Here is why. It is the master of the game.

It kills at long range medium range and even close range. You can put it on any suit and destroy 90% of the player base.

If we ever get Scopes back there will be no reason to use any other weapon in the game.

I suggest increasing recoil so that aft about 5-10 shots it is not accurate anymore. I can take out a heavy with 900+ shield in one clip. If anyone doubts this get a gek with 2 damage mods. Lolol

Seriously all you qq AR guys need to get good and quit blaming other suits for your weak gun game! The duvolle will be the king of the battelfield.

And even the exile with damage mods is extremely OP. Especially since its free

Is everyone new to shooters or something??? ARs are always the most frequently used weapon

Note how he said while using two dmg modifiers well no ******* duh your doing more damage ofc your weapon is going to be OP dafaq lol.Maybe they should make it to where you can only use one dmg mod to keep the weapons at lease a bit more balanced

To really elaborate on the current points and to add another twist, the AR is really good in pub matches where you just run around randomly and try to take on all-comers. This is especially true with more experianced players stomping newberries.

In more co-ordinated battles such as corp fights or squad play, you often will see much more weapons diversity. An example is a 4 man team I run with frequently for pub matches is one with AR, HMG, MD, and Laser (or sometimes a sniper that provides anti-sniper/overwatch to our squad). The AR does well at mid range and provides good covering fire but it's the other 3 that are the real damage dealers at thier respective arts. The MD deals with entrenched enemies, the HMG for anyone who comes too close, and the Laser/Sniper for dealing with threats at range or snipers. If a squad with such weapon diversity went up against 4 AR, all the squad needs to do is just get one of those guns at thier optimal range and it can easily drop most of them.

So when talking about what weapon's OP, please look at the bigger picture.

Lets nurf everything and add this game to the cod series

If I was a shadowy conspirator, I would have minions create characters to support this thread and lead to a massive 30 page debate and like 100 likes to the OP. I would then have others create separate threads claiming that the AR is OP. All that so everyone can shutup about lasers, heavies, HMGs, mass drivers, and everything else being OP when those things actually aren't OP at all. I want to put the whiny AR users on the defensive so they won't have time to fight their nerf war on everything else.

here we go again.

they already nerfed it mate, they have nerfed EVERYTHING

nerfing doesnt work, balancing the game set up does. every weapon has it's niche, it counters something.

CCP should focus on better match making so the games arent scewed to one side. the AR does it's job, you're most likely just on the recieving end of a creodron

Here is why.

It kills at medium range, and even close range. You can put it on any suit and use it on 100% of the player base.

If we ever get Scopes back there will never be any reason to use them.