A question for you MD users: the EC-3 fires at higher ROF, but do the grenades travel faster or not compared to the EXO-5 ones?

This isn't about optimal conditions, this is about a light weapon's usefulness against classes. Laser and Shotguns are still effective against all classes, the MD will not be in 1.8.

I agree, it needs a buff, it is useless against all these insanely high DPS rifles, its difficult to use in cqc cause of the splash damage on yourself

and dont give me that crap like "its a support weapon"

ITS A FREAKING GRENADE LAUNCHER, you should be able to kill masses with it, people should fear it, It has so many drawbacks, low rate of fire, low damage, low ammo capacity, high pg cpu and high isk cost, there should be some benefit to using it, its a fun unique weapon I wanna see more people use it

You weren't here for Uprising 1.3 were you? It was FotM.

You weren't here for Uprising 1.3 were you? It was FotM.

Then 1.4 Aim Assist ....

RIP Actual Aiming, Gungame, Open field battles, TTK, MD, Scoutz, speed tanking, any competitive FPS player caring about DUST.

1.3 sounds like alot of fun, I wish I could play that build, instead of the current COD 514

You know that niche weapons need optimal conditions.

You want your gun to be FotM? That's pathetic...

You weren't here for Uprising 1.3 were you? It was FotM.
Also, it doesn't have high CPU/PG costs, it uses 1 more PG and 3 more CPU than an AR at proto level. It costs the same as any other light weapon, too. If there is a buff for it, it should be stronger Direct Hits.

The MD was already one of the most situational weapons in the game, due to Shield v Armor actually mattering, vertical advantage and ammo + clip awareness being almost a necessity, while managing your optimal range that Rifles tend to out DPS you in anyway. All of this made it a mediocre choice, shown by how few people actually used the weapon pre-1. 8. But this changes in 1.8, because the MD will be the only weapon in the game(apart from Flaylock) that will be dependent on dropsuit class.

Against a Heavy - useless
Against Assaults or Commandos - Extremely Bad match-up
Against Logistics - Neutral but may change due to the weapon of opponent
Against Scouts - Favorable(what isn't, poor scouts) but may change due to weapon of opponent

Even Laser don't find themselves useless to the point where they need to stop using their weapon against a class. Combined with the elements that made the MD already situational, it makes the MD not viable as a main weapon. If this is the direction the game is going, it makes sense to put the MD together with the rest of the massively situational weapons. It's not like it's out-DPSing sidearms too, on the contrary, it's being left in the dust against any sidearm other than the flaylock when comparing optimals.