it would balance it in that, it would make the hmg better than the ARs, which it very well may deserve to be. heavy slot vs light slot.

but it would also force the HMG into a similar if not identical role to the AR. so you still end up with the question: why not just play an assault suit?


the heavy suit forces a different kind of playstyle by virtue of it's horrendous mobility, utter lack of utility, poor regeneration, poor stealth, and fantastic buffer. if there was a 5th tier of assault rifle (militia-standard-advanced-prototype-hypothetical) that only heavies could use, would that make heavy suits USEFUL? because that is essentially all you get by sighting the hmg.


i would rather the weapon be balanced with the suit in mind, which i feel it was in the last build for those reasons i stated.

i agree with you on it's CURRENT state, but i disagree with you on how to fix it.

It's just an outright stupid idea. Besides, with the bullet spread that thing has, it isn't like a sight would help you at all. Just because another SciFi game did it, doesn't make it logical, and CCP is all about logical.

Logical and ccp. Ha thats why we have immortal clones. And if it wouldn't help why would you care, you're not the one using it.
It's not like the sight on the smg helps but people still use it (burst smg)

You dont know CCP then if you say that. Obviously CCP created a sci-fi universe, but within that universe, CCP has put their hearts and souls into trying to make every aspect of the games "realistic" or in other words believable and probable. Thats why you even have paragraphs of lore in the descriptions of each and every item in game in the first place. They could have been like everyone else and simply not cared.

edit: you can read the lore they put out on their sites.....its like a freaking bajillion page novel. Good stuff for people who care.

If you find it can you link the page about the implants that let us respawn

cool vid tho.....and it did explain how respawning works. For more detailed lore, im sure CCP will post something in the future if they already havent....i do know this is all pretty new stuff, so they are still rolling out the lore.

...ask a person who is active on EVE how that particular system works....i do know its all build around clone usage.

Back to the subject wouldn't being in the future mean a surplus of lighter metals (like from steal to titanium) and heavy weapons already cost more so that could explain using more expensive but lighter materials with similar durability

...it doesnt matter if your using iron, titanium, or tritanium.......a big ass weapon like the hmg is heavy

Basically, do you try and put a high powered scope on a shotgun? Nope, it just isn't how the weapon is made to be used.

Hold a punching bag to your shoulder and have a buff guy punch it as hard as he can. Imagine that but much much faster. Now try ADS with it.

They let ads with the shotgun and wouldn't that be a better example for the forge gun

The shotgun is also a light weapon, not a bigass heavy weapon slung over your shoulder. Just sayin.

And regarding lore, they are rolling that out. If you would read the "514" thing that is posted either as an announcement or a sticky at the top of the General Forums page, they begin to talk about the implants and the research behind them. Knowing CCP, we will get the rest of the story SOONGäó.

Edit: Ah, here we are - 514 (Chronicle)

I'm sure if you look around, you could find lore on how the capsuleer cloning works, and possibly there is already lore about the Merc implants.

But shotguns produce a lot more recoil that a weapon that shoots weak pistol rounds at a high rate of fire

ADS is essentially holding a weapon to your shoulder, to stabilize it and have a better view of where you're aiming. The SG is light, and and easily held up to the shoulder, it is also re-stabilized between shots (more or less). I don't think RoF really matters, and if the rounds are so weak, why even bother with the weapon?

Holding a heavy weapon to your shoulder however, isn't really possible. The SL sits atop your shoulder for support, while the FG and HMG are held at your waist with a sling. You can ADS with a SL because the sight can come off the side, and align with your eye. The FG and HMG however, do not have that capability. And I don't care how "light" you can make your HMG with different metals, that thing is going to be heavy. And even if it were possible to lift it that high, holding it in position would be awkward, as the center of balance would probable be quit far in front of where you are holding the weapon at the rear.

Don't care for ADS on the HMG either way, for or against. But wanted to jump in and say that the smart gun from the Aliens movie was basically a HMG and it's sights were attached to their heads for better accuracy. So one doesn't have to bring the gun up to your face to aim, just bring the scope up.

It might actually be up to the player if we can modify our weapons with cpu/pg to limit us

I meant whether or not it's an option at all.