I am hoping for -20/+20 because armor needs to have a damage type that brutalizes it the way scrams do shields.

Explosive weapons do not qualify given that Sentinels enjoy a 25% reduction to splash damage. They will enjoy no such advantage against projectiles with the proposed profiles.

Kinda like how calsent and minsent get torched by scrams.

It will have the same DPS as the Gallente AR, after the changes. I am not too concerned, plus, very low K/S and very low usage.

Is it possible to jump standard assault rifle range up by a few meters? Their optimal competes directly with HMG's, leaving them in a slightly undesireable position, as you either want a HMG for its short range damage or any other weapon for their range.

Because its a video game and balance is more important than having things be realistic. It could be that the bullet velocity takes 80m to get up to its full damage potential. Velocity is just as important as the mass of the bullet in calculating kinetic energy.

Having large dispersion can balance it to some effect, but if people spam the bullets in short range you feel cheated if they kill you. It becomes a luck factor instead of skill/tactics.

Not if the bullet has internal propulsion to ensure it goes the distance. How is having high dispersion any more realistic?

A weapon firing with enough force to cover a long distance would have a high amount of kick unless all the energy can be transferred into the projectile which would be almost impossible without obliterating the projectile thus excess energy will be transferred down the barrel and into the weapon which creates high kick. So internal propulsion of a very tiny projectile is possible? How much energy would it require and how much of X energy can you store within the projectile without making it to light (because it is hollow now) so it won't again, be obliterated.

As for dispersion since there is a lot of kick and you hip firing it it will start kicking everywhere and the bullets will go everywhere; rather than placing the weapon closer to your center of gravity which will mitigate the kick slightly by transferring energy down your body.

Rattati, on the ACR, how much dispersion increase are we talking percentage wise? Hipfire or ADS, or both?

To be honest, more dispersion just makes my sharpshooter that much more useful to me. I just don't want it to be, say, 50% more, and anything beyond 15m is nigh untouchable.

Buffing the ASCR would be a terrible decision.

Taking out the efficiencies, it's an amazing rifle for many many reasons.
The only reason it underperforms is because it requires a shield meta to truly shine.


But if a shield meta DOES happen, you can bet it will be the #1 rifle used.

"Spread" to be honest i never felt the spread on any guns of Dust 514.
So basically it's like you gave them free 4% damage.

Scr already have the worst damage profile of the game (Who cares about more damage on shield ? Nobody is shield tanking in this game since 8 months or more..) because Armor HP pools are way bigger than shields Hp pool.

You can't just compare DPS of Anti-armor weapons and Anti-shield weapons when Shields values and armor values are different.
That's a huge non-sense.

On the other hand buffing shield tanking is NOT giving ANY advantage to ScR, i don't know why you're thinking this.
Shield tankers just get more ehp.
Armor tankers are not going to switch tanking, so you basically just gave them more ehp if they were having some shield mods.

You can't Nerf SCR for real and say it's balanced because you've buffed Shields tankers....
One nerf is REAL on SCR while you don't REALLY buff SCR somewhere else to balance.

It's probably not hotfixable, but I'm going to ask just incase Rattati has some magic under his sleeve like with the sniper crosshair.

Can you change ALL the Plasma Rifle's sights to red dots? Like the AScR?
None of them warrant high zoom scopes, but none of them warrant Iron sights either.

Not feeling it.

Only thing I feel is that the Gallente Assault Rifle is getting left behind again.

Also, when is the weapon going to be renamed the Plasma Rifle?

ADSing with the acr puts concentrated damage on the exact spot youre aiming at. It is a high precision weapon, it does not disperse and aim assist is either weak or non-existent so if you miss by 1cm you get zero damage. By contrast, with hipfire, the acr handles more like an AR, it does spray which means some shots miss even if youre tracking the target. But if youre a bit off target, you still do some damage.

So for people who are used to the weapon and trust their aim ADS is the way to go at midrange. However, it can feel strange ADSing if youre used to the AR as the ACR is so unforgiving when you miss (and it empties the clip VERY quickly so you dont get a second chance like you do with the AR). Lots of people give up on it because of that, i almost did.

Would be sad if it was made so it ADSed the same as the AR. Whats the point of having different weapons if they handle the same? Im all in favour of AR buffs but dont break the ACR in the process, that will just make the RR and ScR even more dominant.