DUST does not suck, it is just not done yet. We are still in a beta, and I feel people forget that because CCP doesn't want you to think that. For every step back CCP has made, there are two steps forward that people don't recognize because they don't look at the big picture. Gameplay has improved solidly since January 27th. While I was a huge fan of closed and open beta, Uprising 1.7 has figured out much of what is broken in the game. There are still a few core gameplay elements that need to be smoothed out, but all in all the game performs much better, until you freeze. https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1630330#post1630330

The new weapons are awesome and a great step to adding more versatility on the battlefield. More powerful HAVs, more powerful DS, more powerful AV. That last part will get me flamed but I feel that AV is actually more useful now because it invokes teamwork and removes the task from one dedicated AV person to multiple. That is the way it should be. The battlefield needs to be a fast moving fluid or it becomes stagnant. That is what 1 proto FG or SL did in 1.0-1.6. It delegated the removal of vehicles to one person of 16 and bred rooftop FGs slaughtering infantry. Now those FGs have actual targets to shoot other than infantry. People will not look at it that way though and I can tell ou that I was only killed maybe once since 1.7 launched by a FG.

All in all though if CCP keeps down the path to optimization and the introduction of gear and weapons, I would say that by May 14, 2014 we might actually have a full release game to play that is just as good if not better than the next AAA shooter. I haven't played the new HALO or Destiny yet though so I might be gone as well by then depending on what XBOX and PS4 do to me on those fronts.