can't say i've ever heard anyone say the HMG is OP, most common thing I hear ppl whine about is heavies running around with light weapons, CCP needs to fast track additional heavy weapons and then remove the ability for them to carry light weapons, and before anyone says "but sandbox!" let medium and light frames carry heavy weapons if you think the game should be all sandbox.

It only makes sense that a heavy can carry a light weapon, if it can pick up something like a HMG why can't it hold a CR? Because it is to light? A medium can't hold a HMG or forge gun because it is to heavy. I mean it could but it would add a movement penalty to the medium suit.

but but but sandbox

I'm against removing light weapon use for heavies.

I am however for penalizing them for equipping a light weapon on a Basic or Sentinel Heavy. In particular, I would like to see light weapons have a slower reload time, or kick more when held by a Heavy.

This is a really stupid argument. Yes you are supposed to use teamwork to take down a heavy they are built to withstand some fire at close range. Any medium to far range encounters with a heavy you have him dead to rights. That's because HEY heavys are supposed to use their hmg's to shoot the &!$@ out of anything that comes close, not take a 100m shot at you.

Tell me more about how heavies can't equip a RR and be better at long range as well.

heavies with light weapons are a joke.
always have been.

HMG is OP because any decent heavy instantly melts any suit in the game in his range, combine with LAV and the only way you're countered is a blaster tank, or by multiple infantry.

pretty sure that's the definition of OP-
skyrocketed DPS compared to all other weapons.
Much higher ehp.
the only flaw(speed and range) being easily worked around and abused.

I've thought hmgs were OP ever since the damage buff, then they got the extra 400rpm.
Now the TTK with an HMG is instantaneous on any suit except max tanked heavies, which are still melted in less than a second and a half.(count to a second and a half, is that a lot? no, its still pretty much that you cant turn around.)

The problem is simply that the dps is too damn high, let heavies be tanky, but reduce dps by a substantial amount, and buff the range of the heavy accordingly, it shouldn't HAVE to abuse an LAV on an open map, and it shouldn't be CERTAIN INSTA death in CQC.

*EDIT also, I have a heavy suit my self, with officer HMGs and 1700ehp.
its OP right now, the only reason its not viable to run it some games is that its an open map, and the tanks are too common, thus Im forced to run tanks to kill the tanks. Otherwise, I usually do use it, just cus its fun to run around with a buttload of HP and instakilling everything I see by driving up to it.

This argument is about hmg's not the suit.

I love it when people say nerf the hmg. You know what happens then whiny medium suits??? RR cr and other light weapons on heavies. You get one or the other medium suits do you wanna nerf the hmg and let heavies run rampant at all ranges, or a cqc or av killer.