I did read the whole thing. Can you spell out the part where Swarms were buffed? If the damage was buffed in a way I'm not realizing, can you explain how that's supposed to help when I have half the range of a forge gun, and can't really hit anything I want to fire at anyhow?



Shouldn't swarms, which have no ability to damage infantry at all, be the absolute best AV weapon?

Logically, my ability to punt infantry suits with the forge means it's superior to swarms in multiple ways.

Does the Forge need tracking?

I ask because I'd always thought there was significant skill involved in Forge Sniping. Right up until I tried it myself. It was my experience that a Red Reticle corresponded with a hit in all but a few cases (namely, head glitching). In other words, forge projectile speed was sufficiently fast that a Red Reticle = Hit on vehicle within range.

Agreed. Forging is more about managing one's surroundings and ammo supply than precision aiming. I'd encourage anyone who thinks (like I once did) that Forge Gunners have to lead their targets to try the weapon out for themselves. The projectile is far faster than you'd expect it to be.

Edit: Note that I'm describing sniping with the "standard' forge gun. The assault variant is more skill intensive when it comes to popping infantry as you have to time your shots; it cannot hold a charge.

We'll see.

Should the range nerf go through, I do not expect Swarms will see much use in the weeks and months following Foxfour. High risk and negligible reward will be to blame.

Hi there. You must've confused me with Soraya; please re-read the very first line of my feedback on the topic:

I agree that swarms are too good against dropships.

Unfortunately for Swarmers, there's more at play with Swarms than their oppression of dropships. Take Swarms vs HAVs, for example. Why even bother? To answer your question, Swarmers are not being paid +75WP per volley. Swarming is not at all a WP-intensive activity. It is, however, a very high-risk activity. Swarmers tend to die alot. They just do. If you don't care to take my word for it, try it sometime for yourself. Better yet, ask Rattati for Swarm Launcher kill/spawn efficiency numbers.

which is why swarms are also included in the weak spot increase for HAVs

Scrambler Rifle has become almost unusable! Against armour medium suits (the majority of suits) I struggle to even kill basic suits with a prototype weapon + 3 damage mods before the gun overheats. It now seems that the rifle is a support weapon only, designed to strip the shields and let someone with a better weapon finish off the enemy (at least against armour tankers). The Scrambler Rifle did need a nerf, but a scalpel was needed, not a sledgehammer! :(

Also, grenade spam is getting ridiculous! Pretty sure a buff for them was in the wrong direction...


Edit: With the Scrambler Rifle, maybe a buff in heat dissipation/speed to reset after overheating would work well. If CCP want shots not to be spammed, a little time between each shot would then stop overheating if the heat level went down quickly.

Edit 2: After playing a few more matches, I can see that the ScR is completely useless other than against the odd shield tanker and/or light suit at long range. Can I get a remap so I can use CRs?

Why did Minmatar and Caldari Scouts not get the shield recharge time buff?

FTFY

Yes, it is possible to hide from active scans, but not all passives.

The lowest possible profile is 11, I believe (Gal scout, 4 comp damps, active proto cloak). This can be scanned by an assault or logi with 3 precision enhancers, a Gal scout with 2, or an Amarr scout with 1.