We keep seeing these "TTK" issue threads, but I think it's time to stop dancing around the issue.

The time to kill of most weapons is fine, with the exception of the rifles and the SMG.

The high damage output of these weapons is negating the following:

- CQC tactics: Strafing, jumping, and moving in general is a moot point, if you get shot first, you are probably dead.
- Fittings: Most fits are now glass cannons, with most of the remainder being stacked HP. Variety in viable fittings is dwindling.
- Going for cover: If you are in the open, you are dead, there is no running once you start taking damage.
- Scouts: Speed tanking is no longer viable due to some of the above reasons. It's very hard to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee anymore.
- Non Rifle Weapons: The non hitscan weapons are now relegated to utter novelties. The Rail Rifle has eaten the Laser's lunch, and most engagements are over before the second Mass Driver round can travel to a target.

Or to further distill it down, the rifles and SMG are interfering with:

- Core FPS mechanics
- Unique Dust Mechanics

Which means it is affecting almost the entire game.

Reducing the damage by 30% is a good start to addressing what these incredibly high DPS weapons have done to Dust.

No way can a Scrambler user call out the CR as 'most' OP

The gun you are using is way more lethal with it's charge shot....

Scramblers are the equivalent of the un-nerfed Tac AR, with a charge up ability ......

No way can a Scrambler user call out the CR as 'most' OP

The gun you are using is way more lethal with it's charge shot....

Scramblers are the equivalent of the un-nerfed Tac AR, with a charge up ability ......

No. The SMG is fine.

Agreed. What do you guys think if we took Dmos out the gamw?

We keep seeing these "TTK" issue threads, but I think it's time to stop dancing around the issue.

The time to kill of most weapons is fine, with the exception of the rifles and the SMG.

The high damage output of these weapons is negating the following:

- CQC tactics: Strafing, jumping, and moving in general is a moot point, if you get shot first, you are probably dead.
- Fittings: Most fits are now glass cannons, with most of the remainder being stacked HP. Variety in viable fittings is dwindling.
- Going for cover: If you are in the open, you are dead, there is no running once you start taking damage.
- Scouts: Speed tanking is no longer viable due to some of the above reasons. It's very hard to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee anymore.
- Non Rifle Weapons: The non hitscan weapons are now relegated to utter novelties. The Rail Rifle has eaten the Laser's lunch, and most engagements are over before the second Mass Driver round can travel to a target.

Or to further distill it down, the rifles and SMG are interfering with:

- Core FPS mechanics
- Unique Dust Mechanics

Which means it is affecting almost the entire game.

Reducing the damage by 30% is a good start to addressing what these incredibly high DPS weapons have done to Dust.

We keep seeing these "TTK" issue threads, but I think it's time to stop dancing around the issue.

The time to kill of most weapons is fine, with the exception of the rifles and the SMG.

The high damage output of these weapons is negating the following:

- CQC tactics: Strafing, jumping, and moving in general is a moot point, if you get shot first, you are probably dead.
- Fittings: Most fits are now glass cannons, with most of the remainder being stacked HP. Variety in viable fittings is dwindling.
- Going for cover: If you are in the open, you are dead, there is no running once you start taking damage.
- Scouts: Speed tanking is no longer viable due to some of the above reasons. It's very hard to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee anymore.
- Non Rifle Weapons: The non hitscan weapons are now relegated to utter novelties. The Rail Rifle has eaten the Laser's lunch, and most engagements are over before the second Mass Driver round can travel to a target.

Or to further distill it down, the rifles and SMG are interfering with:

- Core FPS mechanics
- Unique Dust Mechanics

Which means it is affecting almost the entire game.

Reducing the damage by 30% is a good start to addressing what these incredibly high DPS weapons have done to Dust.

Aside from the Forge's infantry sniping ability, the other weapons need some attention, but are decently balanced. But you are absolutely incorrect in your statement that "every weapon does relatively equal damage over time". That's mathematically untrue. The rifles outclass almost everything.

