I think you are looking at the issue from the incorrect perspective. The TTK before the "buff" by hit detection was incorrect. There was a lot of jumping around to avoid explosions and other silliness in the game. To fix that issue, as well as hit detection not working to begin with, they fixed the hit detections and found less silliness to result in the game. They had already rebalanced the other weapons you named like flaylocks and mass drivers by either decreasing their damage or their area of effect. Hit detection was the final part of the overall fix. Flaylocks, mass drivers, scrambler pistols, etc are still viable weapons, they just get used differently than the ARs and other assault style weapons. Due to their inherent learning curves, not being part of newbie setups (and thus free), requiring some thought to skill into and use, etc. all the non-AR weapons are going to be less utilized and thus seen as OP as more and more people use them solely. It's not that they are OP, but that they are just over used by comparison.

The problem is that a heavy can taken down with less than a clip. A scout with a pistol headshot. An assault with a single shotgun hit.

There are a multitude of threads, player accounts, videos, blogs and podcasts all saying that TTK is the number one problem. The fact that a fix is not here is now no longer looking like an oversight on CCP's part, rather an inability to actually know what to do about it.

As it stands, right now, TTK is such a problem that I can not in all conscience recommend this game to new players. I'm struggling with 21m SP to stay competitive. What chance have they got?

Thanks for the positive feedback - it's encouraging, and I think this format works well as a means to get your questions answered by people who might not have the bandwidth for a full AMA or live chat to answer questions.

Look for more in the future!

The problem is that a heavy can taken down with less than a clip. A scout with a pistol headshot. An assault with a single shotgun hit.

There are a multitude of threads, player accounts, videos, blogs and podcasts all saying that TTK is the number one problem. The fact that a fix is not here is now no longer looking like an oversight on CCP's part, rather an inability to actually know what to do about it.

As it stands, right now, TTK is such a problem that I can not in all conscience recommend this game to new players. I'm struggling with 21m SP to stay competitive. What chance have they got?

Dust for PC ?

remove the 10% damage buff allready .... 10% longer TTK wouldn't make dropping people that much longer...

I dunno, I played mostly FW matches last night. Overall I died less and I felt it to be a much more tactical game. TTK seem very good as engagement ranges increased a lot and thus you not only got warning from the "plinking" of the longer ranged weapons, but you also had time to react/take-cover/return fire etc.

With the addition of all 4 race's versions of the assault rifles, the game had rebalanced itself. THIS is the major point I've been trying to impress upon the CCP devs since day one of beta. ALL four races' variants have to be implemented in the game before you can claim that any are balanced.

Everyone said TTK was too short after the introduction good hit detection with the Gallente ARs. Well that's because in order to properly engage with the Gallente ARs you have to be at a reasonably closer range to your target. This puts you within the kill range of just about every weapon in the game. So thus your "time-to-live" decreases significantly. People attributed this to the ARs being OP, but they are doing exactly what they are meant to do, be very lethal at short ranges. But since there was NO OTHER weapons in the game to compare this to (other than the Scrambler Rifle which is meant to do the same thing in a slightly different way), everyone thought the game was broken. Well it was in a way, it was missing the other two weapon categories.

Now that we have Combat Rifles and Rail Rifles, the TTK seems to have decreased. Players are seemingly living longer. Well, I disagree. Instead I believe they are playing smarter and engaging at longer, less lethal, ranges. The TTK at the shorter ranges is still the same, very short and lethal. This is great in my opinion and I believe this is what needs to be done for all categories of suits, weapons, vehicles, and turrets in the game.

CCP you are on the right track, you just need to finish the "verisimilitude" of the game!

this is really cynical of me sorry,

but 50% of the community is the CPM/Heinrich Jagerblitzen and Kevall Longstride/DennieFleetfoot(same person) ?

Hello everyone!

To coincide with the launch of Uprising 1.7, we fielded questions across numerous channels from the Community. Meet Senior Game Designer Gavin Frankle -- aka CCP Remnant -- as he tackles your questions regarding the future of DUST 514, game balance and more.

Note: These interview questions have been answered by CCP Remnant as CCP FlyingScotsman no longer works at CCP.

Hope you enjoy this interview with CCP Remnant!

Hello everyone!

To coincide with the launch of Uprising 1.7, we fielded questions across numerous channels from the Community. Meet Senior Game Designer Gavin Frankle -- aka CCP Remnant -- as he tackles your questions regarding the future of DUST 514, game balance and more.

Note: These interview questions have been answered by CCP Remnant as CCP FlyingScotsman no longer works at CCP.

Hope you enjoy this interview with CCP Remnant!

Nice try at trolling... He's saying that moving/jumping around in such a way as to "dodge bullets" Chun Lee style from Remo Williiams: The Adventure Continues (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089901/?ref_=nv_sr_1) is NOT the feel they are looking for in this scifi based FPS game.

I almost came in my pants when I read the Scout Love part.

CCP, stop blueballing me and give us scout the love. XD

I'm not dodging bullets, I'm trying to throw off your aim so that my 1.2k HP suit isn't melted in a second.

The incredibly high damage of the rifles combined with aim assist combined with slow movement greatly reduces the tactics available to a player in CQC.

The formula has to be tweaked, faster movement, less/no aim assist, and/or lower rifle damage.

Wow you literally answered him with a question which means heavies aren't getting fixed Yay medium frames will rule 4ever. CCP you need to fix heavies they are not feared they are lolz

The problem is that a heavy can taken down with less than a clip. A scout with a pistol headshot. An assault with a single shotgun hit.

There are a multitude of threads, player accounts, videos, blogs and podcasts all saying that TTK is the number one problem. The fact that a fix is not here is now no longer looking like an oversight on CCP's part, rather an inability to actually know what to do about it.

As it stands, right now, TTK is such a problem that I can not in all conscience recommend this game to new players. I'm struggling with 21m SP to stay competitive. What chance have they got?

Reading that interview saddens me because strafing was fun it showed a players gun game by out dancing and shooting your opponent. I thought it was fun to do battle like that. I did like that Gavin talked about shield and armor regen by making the dropsuits better effective in battle. I love tactics and the ability to use skill being the underdog as well as feeling powerful when using highly technological suits and weapons to fight even more effective in battle. At the end of the day Dust 514 should be a shooter that challenges gamers to think versus just going out in battle spraying and praying. Out strafing your opponent was fun and if you had great gun game it was deadly. So I do hope CCP designs the game to focus on the gamers ability to shoot and move tactically with implementing using the dropsuit,weapons and vehicle technologies available to create your ideal deadly mercenary.