better than the AR. Aside from this how is the laser rifle even really diferent than the assault rifle? They are both line of sight weapons.

So let's call this QQ for what it really is. "noone is using the MD... Whanh.

Well what do you expect? The weapon has a projectile arc, low RoF, can even kill you in close quarters (these are all intended factors). It's a pain in the *** to use and it is suposed to be. This is a weapon for people looking for a challenge, there is nothing wrong with this weapon, it kills people just fine when used/aimed properly (in fact I think there may be some kind of fall off damage bug for explosions, which means that it is functioning better than it should be). If there is any problem at all here it is operator error.

Last I ran the numbers, Dust had 14 weapon types - across all niches. The AR kills more often than 10 of those combined. Yeah, that's a problem. You're right though, there is no point to using any other weapons.


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Ignoble Son 3dge of D4rkness SoulWing Alliance 310	Posted - 2013.09.19 14:19:00 - [1] - Quote PADDEHATPIGEN wrote: The burst AR's, do you se anyone use them ? HELL NO they are even more USELESS. Hay, I use the burst AR. Ima Gallente, and when you stack two comp damage mods on the burst it's actually a fairly decent weapon, very accurate, good rate of fire, the cycle reputation (3,3,3) makes it easy to track and place your shots, it has better zoom fidelity and slightly better range, it's a good weapon (I wouldn't use it without atleast two damage mods though). I like the Alottek, that thing really puts out the rounds, but I mostly use the gk-13. Really I use the Tac, burst, and assault, just about evenly (use them situationally) when I am playing a slayer role, but most of the time I am playing as a logi, and mostly with that I just use the exile because it is a blueprint, and the assault is the easiest to use in close quarters, and when you only got one weapon you have to make the most of it.
Ignoble Son 3dge of D4rkness SoulWing Alliance 310	Posted - 2013.09.19 14:42:00 - [2] - Quote PADDEHATPIGEN wrote: Exile is a standard weapon, Alloteck is a proto weapon, but we still rather use the Exile. You say you only use Alloteck with minimun 2 complex dmg mods. I think you made a mistake here, you are saying that im right No I am saying that I REALLY like how the weapon handles but I can't kill anything with it with out atleast two damage mods, but that there are situations where I perfer using the burst over the assault even when I'm using damage mods on both simply because the way the weapon handles alows me to put people down more easily in certain situations.
Ignoble Son 3dge of D4rkness SoulWing Alliance 312	Posted - 2013.09.19 16:37:00 - [3] - Quote Buster Friently wrote: Kasote Denzara wrote: TL;DR = They work. Not only that, they work better than other weapons. Pretty much all of the time. Hail AR 514. Go AR or go home. What "other weapons" are there in this game? Seriously. Let's count shall we. Not including sidearms or AV weapons that there are exactly two: LR MD now we can pretty much nix the LR off this list because, for one, it is a good weapon, and the only reason people don't like it is because they either don't want to deal with its CQC limitations or it's over heat. The weapon does just fine killing people other wise, in it's optimal range it is FAR better than the AR. Aside from this how is the laser rifle even really diferent than the assault rifle? They are both line of sight weapons. So let's call this QQ for what it really is. "noone is using the MD... Whanh. Well what do you expect? The weapon has a projectile arc, low RoF, can even kill you in close quarters (these are all intended factors). It's a pain in the *** to use and it is suposed to be. This is a weapon for people looking for a challenge, there is nothing wrong with this weapon, it kills people just fine when used/aimed properly (in fact I think there may be some kind of fall off damage bug for explosions, which means that it is functioning better than it should be). If there is any problem at all here it is operator error.
Ignoble Son 3dge of D4rkness SoulWing Alliance 312	Posted - 2013.09.19 16:43:00 - [4] - Quote Buster Friently wrote: Ignoble Son wrote: Buster Friently wrote: Kasote Denzara wrote: TL;DR = They work. Not only that, they work better than other weapons. Pretty much all of the time. Hail AR 514. Go AR or go home. What "other weapons" are there in this game? Seriously. Let's count shall we. Not including sidearms or AV weapons there are exactly two: LR MD now we can pretty much nix the LR off this list because, for one, it is a good weapon, and the only reason people don't like it is because they either don't want to deal with its CQC limitations or it's over heat. The weapon does just fine killing people other wise, in it's optimal range it is FAR better than the AR. Aside from this how is the laser rifle even really diferent than the assault rifle? They are both line of sight weapons. So let's call this QQ for what it really is. "noone is using the MD... Whanh. Well what do you expect? The weapon has a projectile arc, low RoF, can even kill you in close quarters (these are all intended factors). It's a pain in the *** to use and it is suposed to be. This is a weapon for people looking for a challenge, there is nothing wrong with this weapon, it kills people just fine when used/aimed properly (in fact I think there may be some kind of fall off damage bug for explosions, which means that it is functioning better than it should be). If there is any problem at all here it is operator error. Last I ran the numbers, Dust had 14 weapon types - across all niches. The AR kills more often than 10 of those combined. Yeah, that's a problem. You're right though, there is no point to using any other weapons. Weapon names please, no side arms no AV.
Ignoble Son 3dge of D4rkness SoulWing Alliance 312	Posted - 2013.09.19 16:44:00 - [5] - Quote What this game needs is actual "other weapons". Creative/inventive/new weapons.