1. Lock Heavies to heavy weapons in their H slot.

2. Fix the cloak bug that allows firing while cloaked.

3. Moderately increase the stacking penalties of vehicle modules.

4. Balance the Combat Rifle (-10% to shield damage & +10% to armor damage).

5. Make 80GJ blaster turrets AV or AI, but make up your mind and stop letting it function as both.

Seriously, tell me why/how these changes wouldn't improve the game experience for the vast majority of the dwindling playerbase.

Combat rifle needs more changes then that

6. Improve framerate
7. Add 1 more map.
8. Increase total player count to 20 v 20 or 18 v 18

You can't deny that it's a start.

I'm also trying to avoid nerfing it into oblivion.



That's more than 5. Also, not very simple. At least not the first two.

6. Improve framerate
7. Add 1 more map.
8. Increase total player count to 20 v 20 or 18 v 18

Just fix this unbalance with the Cr its OP

You can't deny that it's a start.

I'm also trying to avoid nerfing it into oblivion.

It's far from the most OP thing right now, nor is it the only thing.

Let's not act like it is.

It needs a burst delay
.075 seconds would be good enough.
ACR should get its damage reduced to 18.5 or the AR should be buffed.

Its the most OP non heavy weapon

Were unlikely to get 6 and 8 until dust moves to ps4

I feel like a lot of people try to use the AR outside its optimal range.

I get shredded by the AR regularly. That may just be because I run Matari suits, though.

Devil's Advocate:

1. This will destroy the whole "modularity" this game was based on. Do you want sidearms to be locked to sidearm slots as well?

2. The problem is that there is an instant switch from cloak to weapon and a delay in animation. Personally, I only want the decloak sound to be amplified tenfold, but I guess a 1sec or so delay in decloaking would pacify you.

3. Hardeners suck now and repairs, plates, and extenders don't have stacking penalties. Perhaps something should be done about repairs, but that's the real issue, not stacking penalties.

4. I don't think a 5% decrease to shield damage will do much.

5. It can function as both, but I agree it's AI capabilities need looked at. Reduce effective range to 50-75m and increase dispersion and it should be fine.


4b. Honestly, I think the PlC is fine. Sure, it's not a very practical weapon compared to the CR or HMG, but I just see it as a fun weapon that adds diversity to an otherwise monotonous gameplay. Same with the MD and other such weapons, they're not as versatile or effective as other weapons, but they either have a niche or some mechanic that makes them unique. Do you really see yourself carrying even your ideal PlC into a PC battle?

1. Lock Heavies to heavy weapons in their H slot.

2. Fix the cloak bug that allows firing while cloaked.

3. Moderately increase the stacking penalties of vehicle modules.

4. Balance the Combat Rifle (-10% to shield damage & +10% to armor damage).

5. Make 80GJ blaster turrets AV or AI, but make up your mind and stop letting it function as both.

Seriously, tell me why/how these changes wouldn't improve the game experience for the vast majority of the dwindling playerbase.

EDIT: 4b. Balance the PLC (read: buff it).

1. by that logic side arms could only go in side arm slots as well, and you would need to add a broader array of heavy weapons

2.i agree, but I also think fluxes should uncloak you or have a piece of ewar equip that can

3.how about fix av so triple stacked maddies are on even keel with av

4.i dont see the combat rifle breaking the game so much that this "fixes" dust, what about the rail rifle? the hmg? the shotgun? the fact is a weapon is only as good as the user while they may need some balance this isn't a "dust fixer"

5.this doesn't make sense to me, a blaster of this magnitude should be both, as long as you have good counters to it in the game.

also where is fixing pc on this list? or the npe experience? or matchmaking (like squadless matches) I could go on, but these are the game breakers... no offence but your list is just a refurbished QQ thread to make people who think this way enjoy their personal experience more....these are not dust fixers imho.

Flay lock, flay lock, everyone flaylock the combat rifle!!!

I was prepared to think your reply was constructive until I read the last sentence.

No, it is not a QQ thread in any way, shape, or form. I should know, I wrote it.

I'm not trying to fix DUST, that's a months-long (if not years-long) job. Just trying to draw attention to basic fixes to improve the game.

Try and be constructive and respectful, yes?

1. Lock Heavies to heavy weapons in their H slot.

2. Fix the cloak bug that allows firing while cloaked.

3. Moderately increase the stacking penalties of vehicle modules.

4. Balance the Combat Rifle (-10% to shield damage & +10% to armor damage).

5. Make 80GJ blaster turrets AV or AI, but make up your mind and stop letting it function as both.

Seriously, tell me why/how these changes wouldn't improve the game experience for the vast majority of the dwindling playerbase.

EDIT: 4b. Balance the PLC (read: buff it).

1. Lock Heavies to heavy weapons in their H slot.
I rather think this situation will resolve itself once an appropriate mid range heavy weapon comes on the market, I'd hate to pigeonhole the heavy into just bringing heavy weapons to the battle.

2. Fix the cloak bug that allows firing while cloaked.
This is due to the fast weapon swap speed of certain weapons(sidearms and shotgun) and the slow decloaking animation. It is an issue I have, although the ability to cloak and tank at the same time is more frustrating.

3. Moderately increase the stacking penalties of vehicle modules.
Can you add Dropsuit HP mods to this? I feel they don't have enough of a penalty either when stacked. Also the active time of the modules need to scale back for the "waves of opportunity" CCP talked about when they rebalanced vehicles.

4. Balance the Combat Rifle (-10% to shield damage & +10% to armor damage).
This sounds sensible, although it would look identical to the railsGǪ

5. Make 80GJ blaster turrets AV or AI, but make up your mind and stop letting it function as both.
Absolutely. I like the idea of increasing its damage but decreasing its RoF. A cone sounds like it would simply have more opportunity to kill infantry in cqc. Dust is lacking a USABLE anti-shield Anti-Vehicle weapon at this point.

Seriously, tell me why/how these changes wouldn't improve the game experience for the vast majority of the dwindling playerbase.

EDIT: 4b. Balance the PLC (read: buff it).

6. I would love to make the PLC a viable AV weapon without making it OP against infantry.

4. Balance the Combat Rifle (-10% to shield damage & +10% to armor damage).

Its the most OP infantry weapon

1. Lock Heavies to heavy weapons in their H slot.

Blasters have very limited range and thus are primarily for close in support.