DUST Search - Where has the "Gun on Gun" action gone?

Major Assitch wrote:

Gun on Gun action in this beta has been the most boring thing I've ever experienced in any FPS from day one! Of course I know this isn't the OP complaint, but just something I wanted to point out.

As far as the nade spamming goes...meh...haven't noticed it all that much myself. But then, I'm usually constantly on the move, running toward or away from the enemy while trying to strafe at the same time, so maybe I'm just avoiding the nades...don't really know.

I do hope they start working on making the gun action a little more exciting soon. It's been 6 months and IMO the gun game is just as boring today as it was the first time I played. Needs more indication that you're being hit and more notification that you're close to death...something to give you the feeling of urgency. The way it is now (and always has been) I hardly even notice I'm being hit by bullets and then just drop over dead...seemingly out of the blue.

Another thing I think needs improved upon here (and I'm still low level so maybe it's better with higher ranked weapons) is the ARs. Most weapons in the game are highly deadly (even at this level), yet my trusty AR feels like shooting a BB gun, it takes so many bullets to kill someone. I don't have nearly as difficult a time killing my enemies with other weapons but it takes some fancy footwork to stay alive long enough to land enough AR bullets to kill my enemies in a 1 on 1.


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Jikt Terlen Certificate of Participation 6	Posted - 2013.01.01 20:41:00 - [1] - Quote Major Assitch wrote: Gun on Gun action in this beta has been the most boring thing I've ever experienced in any FPS from day one! Of course I know this isn't the OP complaint, but just something I wanted to point out. As far as the nade spamming goes...meh...haven't noticed it all that much myself. But then, I'm usually constantly on the move, running toward or away from the enemy while trying to strafe at the same time, so maybe I'm just avoiding the nades...don't really know. I do hope they start working on making the gun action a little more exciting soon. It's been 6 months and IMO the gun game is just as boring today as it was the first time I played. Needs more indication that you're being hit and more notification that you're close to death...something to give you the feeling of urgency. The way it is now (and always has been) I hardly even notice I'm being hit by bullets and then just drop over dead...seemingly out of the blue. Another thing I think needs improved upon here (and I'm still low level so maybe it's better with higher ranked weapons) is the ARs. Most weapons in the game are highly deadly (even at this level), yet my trusty AR feels like shooting a BB gun, it takes so many bullets to kill someone. I don't have nearly as difficult a time killing my enemies with other weapons but it takes some fancy footwork to stay alive long enough to land enough AR bullets to kill my enemies in a 1 on 1. I've been thinking the same thing (as someone who is admittedly a noob) -- a lot of the high-powered weapons like the laser or sniper rifles can eat all of your shield and most of your health in a fraction of a second, with relatively little warning from the UI. It always makes me think, if I was just whacked with something that hard, wouldn't I notice? Being hit multiple times by AR fire is tough to miss, by comparison. I just feel like the whole screen should flash red or something if you lose that much shield and health that quickly. As for grenades, I do throw a lot of them, mostly because people don't seem to notice them. Some shooters give you much more obvious grenade warnings, which I suspect is the culprit. I'm astonished how many kills I get with grenades, when in most shooters they are at best a nuisance.