Firstly used an Anti-Shield Semi-Automatic pistol in attempt to charge shot a heavy armour suit.

Followed up using admittedly what should be top tier CQC Anti-Shield Weaponry while you had 202 armour against a fully automatic CQC Anti-Armour Side Arm.

Not what I would have considered the best decisions in that scenario but I do understand the frustration of being subject to a charged shot then follow up volleys. It's roughly how I feel when a hit detection abusing Min Assault with half a hundred CR bullets just creates a wall of lead that cannot be dodged.

Personally I like the Idea of the ScR charged shot operating like the Ion Pistol, having a short animation post shot to prevent rapid application of further damage.

you engaged the first fight nearly at 40m, why not get closer first?
the second fight with the other assault, he clearly had the terrain advantage there, half his body was covered by the hill.


show us some footage of cqc fights with cr min assaults next time if you really want to showcase how UP the gal assault and AR are.

By the way I phrased the post poorly, the tone was not meant to be overly critical, the decision in that first fight just seemed to be things that seemed odd to me, though to be fair I'm not a full time Gal weapons user.

Thoughts on the Weapons Themselves

The AScR I can understand since it's recent 15% damage buff to make it competitive in the armour centric meta. Now I think that was a bit much to be honest. 5% maybe just to kick start it's use might have worked for us a bit better since it was pretty garbage due to the extreme damage profile.

Personally I do want to see the Duvolle/AR have a few changes to make it more powerful in CQC since I really like the AR as well.

Breakdown of the Side Arm Use in the First Fight

Jumps into Reactor Area 154 Armour -> Scans Target to Confirm Location -> Commits to Charged Ion Pistol Usage -> Misses Shot -> Falls Back -> Jumps -> Commits to AR usage

The reason you lost the exchange, in my opinion, is because you committed to the Ion Pistol shot and was not rewarded by a hit at the cost of the armour that you had regenerated during the lull in the fight. With no damage taken by the shot your opponent was in a comfortable position to pressure you and eventually take you out with the Breach SMG which is high damage per shot and very easy to control.

Since they were strafing and your were falling on a predictable jump arc they could quite easily manipulate Dusts poor hit detection in their favour.

In the second fight you just got shafted by the terrain advantage that he had. Fighting an enemy able to poke over the top is a tough situation no matter who you are. Smart move to move away from the combat zone. By and by I realised how easy it is to critique game play that is not my own so take what I say with a grain of salt.

Gotta get feed back to learn what you can do better next time. That's how I learned most of the Real Reborn Rotations and how to be certain I am drawing aggro, just asking party members for feed back on how I was tanking.

Not sure either tbh however I can say this.

If we adjust the ScR so that the Charged Shot cannot immediately be followed by a burst of normal fire by introducing an Ion Pistol like mechanic, so as to preserve the power of the shot but give it significant draw back, I think you would have had a better chance of fighting back.

Could a Slight Damage Increase per round of 1.6 from 37.4 to 39 help?

In his defense I think he's a bitter vet who doesn't play that often anymore. I've been in corp with him for over 2 months and I've never seen him on.

If you hop on Dust for a couple matches every month or so and expect to dominate the way you did, it's going to be frustrating.

I have largely stopped using the AR after someone posted the weapon ranges a few weeks ago. I had just assumed I had poor hit detection. I now only engage at a range I would with an SMG and it's helped a ton. But like I said, I've found the ACR to be a much better option over the AR.

And yet ignores all the other posts talking about weapon balance suggestions (whether they are good or bad). Several people covered the AR vs ScR, and IP vs SMG.

All of which are invitations to introduce your thoughts on the matter and to focus on what your thread was targeting which were your ideas for weapon balance and its plausibility.

With the exception of post 21 and 23, which was in response to a post detailing your tactics, you've not tried to strike up a discussion with those who are actually posting on theoretical weapon changes, which seemed to be the original purpose of the thread / video.

First, give up with the nades lol

Secondly, whats this vid supposed to show?