Been saying that HMG has far too great a range for a while now, glad somebody took it to test.

Bottom line is, the HMG's range needs to be reduced drastically, at least by 30-40% or so. They stand up way too easily against an AR at a decent range, and that shouldn't be the case. Yes if I am close, they should be able to mow me down, but anything past a short/medium range should be mostly futile for an HMG. Also the fact the thing gets more accurate the longer is spins is ridiculous.

The effective range of the AR and HMG are far too close (not based on numbers, but experience). And with the heavy sporting a massive health advantage, the AR player usually stands no chance unless the heavy is just sitting in the wide open, letting me slowly dwindle their health down at range while miraculously not being shot by an enemy player.

I really hope CCP doesn't nerf the heavy suit, because the HMG is the real problem.

The AR starts violently shaking after only 2-3 seconds of constant fire, and the accuracy goes to near useless very quickly. Going up against a heavy at range with a gun that becomes useless after only a second or two, and trying to take down a massive amount of health, rarely works in our favor.

The only way to somewhat quickly dispose of a heavy, is to get in optimal range with an AR, which also happens to be well within the HMG's range too. Even if their bullets are reduced damage due to range, they have 2-4x's the health and can fire 2-3x's the amount of bullets (with a gun that gets more accurate with constant fire vs a gun that gets less accurate with constant fire).

We can debate the perfect scenario assumptions all we want, but I have plenty of experience against heavies and know that I rarely have the upper hand as an AR player. Based on the HMG's ability to instantly waste somebody in ideal range mixed with the massive health of heavies, you guys are the ones that need to be in the minority when it comes to having the upper hand, because your character was designed to take that kind of abuse.




Oh please, yet another person making the heavies out to be the victims. I've said it before and will reiterate, if it is so hard and miserable to play as a heavy, then why are they absolutely dominating the game right now? If they have so many weaknesses and fatal flaws, then why do they usually always end up at the top of the leaderboards? (in-match, and main).

The proof is in the pudding, heavies cannot deny they are massively OP right now in regards to the HMG. I know you guys want to keep your OP weapon for easy kills, but this is killing the games balance.

so everyone on top of the leader boards is in heavies?
sounds like a game bias to me.