I know plenty about the lore of EvE! Just because races have been forced to use each other's weapons in the past doesn't make using everyone else's weapons part of the lore of EvE. There are still racial restrictions, and they certainly are part of the game, as evidenced by the bonuses on appropriate suits. You may wish there weren't but it's a part of the EvE universe that actually makes it fun, getting around the racial restrictions. Or for people like me, proving that you can outclass all the FoTM players by sticking to training one race. It's a harder road, thanks to people who do succeed in getting these racial restrictions at least eased if not completely removed. You don't have to like the racial restrictions and feel free to try to deny they exist all you like, but they aren't going away from the EvE universe, even if you get them removed from Dust.

If I understand correctly, the reason for the AR ROF bonus on Gallente assauts was that assault rifles in general underperformed.

So now, the ARs are great on Gallente assaults, but they still underperform for everybody else except the GalAss.

Working as intended? I don't get it.

Because in EVE its called " Darwin fit" if you using none racial weapons, couse all ships have bonuses to their racial weapons only, and only under special circumstances like arti abbadon battleship for fleet battles and some fun/trapp ships.

@ CCP, THX for making AR actually viable weapon, pls move that direction, also would be nice if you can update skills description with current bonuses that were changed.

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I think I have told you before that you are wrong. The whole AR family is bottom of the class, by far.

Im going to have to agree on this one. The AR in a Non-Gal assault is still performing below what it should have.

Even if the maps dictate the use of CQC weapons, you have remember that the AR is not the ONLY viable CQC weapon. Long distance weapons like the RR and ScR with a freaking charge shot are great options for CQC. Hence the problem with your view that AR is OP because it's usable and viable weapon now.

A counter to the Gal assault is get a distance weapon. Get a laser, RR, ARR, ScR, and shoot at a distance. Get a damped shottie and shoot them in the back. Your idea of a respect to counter is the lazy way out.

Good, we want to encourage racial fitting. Not mix matching.

Probably a good thing usage stats aren't the only thing that gets looked at then, huh? =P

this is why use stats should not be used as base for balance. the TAR is a SCR with no overheat, slightly less range but more DPS. it actually is one of the best weapons in the game.

Because y'all are scrubs and don't know how to use the TAR and Burst.

The Vanilla AR is trash.

So if the HMG has a big range disadvantage and the mobility of a slow heavy. And the shotgun has a huge range disadvantage. Then one can come to the conclusion that the gal assault with a AR would be the best overall option. Dust should never work like that.

It doesnt matter how good the TAR is if the TSCR is better. The scrambler is still best in class, and the TAR is still worst in class.

Disclaimer: I still havent used the scr post hotfix so I dont know if its still better than the TAR. In any case its my opinion that both the tactical rifles are hideously overpowered.

It doesnt matter how good the TAR is if the TSCR is better. The scrambler is still best in class, and the TAR is still worst in class.

Disclaimer: I still havent used the scr post hotfix so I dont know if its still better than the TAR. In any case its my opinion that both the tactical rifles are hideously overpowered.

Bruh, ScR didn't change much but the nerf does mess with your rhythm a bit, according to my experience of course. I still wish the scr had more zoom like the tar