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We are very pleased to announce that Hotfix Delta has been deployed to DUST 514.

Hotfix Delta contains even more changes than the other Hotfixes. It contains many targeted tweaks, but also a full rebalancing of Sniper Rifles and Sidearms. For full details on this update, please click here.

And another reminder - no skill point refund will be granted with this hotfix.

We are very pleased to announce that Hotfix Delta has been deployed to DUST 514.

Hotfix Delta contains even more changes than the other Hotfixes. It contains many targeted tweaks, but also a full rebalancing of Sniper Rifles and Sidearms. For full details on this update, please click here.

And another reminder - no skill point refund will be granted with this hotfix.

We are very pleased to announce that Hotfix Delta has been deployed to DUST 514.

Hotfix Delta contains even more changes than the other Hotfixes. It contains many targeted tweaks, but also a full rebalancing of Sniper Rifles and Sidearms. For full details on this update, please click here.

And another reminder - no skill point refund will be granted with this hotfix.

Now that Delta is live, why have you still not released the changes to rifles? It is final and put into place, so there's really no reason to keep it hidden, it's actually worse to keep it quiet. Take my SCR for example, I saw that the ROF has changed. It is an ok change, because I could still shoot it as fast as I could before and didn't notice any delay. However, for a bit I thought that you had increased the kick back of my SCR, because it didn't seem right.

I played some more and realized that it wasn't changed, or I was able to overcome the slight change. I was getting hit by a rail rifle and I felt that it had it's range increased, because I didn't feel like it used to be able to hit me at that range before. I got demolished by a standard laser rifle, which never happens, so I'm pretty sure you increased the damage. I also got a sketchy death by an assault rifle, but i don't know why.

My point is that the unknown aspect of what got changed with the rifles is setting up a situation where there is a placebo effect. No one knows what rifles got changed and how, we just know that either some or all of them did. I just listed the ideas I have as to what changed, but I really don't know, and I'm stuck with these ideas. Wither I want them to or not, they will alter my view on the game and on the rifles unless I get evidence to prove them wrong.

I'm not the only one who will get ideas about rifle changes, and not everyone will be able to realize that their ideas may be wrong, and that these ideas will ultimately alter their view of what they encounter in the game, good or bad.

I'm sure CCP, the CPM, and yourself don't want to have to constantly keep reading forum posts from people screaming and crying about guns being to nerfed or op when you never even touched that rifle.

If you do not want to release the numbers, please just state which rifles were changed and a basic explanation of how.
e.g. Scrambler rifle- ROF decreased

Also, still getting modded controller SCR's, You just end up surviving for 2 seconds instead of 1. Changing the heat build up to per shot is the only way you'll get rid of them.

Agree, we really need information about the rifle changes. All there is in the dev blog is 'Almost all the Rifles received a tweak with regard to Handling and Accuracy, making them more balanced', which is very vague, and doesn't cover the expected damage increases (breach AR especially) and RoF changes (Tac AR, ScR, and apparently AScR).

Watching the TAR vs Scrambler video and poring over the rifle data, we propose these small tweaks. In most cases, the Gallente rifle family just has overall the worst comparative kick and dispersion so we want to bring them closer to the rest of the rifles.

Bear in mind that these are very small tweaks except for the Gallente ones that are heavily underperforming


Reduce Hipfire dispersion of Tactical Assault Rifle (TAR) to be closer to the Scrambler Rifle (considerable)

Reduce Hipfire Kick of TAR to be closer to Scrambler Rifle (considerable)

Increase Hipfire Kick of Scrambler Rifle to be closer to TAR (tiny)

Reduce Hipfire Kick of Gallente Assault rifle (tiny)

Reduce Hipfire Kick of Gallente Burst Assault Rifles (tiny)

Reduce Zoomed Dispersion of Gallente Breach Rifles (considerable)

Set ROF of both Scrambler and TAR to 600

Increase Hipfire Kick of Rail Rifles on second or more rapid consecutive shot, so full auto will be less accurate in CQC (some)


There are no tweaks for the Assault Scrambler as it may be suffering from Armor tanking environment, unless there is a specific reason you can find, there is nothing in the stats that says it should be.

Look man hitting 600 rpm is easy, I too used to complain about obvious rapid fire mods but there is no way this can be an issue now.

Its really not hard for even an average scrambler rifle user to hit a consistent 600rpm. You do realise that this is a very high dps weapon right? In fact the highest light weapon burst DPS.

Like tho sights on the Charge Sniper but that is all, none of the other changes. Ammo and range is cut Gàô . Other sniper rifles got a boost or no change to ammo. I guess I will have stop playing or tank out a Sentinel or Commando for sniping because a light will not cut it at 400m max. I guess the Devs do not understand what a snipers roll is.

Yes, I use it, I understand that it can perform at that level. I understand that people can get the rpm at that speed, but its when it is consistently at that speed, and the only thing that is changing is where they are shooting because I am moving it raises a question. When it also doesn't taper off at all, it simply stops after shooting for about 3 seconds, it raises a question, and when the guy is using frontline suit SCR in an ambush match doing this, yea I'm calling bullshit.

Your telling me that you can perform a 600rpm fire for 3 seconds straight, every time you shoot in the match, while at the same time use the same hand to track me as I dodge your bullets?