1) Damage Modifiers

By reducing complex damage modifiers to 5%, they are now worse than complex shield extenders on every possible fit.

There is no fit, none whatsoever, where shield extenders do not represent more than 5% of a dropsuit's total HP. Which means that outside of sniping, which has now been sorely nerfed, damage mods are totally useless.

CCP, you are removing diversity from the game. Everyone is simply going to dual-tank now.

2) Assault Rifle nerf

While in general good, the Gallente Assault Rifle did not need that severe of a nerf. As a matter of fact, it needed to remain close to its current stats to truly be the close-range bruiser option of the rifle class.

32 damage would have done it, 30 is too much of a nerf.

3) SMG nerf

I understand the need to nerf the SMG so it isn't as good as the rifles, but must the MagSec still have HIGHER DPS AND RANGE? New SMG is 350 DPS and 17m optimal, new Magsec is 355 DPS and 40m optimal. How is that balanced?

(Yes, I am ignoring charge up time. The Rail Rifle has shown this is not an issue at all to work around.)

4) The HMG needs a damage nerf along with the rifles.

Yeah, I said it. Suck it up fellow fatties.

With all the rifles getting an 8-15% damage nerf, the HMG is now comparatively that much more powerful. And with the Sentinel changes coming in 1.8, we are quickly heading to a state where HMG Sentinels will be the new overpowered FOTM.

Nerf HMG damage by 10% for this patch to maintain balance, otherwise the weapon with the highest DPS in the game will be the only full-auto weapon that maintained old TTK.

Pardon the immediate forum rage, but I'd hoped you guys had more sense than this. LERN2BALNCE boys.

The Heavies will be OK, you need to keep your distance or flank them.

You are supposed to die one on one head on to a Heavy! Do not complain, come in a pack and flank. This is not a single man hero style shooter, it's about team play.
The bigger problem are the light weapons on heavie suits. They should give light weapons a nerf on Heavie suits.

1) Damage Modifiers

By reducing complex damage modifiers to 5%, they are now worse than complex shield extenders on every possible fit.

There is no fit, none whatsoever, where shield extenders do not represent more than 5% of a dropsuit's total HP. Which means that outside of sniping, which has now been sorely nerfed, damage mods are totally useless.

CCP, you are removing diversity from the game. Everyone is simply going to dual-tank now.

2) Assault Rifle nerf

While in general good, the Gallente Assault Rifle did not need that severe of a nerf. As a matter of fact, it needed to remain close to its current stats to truly be the close-range bruiser option of the rifle class.

32 damage would have done it, 30 is too much of a nerf.

3) SMG nerf

I understand the need to nerf the SMG so it isn't as good as the rifles, but must the MagSec still have HIGHER DPS AND RANGE? New SMG is 350 DPS and 17m optimal, new Magsec is 355 DPS and 40m optimal. How is that balanced?

(Yes, I am ignoring charge up time. The Rail Rifle has shown this is not an issue at all to work around.)

4) The HMG needs a damage nerf along with the rifles.

Yeah, I said it. Suck it up fellow fatties.

With all the rifles getting an 8-15% damage nerf, the HMG is now comparatively that much more powerful. And with the Sentinel changes coming in 1.8, we are quickly heading to a state where HMG Sentinels will be the new overpowered FOTM.

Nerf HMG damage by 10% for this patch to maintain balance, otherwise the weapon with the highest DPS in the game will be the only full-auto weapon that maintained old TTK.

Pardon the immediate forum rage, but I'd hoped you guys had more sense than this. LERN2BALNCE boys.

very true this is not cod at all this is dust completely different that means teamwork

1. Damage Mods probably won't be gaining a penalty because stacking them doesn't give you the same potential for damage that it does now. With that being said, stacking 4-5 damage mods will bring the weapons back to the damage points they have now. Based on the January dropsuit stats, the only assault class that won't be able to stack 4-5 damage mods is the Amarr with 3 and considering that the Amarr have really handy bonuses for the Scrambler Rifle, the weapon best known for one-shotting, it's fair.
Stacking 5 damage mods is extremely PG intensive, and coupled with the PG consumption of plates and reppers, you'll have a poor tank to go with it. I'm not calling this balanced.
2. ARs, and a few other assault variants, faced one of the weakest nerfs outside of sidearms. They were nerf by 4 pts compared to the Rail Rifle which is 8 pts of a nerf, the ScR which is 7, and the CR which is 5. We went from 34 to 30 for our standard rifle...That's not that much of a jump in comparison to the others.
The percentage is far more important than the raw damage per shot. This affects DPS directly, and considering that ScR's DPS is already through the roof, it's not really a big deal. Don't forget that the AR is subpar at the moment as well. It's being nerfed from a lower base.
3. SMG is faster and the MagSec is slower. The SMG has less fitting requirements as well. It kinda evens itself out. In CQC, the SMG will more than likely still be dominate against a MagSec that's trying to rip you up in the SMG's optimal range. I mean, even now the SMG is one of the go to weapons for CQC.
AR is faster and the RR is slower. The AR has less fitting requirements as well... You get the picture. It's DPS at range coupled with the CQC capability that's devastating.
4. I believe they said the HMG is gaining some serious attention. WIth that said, if the HMG gains a nerf it shouldn't be to the point of uselessness. It should go without saying but many players would prefer to see it as a non-threat.

The Heavies will be OK, you need to keep your distance or flank them.

You are supposed to die one on one head on to a Heavy! Do not complain, come in a pack and flank. This is not a single man hero style shooter, it's about team play.
The bigger problem are the light weapons on heavie suits. They should give light weapons a nerf on Heavie suits.

good stuff

1. Damage Mods probably won't be gaining a penalty because stacking them doesn't give you the same potential for damage that it does now.

3. SMG is faster and the MagSec is slower. The SMG has less fitting requirements as well. It kinda evens itself out.

4. I believe they said the HMG is gaining some serious attention. WIth that said, if the HMG gains a nerf it shouldn't be to the point of uselessness. It should go without saying but many players would prefer to see it as a non-threat.

The Heavies will be OK, you need to keep your distance or flank them.

You are supposed to die one on one head on to a Heavy! Do not complain, come in a pack and flank. This is not a single man hero style shooter, it's about team play.
The bigger problem are the light weapons on heavie suits. They should give light weapons a nerf on Heavie suits.

4) The HMG needs a damage nerf along with the rifles.

Yeah, I said it. Suck it up fellow fatties.

With all the rifles getting an 8-15% damage nerf, the HMG is now comparatively that much more powerful. And with the Sentinel changes coming in 1.8, we are quickly heading to a state where HMG Sentinels will be the new overpowered FOTM.

Nerf HMG damage by 10% for this patch to maintain balance, otherwise the weapon with the highest DPS in the game will be the only full-auto weapon that maintained old TTK.

Pardon the immediate forum rage, but I'd hoped you guys had more sense than this. LERN2BALNCE boys.

2. ARs, and a few other assault variants, faced one of the weakest nerfs outside of sidearms. They were nerf by 4 pts compared to the Rail Rifle which is 8 pts of a nerf, the ScR which is 7, and the CR which is 5. We went from 34 to 30 for our standard rifle...That's not that much of a jump in comparison to the others.

The Heavies will be OK, you need to keep your distance or flank them.

You are supposed to die one on one head on to a Heavy! Do not complain, come in a pack and flank. This is not a single man hero style shooter, it's about team play.
The bigger problem are the light weapons on heavie suits. They should give light weapons a nerf on Heavie suits.