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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PADDEHATPIGEN BurgezzE.T.F Public Disorder. 63	Posted - 2013.09.19 13:31:00 - [1] - Quote You ALL act like the AR's NEVER got nerfed, well for all you ignorant, lying basterds, cry babys ect, AR's was nerfed MANY times by now. Go look at all the old DEV post and you will find one nerf after another. Right now ONLY the full auto AR's are working, the rest of them are USELESS... TRY TO USE AR's before you speak of them. Go look at the stats on all the weapons, insted of just comming op with falce statements you heard from some noob that dont know anything, but just makes things op as they go... AR's DOES have kick/recoil, you can't controle it after 25-30 rounds. AR's DOES have despersion, the tactical AR's are the worst of all weapons in the game. The breach AR's, do you EVER se anyone use them ? NO they got nerfed SO BAD they are USELESS. The burst AR's, do you se anyone use them ? HELL NO they are even more USELESS. The tactial AR's, LOL, there was never a problem with the tactical AR's, there was a problem with players usein modded controllers to abuse the ROF, ALL that was needed to do was lower the ROF, but all you whiners had to get them nerfed even more, more kick, more disp, lower clip size to 18 rounds, etc. They are also almost usel+¬ss now to. You can also use a modded controller to abuse the CSCR, but that is the weapon ALL the whiners, lying basterds and cry babys use, so no one talks about nerfing SCR's.... Btw. this was NOT a post about nerfs LOL. I got the AR skills simply for this reason: When i started to play back in beta, there where only 2 assault weapons, 1. the laser, 2. the assailt rifle. I play for Caldari in Eve online so it was clear to me that i wanted to play Caldari in Dust 514 to, as i know about racial bonuses from Eve, i know that Caldari and Gallante use the same weapons, railguns and blasters, and thats the reason i have AR's on my Caldari suit, it fits my race, lasers DONT...
PADDEHATPIGEN BurgezzE.T.F Public Disorder. 63	Posted - 2013.09.19 14:30:00 - [2] - Quote 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
PADDEHATPIGEN BurgezzE.T.F Public Disorder. 64	Posted - 2013.09.21 08:41:00 - [3] - Quote Ignoble Son wrote: 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. Dont get me wrong ;) the burst AR's use to be my absolute favorit, but as you say you cant kill anyone whitout using at least 2 complex dmg mods. THIS is my point, its is USELESS now, you should NOT be forced to use dmg mods to be able to make a kill.
PADDEHATPIGEN BurgezzE.T.F Public Disorder. 64	Posted - 2013.09.21 09:01:00 - [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. Well put in the the missing weapons and give players a respec... problem solved... Well in most cases, i for one will still go for blaster's and railguns, but that has something to do with race, and future racial bonuses.