edit your post now to show what you were trying to say

simple you edit your second post. However it might be more prudent to create a new Thread with your original Post (or close too it) we can see part of what you were writing by holding your mouse over the thread.

And I for one would like to read it. I know that people on this forum like to hear well thought out arguments even if they dont agree with them.

Yeah even so I didn't save the thing I wrote so that'd be another 30 mins of writing. If I were to give a rough estimate about how much I wrote it was around 8-10 paragraphs worth of my opinions and experiences with the weapons. All of which basically said, every weapon has an advantage and disadvantage, and the only way to counter that is by getting some friends together or to force enemies into your preferred zone of attacking.

Best to write your long posts outside of the forums and paste in. They have a history of eating them.

You want to say that Dust weapons are indeed balanced?

I'll say what I said yesterday in IRC: Just because forge guns could kill dropships, it didn't make the missile turrets any less OP.

If you weren't here for the Small Missile Crisis of 2012: An item doesn't lose its OP status just because the person using it can be killed.

well can you explain the small missile crisis to me seeing as i'm new? And I agree that it doesn't lose it's op status because the person can be killed. But the only real weapon you could say is OP is a weapon that's pretty much insta kill regardless of range.

Things having pros and cons doesn't mean that the pros cannot possibly outweigh the cons. Imbalance doesn't imply something has no limitations, only that the limitations do not correspond to its strengths. There are overpowered weapons in the game. Lasers are probably one of them. Yes, they aren't so good up close, but at range they are a zero-recoil weapon with a huge magazine, excellent range, and the ability to drop multiple people in a matter of seconds should those people be in the open. In this case, they are unmatched weapons, and the fact that they aren't good up close is irrelevant, as nobody can survive long enough to get up close much of the time.

The real story with lasers is that people need to accept that there are still problems with Dust. It is better than Dust should be balanced, than for your favorite weapon to remain imbalanced, simply because you enjoy it being exceptionally powerful. Dust being a good, balanced, fun game to play is a bigger priority than your own personal interests being served.

Small missiles used to have infinite range and could get upwards of 500+ splash damage, oneshotting almost everyone on the field. They were the definition of an OP weapon. Nothing is that bad anymore, but it doesn't mean there shouldn't be any changes to the weapons we currently have. I don't think that just because a weapon has a counter means it's no longer allowed to be classified as OP. Some weapons have counters that I personally feel are unreasonable.

I disagree with the OP. Not because I think anything is super overpowered and needs serious nerfing, but I disagree with the idea that all weapons right now are balanced and are equally usable (in different situations). Coming mostly from ARs, there are definitely certain variants that feel underdeveloped. What I mean is that each variant (full auto, burst, single shot, slow rate) are supposed to have their own "identity" and situational prowess, like the OP was talking about. That being said, they aren't currently balanced each well enough for that to be the case right now. I haven't tried many different types of weapons, but I'm willing to guess this isn't a problem unique to ARs. Basically, I agree we don't need nerfing, but we definitely need balancing.

What weapons would you say have unreasonable counters?

well isn't that why it's still in the beta phase
but in any case I'm still semi-new so I've still got a lot to experience so I suppose I'll refine my post some other day.

There is no OP weapon. Like ive said a billion times when i was in BF3. Just OP players.

Just finished a corp battle against P.R.O. (Planetary Response Organization i think) and basically they all ran heavy. Not trying to defame them, but if it was truly OP... they should've easily won. But they didn't win.

Chat was also glitching during the battle, probably for them too. And drop beacons weren't showing either.

Don't worry, I totally agree that it's a case of still being in beta. It's just that in your original post, you seemed to be making the argument that all weapons are properly balanced and each equally viable, which I disagree with. Maybe I read it wrong, but in any case, that's the idea that I was posing opposition to.