Gallente Logistics would be good, were it not for the fact that ever since Active Scanners were nerfed into oblivion, Scouts can simply see more, more often, in 360 degrees, while fighting effectively. Being "useful" as a Gallente Logistics involves staying in one safe, preferably ladderless rooftop location cycling two or more scanners, as they lack the HP to get in the fighting without dying almost immediately. If bricked, they move about as fast as an Amarr Sentinel, so they cannot dodge or reach cover. If not bricked, they still do not move very fast, and die even faster because passive reps are completely irrelevant in the current state of the game. Either way, Logistics suits lack the damage capabilities necessary for dealing with Sentinels and cannot evade a competent Scout under most circumstances long enough to kill it. Apparently Minmatar Logistics are pretty good at keeping the Sentinel swarm up and running, but that's probably the only thing any of the four Logistics can do that a scout cannot do just as well or better.

It seems like the only viable non-Scout, non-Sentinel suits are the Caldari Commando and Minmatar Commando, both of which require you to sit in one good position and do nothing else but provide overwatch/shoot at vehicles.
tl;dr: scout and heavy qq, i need to git gud, etc etc

Sadly, I haven't been involved in PC much this month so I haven't seen first hand how the meta has shifted in PC matches. I assumed that Gal Scouts would be the most OP suit in the history of FPS, but that hasn't been the case from the pubs I've run.

I know before HF Charlie, if you didn't have a Cal Scout in your heavy squad you were going to have a rough day.

P.S. I try to play one or two Domination matches every morning, after the boys go to school and before the baby wakes up, it's around 7:30-8:30 Shanghai time. So if you want to kill me, that's where you can find me, but bring your A game, you don't want to be killed by a dev

P.P.S Shotguns and Burst HMG are OP

You're shitting us, right?

The Shotgun is a tool for pubs. It can't compete against dropsuits with enough HP to tank 2 shots.

Let me assure you that we are monitoring the situation very carefully. Every indication is that our Hotfixes are changing the landscape/meta slowly but surely.

We are measuring Kills/Spawn and Kills/Death ratios for dropsuits and weapons, and also Spawns/Consumption and Market Sales data to gauge player preference. Admittedly, most of these balancing and engagement data dashboards have been implemented over the last 3 months.

1) Blaster Tanks - Took a KDR hit, but 10-20%, nothing grievous
2) Seeing Gallente and Caldari Scouts make way for both Minmatar and Amarr
3) Assault Rifles, really amazing actually how closely they perform but we are now seeing some bumps we would like to smooth out
4) HMG Sentinels, also seeing them and HMG efficience go down, but just right down to other suits and the HMG is on par with the Rifles.
5) Racial parity within each frame is something we keep an eye out, and it seems, even though Amarr is touted as the best of the bunch, that they are all on par. Minmatar overall do slightly worse and we will take note of that.
6) Sidearms, we see that they are unbalanced, but the numbers aren't crazy, the Assault SMG is OP, and the Flaylock is UP, but overall, nothing crazy. It's just that everyone grows up with the SMG in their Starter fit and stick with it.
7) Dmg mods needed a tweak and got one, other shield mods in high will need a buff to compete with extenders.
8) Armor plate stacking is definitely on the way out, seeing way more reactives, ferros and repair modules, regulators need a buff.

So again, the playerbase and engagement is actually as healthy as it has been for a long time, and I sincerely believe in making DUST 514 a better game for us all.

P.S. I try to play one or two Domination matches every morning, after the boys go to school and before the baby wakes up, it's around 7:30-8:30 Shanghai time. So if you want to kill me, that's where you can find me, but bring your A game, you don't want to be killed by a dev

Yeah, it can. slap a cloak on there and you're golden.

You were in my match yesterday for 5 seconds before you backed right out. Your team was redlined and spawning like 5 tanks..

right now you will see 3 OP things that dominate in PC. shotgun scouts spaming REs, heavys 6kin burst HMG, ADS. i run assault and don't get me wrong it is hardmode but it can be done and done well.

Saw you, I was dumbing around trying to make an AV fit (I didn't have one on CCP Rattati) and got AFK kicked

Yeah, it can. slap a cloak on there and you're golden.

I love seeing heavies with shotguns.. They make me smile

You're shitting us, right?

