I vote for you to blow it out your Kitten Abused ***.

Now every single blueberry is going to come to forums and make voting thread about nerf or not to nerf... Great...

#4
I hate people asking for a heavy nerf. I don't usually take this crap personally, but its like you people want to ruin the game for anyone who doesn't use the same dropsuit or weapon as you. I especially hate the ones who never used HMGs before and yet think you have a reliable opinion on it. You need to have experienced it from both ends to get a full appreciation for both the strengths and weaknesses of both the weapon.

HMGs are powerful, but they have to be equipped on heavies who are very slow, have the highest signature profile of any dropsuit which makes them easy to detect (and easy to take them out from range *hint*), they can't carry any equipment like nanohives to resupply themselves. HMGs are almost unstoppable in their optimal range, just like snipers are almost unstoppable at long range, or shotguns are almost unstoppable at very close range. If you want to beat a HMG user, then don't get close to them, and use an AR, sniper, or laser to kill them from a distance. They are not OP, you just need to exploit their weaknesses and play tactically instead of whining and asking for nerfs.
Its not some regular light weapon, its a freakin heavy only weapon, its suppose to shred through enemies.

You can't have a vote on weapon balancing.

Even though some people can look objectively at it, there will always be a lot people screwing up the votings because they vote against the weapon simply because they get killed by it.

My team was decimated this morning by a guy with an HMG, but it was always the same guy. My conclusion is that we ran into someone who was well equipped and skilled with his weapon of choice.

Spawning in front of an HMG really sucks!

Over all though, the lack of speed and the limited range keep the HMG from being an I Win button. You can flank them, you can avoid them, you can use specialized weapons to take them out, or you can get a few people together and snipe them from cover.

I vote to leave them the way they are.

Range is really the only issue. It needs a slight decrease in range....or make the bloom bigger so that the gun isnt as accurate at range.

#4
I hate people asking for a heavy nerf. I don't usually take this crap personally, but its like you people want to ruin the game for anyone who doesn't use the same dropsuit or weapon as you. I especially hate the ones who never used HMGs before and yet think you have a reliable opinion on it. You need to have experienced it from both ends to get a full appreciation for both the strengths and weaknesses of both the weapon.

HMGs are powerful, but they have to be equipped on heavies who are very slow, have the highest signature profile of any dropsuit which makes them easy to detect (and easy to take them out from range *hint*), they can't carry any equipment like nanohives to resupply themselves. HMGs are almost unstoppable in their optimal range, just like snipers are almost unstoppable at long range, or shotguns are almost unstoppable at very close range. If you want to beat a HMG user, then don't get close to them, and use an AR, sniper, or laser to kill them from a distance. They are not OP, you just need to exploit their weaknesses and play tactically instead of whining and asking for nerfs.
Its not some regular light weapon, its a freakin heavy only weapon, its suppose to shred through enemies.