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Loki Patera
xCosmic Voidx
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
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Posted - 2014.03.05 13:32:00 -
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So I use this weapon mainly and have max proficiency.
Why am I now starting to see people saying it's going to be cack since this Dev Blog - has it been nerfed too much?
Please explain to a scrub.
Open Beta vet - in it for the long haul
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Aeon Amadi
Ancient Exiles.
Renegade Alliance
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Posted - 2014.03.05 13:35:00 -
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Loki Patera wrote:So I use this weapon mainly and have max proficiency.
Why am I now starting to see people saying it's going to be cack since this Dev Blog - has it been nerfed too much?
Please explain to a scrub.
Assault Rifle was already suffering from power creep brought on by new rifles which had comparable DPS but with much longer range. The new changes to weapons brought on with Uprising 1.8 will reduce it's damage by about 11% as well as change it's proficiency to focus on damage against shield users. Comparing it to the Magsec SMG, which has higher damage per round and about the same range (same exact optimal for instance) and it's basically been power creeped to death by recent implementations.
Just as well, Gallente Assaults get a dispersion reduction which will not help you much in CQC, which is what the Assault Rifle is designed for. So, yes, basically it's going to be worthless when compared to other weapons.
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Ryme Intrinseca
Fatal Absolution
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.03.05 13:36:00 -
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Loki Patera wrote:So I use this weapon mainly and have max proficiency.
Why am I now starting to see people saying it's going to be cack since this Dev Blog - has it been nerfed too much?
Please explain to a scrub.
12% damage nerf.
For context, the ScR (all variants) and assault CR only face 8-9% nerfs. MD and LR get major buffs. The magsec SMG, a mere sidearm, has similar stats to AR.
So yeah, the AR has been nerfed into near uselessness. |
Lorhak Gannarsein
Science For Death
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Posted - 2014.03.05 13:38:00 -
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AR not found.
Did you mean: useless waste of SP because all the assault variants have more range and DPS, and almost all have better damage profiles?
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Loki Patera
xCosmic Voidx
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
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Posted - 2014.03.05 13:38:00 -
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Ryme Intrinseca wrote:Loki Patera wrote:So I use this weapon mainly and have max proficiency.
Why am I now starting to see people saying it's going to be cack since this Dev Blog - has it been nerfed too much?
Please explain to a scrub.
12% damage nerf. For context, the ScR (all variants) and assault CR only face 8-9% nerfs. MD and LR get major buffs. The magsec SMG, a mere sidearm, has similar stats to AR. So yeah, the AR has been nerfed into near uselessness.
Wow - ok - hopefully the devs claw it back a bit - if not I'm going to be getting spanked on a regular basis by some SMG.
Open Beta vet - in it for the long haul
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