The Shotgun is a tool for pubs. It can't compete against dropsuits with enough HP to tank 2 shots.

Oh yes it can. The stupid weapon is basically god tier on a cargo hub because the scout can pretty much hop the railing and trolololol all the way home after putting a few shells into the back of a heavies head.

Burst HMG is whatever. Nerf it to its previous stats or leave it the same, makes no difference to me. Assault HMG is the only one that's truly horrible.

Let me assure you that we are monitoring the situation very carefully. Every indication is that our Hotfixes are changing the landscape/meta slowly but surely.

We are measuring Kills/Spawn and Kills/Death ratios for dropsuits and weapons, and also Spawns/Consumption and Market Sales data to gauge player preference. Admittedly, most of these balancing and engagement data dashboards have been implemented over the last 3 months.

1) Blaster Tanks - Took a KDR hit, but 10-20%, nothing grievous
2) Seeing Gallente and Caldari Scouts make way for both Minmatar and Amarr
3) Assault Rifles, really amazing actually how closely they perform but we are now seeing some bumps we would like to smooth out
4) HMG Sentinels, also seeing them and HMG efficience go down, but just right down to other suits and the HMG is on par with the Rifles.
5) Racial parity within each frame is something we keep an eye out, and it seems, even though Amarr is touted as the best of the bunch, that they are all on par. Minmatar overall do slightly worse and we will take note of that.
6) Sidearms, we see that they are unbalanced, but the numbers aren't crazy, the Assault SMG is OP, and the Flaylock is UP, but overall, nothing crazy. It's just that everyone grows up with the SMG in their Starter fit and stick with it.
7) Dmg mods needed a tweak and got one, other shield mods in high will need a buff to compete with extenders.
8) Armor plate stacking is definitely on the way out, seeing way more reactives, ferros and repair modules, regulators need a buff.

So again, the playerbase and engagement is actually as healthy as it has been for a long time, and I sincerely believe in making DUST 514 a better game for us all.

P.S. I try to play one or two Domination matches every morning, after the boys go to school and before the baby wakes up, it's around 7:30-8:30 Shanghai time. So if you want to kill me, that's where you can find me, but bring your A game, you don't want to be killed by a dev

The cloak may help you get there, but after you fire the first shot they start to turn around. Before the second shot they've started to fire, before the third shot you're dead.

900 eHP against a shotgun gives you all you need to win an encounter with them.

It's a Specialized Alpha Damage weapon. If I'm running a shotgun and I get the drop on you, by all rights you should be killed.
Its Optimal Range is 4.8m.

Moving while cloaked doesn't render you invisible, it leaves a glowing blue outline. You're just as likely to notice or ignore it as you are someone that isn't cloaked that's got a Scan Profile under your team's Scan Precision.

P.P.S Shotguns and Burst HMG are OP

Shotguns are definitely NOT OP. Their RoF has been nerfed since the proficiency change, their range is horrible, and their worst quality (if I could call it that) is the hit detection.

Not only that, but the operation skill makes it harder to use per level, awkwardly enough. If a change is coming to the shotgun, let it be the operation skill and change it to RoF or something useful. Maybe an increase in pellet count or hit detection (lol).

Uhhh Assaults can not effectively Ewar scouts. this has never and will never be without a buff. a Assault with a bunch of mods for ewar will barely pick up a base scout at that level. let alone one half maxed out. So no just no don't try to get people to make half assed suits.

The cloak may help you get there, but after you fire the first shot they start to turn around. Before the second shot they've started to fire, before the third shot you're dead.

900 eHP against a shotgun gives you all you need to win an encounter with them.

It's a Specialized Alpha Damage weapon. If I'm running a shotgun and I get the drop on you, by all rights you should be killed.
Its Optimal Range is 4.8m.

Moving while cloaked doesn't render you invisible, it leaves a glowing blue outline. You're just as likely to notice or ignore it as you are someone that isn't cloaked that's got a Scan Profile under your team's Scan Precision.

Math must be hard for you. Fitting two cPEs allows assaults to see half of the scouts if they aren't running damps. 3cPE will allow to see all scouts that aren't running damps.

Logistics can fit one less precision than assaults for the same scenario.

Admittedly, most of these balancing and engagement data dashboards have been implemented over the last 3 months.