Once again, a heavy with a light weapon is useless so who cares.

There is that.

Except for commandos.

Those are comedy gold.

Killed a guy in his tank with my Standard Plasma Cannon using a Commando suit.

I get rage mail from him calling me a noob for using a light weapon on a heavy.

Now THAT's comedy gold.

Once again, a heavy with a light weapon is useless so who cares.

Not true. I've seen heavies causing chaos by sniping from behind the redline, on top of towers etc. where it takes a group of snipers firing simultaneously to get them down.

I'm still not sure how a heavy was placing a new nanohives out every 30 seconds without dying or going to a supply depot, but that's a different matter. (And yes, it was a heavy and not a commando, and no there was nobody on the tower with him, nor was there an uplink.)

There is that.

Except for commandos.

Those are comedy gold.

Dude i use kalakiota tactical also but most of the time i use my charge on heavies and have no problem taking them out. So stop bitching.

The thing about heavies with light weapons, is once you've got the suit and the weapon, that's as good as it'll ever get. You cant use equipment with them, you often don't have a decent sidearm, damage mods or even av weapons... you're just a slow bricked suit without even equipment. They're popular for being able to survive, not for being genuinely good.

Can Hotfix Delta please deal with the fact that you can't use a heavy weapon in a light weapon slot, but can use a light weapon in a heavy slot?

Lately I've noticed a lot more proto heavies sat on top of towers using sniper rifles. After 3 headshots using my ADV tactical sniper rifle (with a complex damage mod), I still won't have taken their shields off, and by the time I reload, they've got their shields back to full. I sat for over half a match trying to take out a heavy who was on top of a tower. They didn't move once. Why would they need to when my headshots weren't doing any real damage to them?!

Everyone seems to complain that redline snipers can't be countered, but I've yet to find a spot that can't be counter-sniped from some location or other, so rail rifles, scrambler rifles and sniper rifles can easy take out a redline sniper. Scout suits are squishy. Even with armour plates, I get taken out by one shot from various weapons.

How can a heavy who is obviously using the best armour and shield upgrades be countered when they're sat on a tower or in the redline?

Tl;dr: snipers are easily countered, until the player is using a heavy suit and are sat in a hard to reach spot

Second there are no medium range heavy weapons. We have extreme range and danger-stupid. Until that midrange gap gets plugged its often better to use a rifle than try to chase someone who is faster with an HMG.

I'm still not sure how a heavy was placing a new nanohives out every 30 seconds without dying or going to a supply depot, but that's a different matter. (And yes, it was a heavy and not a commando, and no there was nobody on the tower with him, nor was there an uplink.)

What I don't understand is why CCP want to nerf snipers, when you can counter them no matter where they are sat in any map.

Their logic is that every role needs to be able to have a counter. This guy would have needed a forge gun to take him out, but you couldn't get a him due to the range limit.

If tactics are the thing that's OP, why are snipers being nerfed (again)? Sitting on the MCC, or behind the redline is a tactic. Same as cloaking with a shotgun and jihad cars are.

(I've heard stories of cloaked HMG players, but can't say whether they're true or not)

Did you just say a Heavy was placing Nano Hives and it was not a Commando?

Not true. I've seen heavies causing chaos by sniping from behind the redline, on top of towers etc. where it takes a group of snipers firing simultaneously to get them down.

I'm still not sure how a heavy was placing a new nanohives out every 30 seconds without dying or going to a supply depot, but that's a different matter. (And yes, it was a heavy and not a commando, and no there was nobody on the tower with him, nor was there an uplink.)

Did you just say a Heavy was placing Nano Hives and it was not a Commando?

Commandos are heavies with two light weapons. Theyre about as tanky as a good assault. The caldari ones have fast shield regen.

And I have bad news: if they take light weapons away from sentinels and heavy frames they will simply swap to a damage modded forge gun. So you will still get pasted from the rooftop anyway.

Your request is not a solution. There is a reason CCP doesnt do this.

Firstly it makes no sense that a dropsuit that can manhandle a crew served weapon solo cant pick up a rifle.

Second there are no medium range heavy weapons. We have extreme range and danger-stupid. Until that midrange gap gets plugged its often better to use a rifle than try to chase someone who is faster with an HMG.

A forge gun has less range, no zoom, slower ROF, and soon to be no splash. I'd rather them only hold the forge gun.

It makes perfect sense for heavies to be unable to manipulate rifles. They are built for massive strength to wield heavy weapons, meaning their dexterity is not nimble enough to work a rifle accurately.

I have been suggesting a Breach HMG that shoots large high damage rounds at rate of a round every 0.6 seconds. Medium range. Little or no dispersion. It would be less effective in close quarters but would actually give Sentinels a viable weapons in Manis Peak Domination.