If you were to balance heavies,

They would end up tipping over.

No... I would just reduce their rotation speed.

Considering the level of your recent QQ...



You'd probably reduce it to 4%.

I would reduce their rotation speed. That's all folks.

And I would increase my controller sensitivity. Where we at then?

I would reduce their rotation speed. That's all folks.

controller sensitivity only increases how fast your controller will get to max speed and speed is being capped so? now where are we?

how about this-increase aim acceleration by 20% on scouts, and 10% on assaults, remove heavy aim acceleration, reduce heavy turn speed

Just saying that it worked backed in the early days of beta. Increasing lateral controller sensitivity negated turn speed balancing. It just meant I had to use fat suits and fat suits only... switching to medium suits effed up aiming.

how about this-increase aim acceleration by 20% on scouts, and 10% on assaults, remove heavy aim acceleration, reduce heavy turn speed

Or you can fix the hit detection problems with the SG, so the fools in the Scout suits who feel they should be able to 1 on 1 a HMG Heavy in their optimal range can get a kill and stop moaning.

a scout SHOULD be able to 1v1 a HMG heavy in its optimal with ease, if they can get the drop on itGǪ..heavies should not=invincible
they should be very difficult to kill head on, but if attacked from the sides and rear they should be dispatched with relative ease

I disagree.

Flanking or sneaking up upon anyone, in any dropsuit should not guarantee a kill, but only provide an advantage. An advantage that is equally susceptible to any advantage a suit or weapon would have in their own respective niche.

A SG wielding scout can take down most other suits in the game with ease (Edit) if you get the drop on them, because CQC isn't their specialty niche.

A SG wielding scout should not have an easy time with a suit designed to survive in CQC situations, using a weapon designed to dominate in CQC. He should be smart and move on to a more reliable target, after all, the disparity between their health alone is a reason for hesitation to begin with.

A Heavy using an HMG is unable to chase down medium suit Rifles staying within their optimal and effective ranges, being unable to do a damn thing about it but run away and choose a different target.

Why should scouts get the luxury of being able to solo any dropsuit and weapon setup with relative ease and no fear of risk?

Or you can fix the hit detection problems with the SG, so the fools in the Scout suits who feel they should be able to 1 on 1 a HMG Heavy in their optimal range can get a kill and stop moaning.

SG optimum is under 5m .. if a scout gets that close then they deserve the kill and you deserve to die

I would reduce their rotation speed. That's all folks.

So getting close deserves an definitive kill? No matter the situation?

I can spawn at a CRU or uplink, and as long as a scout is there...i should die regardless of my ability to fire back?

A scout can jump out of a dropship and land within 5 meters of me, and i should die since he got so close?

Sorry, but there are far too many factors taking place during a battle to have such a narrow minded view.

Under that logic I could say the same thing about heavies with an HMG. In a skirmish or dom, they go in and just camp an objective located in an installation. According to what you wrote, no single person should really be able to take them out, flanking advantage or no. Also, then no one should be able to get in there and kill you except another heavy, some guy who gets lucky and manages to get in with a RE or a group of people in which one manages to get the drop on you. Same thing with your respawn bit. Had it happen a ton in this recent event. I spawn in at an uplink, cru, or objective, should I die immediately to a heavy or two camping there from an HMG burst, even if he is not initially facing my direction?

Yeah, what you said is true about not being able to chase down medium suits. That's about the only main weakness you guys have at the moment, which is totally mitigated when you all sit and camp objectives, spawns, or sit in installations.

I think a lot of problems can be resolved by what Fox Gaden said in another thread. Get rid of that "sloth" effect when you get shot and things would improve considerably.

a scout SHOULD be able to 1v1 a HMG heavy in its optimal with ease, if they can get the drop on itGǪ..heavies should not=invincible
they should be very difficult to kill head on, but if attacked from the sides and rear they should be dispatched with relative ease

There was a time when heavies had a significantly slower turning speed and it made heavies very UP. Heavies already are slow moving large hitbox targets. If you cant kill a heavy your doing it wrong. If your trying to kill a heavy by charging in to close quarters and wondering why you become paste your a moron.

Wow. I'm just glad folks like you aren't responsible for balancing DUST. Because apparently it's about that 1 vs 1 thing against a heavy. And you happen to be a scout. Scouts have a lot of advantages as it is. They can literally jump almost as high as a clone, run super fast, can traverse almost any terrain with ease. Heavies can barely clear a road without being run down by speeding LAV's, can't jump over obstacles 1 foot tall, and have the largest hit detection of anyone. And they're super slow!

If you wanted to be a slayer, then choose another role. You're in a class that has the least HP of any clone. And by the way, your cloaks are coming in on 1.8. So enjoy that with your close-up shottys. Jeez.