Hmm, it seems assault rifles are hitting too hard at long ranges...what should we do?

Uhh, how about we introduce assault rifles that hit harder at longer ranges?

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******* brilliant, ship it.

Like I said , five shots and your dead and sometimes it's less than that .

It doesn't matter how many HP's you have and even if your a Heavy , the same can be said .

If you can't run your done and there's NO longevity in these matches , it's just get shot and die and watch the clone count decrease .

Seven , Eight and sometimes even a Thousand HP's don't even matter so why try to place extra " buffers " between yourself and the inevitable ???

Placed most of my skill points into my core and to place any scanner on my fits would compromise me , skill increases really don't help my suit scanner so to place any of the mods that came with the skill set would compromise me again . Seems that was the ONLY thing that the skill set is really for , is to unlock extra mods because the increases are NOT NOTICEABLE .

Following someone around with a scanner is futile and I would have thought that addressing my core skills would actually make a difference but the only actual difference is now I can place the better mods on a fit but at a price of defense or offense but I guess if I did so I could run or prepare to fight and place myself in a better position .

With the NEW shield penalty it makes one more hurdle to jump over as well as not being able to place enough armor and armor reps on a fit . Guess if I was a Gal character then this might not be such a problem . Guess one lives ( not very long in Dust ) and one learns .

Five shots and my dead what?

More seriously though, yes, this is what everyone means when we say "TTK is too short". TTK is Time To Kill. It doesn't take long enough to kill another player. One of the great things about the game before 1.7 was always that you had enough time to figure out WHY you died in most situations.

Before, long TTK was frustrating, because a large part of the reason for it to be long was the fact that your shots weren't registering. Now, that same TTK with improved hit detection would actually be ideal. You're landing hits, but not instantly obliterating the victim of your fire. It should take a few hits from most weapons to kill. Shotguns and Sniper Rifles should still have one-shot potential in many situations, because that's their role, but the main frontline Rifles, and some of the other rapid-fire weapons, need to be toned down a little, so players can actually get hit and still have a chance to make it to cover or start returning fire before melting.

Unfortunately this sweet spot is INCREDIBLY hard to find, we just have to hope CCP realise they are currently on the 'too short' end of the spectrum!

hell, I'm a logi so I know I'm paper thin

YOU're paper thin?!? What about scouts!!!

I dont play Heavy, but they seriously need a 5% per level damage reduction. They should strike fear and make you rethink your tactics with your squad. Nowadays I can solo a heavy easily.

They need more than a buffer. Weapons also need they their 10% damage buff revoked, and individual weapons rethought (ie swarm launcher, as they just had their damage nerfed.)

Either that, or the HP items needs to be rethought. 50hp difference from a basic to a complex armor plate is laughable. The 2% efficiacy bonus as well.

And why the Hell do we even have aim assist? I want a CCP answer to why they thought it was a good idea. Was it to counter lag and fps because aiming in general was bad, or was it because they thought it would add tonthe gamplay, as they sort of state in the QA dev blog?

OP you're just way too japanese. You even beat Nyain San for being japanese.

You're fudging the math. 2x Complex damage mods + Prof III (attainable even on advanced suits and low-SP players) on a 450DPS rifle = 580.5 = barely over 1 second, or much less with a few headshots thrown in there. Not to mention the fact that many players can't/don't run bricked-out suits, and therefore are sitting more around 400-500 EHP.