But let's go back to your HP based proposal. The core issue with it is that it effectively nerfs EVERY weapon in the game, and not every weapon in the game needs a nerf.

Let's take the mass driver for example:

There are suits in the game that I can unload a whole clip on and will survive, unless I score at least 50% direct hits.

Keep in mind that the MD fires one shot per second, so that's 6 seconds plus round travel time. However the Rifles can down a suit in under 2 seconds.

What happens to the MD's effectiveness if suddenly everyone had 30% more HP? It means the MD user now has to suffer one of the longest reloads in the game to kill anyone.

Sweeping nerfs like that are a bad idea, and targeted nerfs are a better solution.

- CQC tactics: Strafing, jumping, and moving in general is a moot point, if you get shot first, you are probably dead.

Chromosome scouts where impossible to kill due to bunny hopping and super strafe add this to a KB/M user and you have Godmode.

- Fittings: Most fits are now glass cannons, with most of the remainder being stacked HP. Variety in viable fittings is dwindling.

Remove damage modifiers, or give them a penalty.

- Going for cover: If you are in the open, you are dead, there is no running once you start taking damage.

This happens in every single FPS, I don't know a single FPS where you can run through an open field, or an open space even if its just a short sprint stretch where being completely open to fire does NOT leave you vulnerable. This (IMO) is working as intended.

- Non Rifle Weapons: The non hitscan weapons are now relegated to utter novelties. The Rail Rifle has eaten the Laser's lunch, and most engagements are over before the second Mass Driver round can travel to a target.

Laser rifle obviously needs a damage and range buff, it should perform like the rail rifle does in long range but perform like a sniper rifle in short range. The rail rifle should have its range toned down just above the scrambler rifle, and have its CQC power greatly nerfed. As for the shotgun and the Mass driver, the shotgun is very powerful int he right hands but the mass driver is a different story, it can be a very OP or UP weapon and I can't really suggest how to fix it.

This game doesn't have bunny hopping. Bunny hopping is a glitch that is very specific to some Quake derived games.

I don't know what you mean by "super strafing" either.

I think you just want to shoot stationary targets?



I don't think they should be removed outright, and I think they already have a damage penalty. The problem is that the BASE damage before skills of every rifle is just way too high.



Not every single FPS, no.

There are games where a gun battle can go on for more than 2 seconds. It is wiser to stick to cover, but sometimes you have to move from cover.

With the current rifle damage (and the aim assist) it becomes an instant death sentence if any decent player has line of sight on you.

I've played shooters where someone can get the drop on you and you can still come out ahead thanks to superior footwork and gungame, and I think it's more fun that way.

That can almost never happen in Dust, and I think the core gameplay and the fittings metagame is suffering for it.



That's the thing, everyone is so used to the high damage environment that the "obvious" fix is to just buff everything else as well.

The game is a BLAP-fest regardless if you have 300hp or 1.2k hp, and that's a problem.

And the solution isn't to bring the "underpowered" weapons up to par.

Obviously although agreeing with me about my assessment on what needs to happen (more HP) you disagree with me about the weapons, I am fine with that but urge you to look closer at the type of environment each weapon excels in. They are not all designed to be open/closed spaces weapons and act accordingly.

I'd like to see a 20% reduction to all rifle ranges as well as a damage debuff.

The thing is that there is no reason to use anything but an rifle now. The niches of things non-rifle are now erased by rifles. CQC? Combat Rifle does better than the shotgun. Mid-Long Range? Rail Rifle outclasses the Laser. Getting guys out from cover? Grenades do that just fine, no need for the lolcannon or mass driver.

(side note, every smart player at this point knows that when I start popping them behind cover, they can just poke their head out and blap me before my 2nd round hits them.)

As far as the HP thing, that is one way to solve the problem, but canon-wise it's risky business, since a Rifter has a base HP of 1250.

I'd rather go the damage reduction route than to have dropsuits with more HP than spaceships.

The upside to a Damage nerf vs a RoF nerf for the rifles is that it will increase the importance of the sidearm, which will in turn further dissuade people from using Logi suits as Assault suits.