I'm bumping for the hmg nerf

I like the deadliness of a heavy hmg as it is right now. If we were to reduce its efficiency in a future hotfix, it would most likely be to heat since that rewards skill and not spray and pray.

Improving the assault is then my preferred counter to heavies, not nerfing heavies, most likely through racial tanking improvements, pure damage output and regen. Just my general thoughts on the subject.

So the research facility and many other objectives are in enclosed areas with less then 30m from objective to wall.

How exactly are attackers not to get into optimal range of a defending HMG?

The offensive variant is normally bumping around in a LAV and parks 5 m from their victims. Again how does one stay out of optimum.

The solutions to stop snipers having good lines of sight and to stop HAVs getting into objectives optimizes maps for heavies defending objectives.

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I have heard that there is one kind of American that uses the metric system: Marines.

You don't. Not in that specific map, ONLY ON THAT SPECIFIC POINT Alpha where it always is in Dom, but in other points on that map and in other city maps you CAN.

Mediums and lights get to dominate open maps. Heavies get to dominate city maps. Cry about it some more.

That's another thing. While people like to make up stories that heavies survive orbitals, WE DON'T.

Faster suits have a much better chance of sprinting away and evading the orbital completely.

Guess what guys? In a recent PC, while following orders and guarding an objective I felt like a ragdoll while going 4/9 taking constant orbitals and rail rifle shots.

The simple fact is you can kill heavies. Especially the proto ones. We're actually even slower.

The problem with the hmg it's not it's range. It is the fact that a heavy is almost always in his optimal when he's around an objective. And attacking or defending objectives is all that matters in PC, FW, skirm and dom.

Most objectives are surrounded by or in buildings and cqc type areas. I can't get range on a heavy inside a building or down a hallway. The hmg will always have an advantage against other suits and weapons around objectives unless you catch a dumb heavy out in the open.

Heavies can keep their resists, and massive hp and the most OP dps gun in the game but they need a reduction in turning speed. Because right now the only way to effectively counter an hmg heavy is to bring your own, especially with the recent RE nerf.