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.

I favor another option: give the HMG a spin up time, and leave everything else.

Except swarms when I'm on foot

Yet the newberrys still try.

CCP needs to make players read/watch something about asymmetric balance before allowing them to post a post containing the words "nerf" or "buff".

the heavy weapons are balanced enough, if you want to complain, complain about their suits. Or learn how to play the game, its not just a standard shooter where you can run and gun. You need to learn to addapt, improvise and overcome.

Option 7# ; Run away as fast as you can, when you see one.

That one works very well for me.

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

the heavy weapons are balanced enough, if you want to complain, complain about their suits. Or learn how to play the game, its not just a standard shooter where you can run and gun. You need to learn to addapt, improvise and overcome.

Most of the people against the HMG changes are not considering the situations that most people encounter heavies and die numerous time against them. Heavies are more likely to be encountered at close ranges on most maps; close enough to be within his range effective range. It is less likely that you will meet him on an open battlefield with flat land where an AR can easily take him down. Even if it were true, the AR gunfire isn't that accurate at such a long range. The heavy suit plus the imperfect AR shots makes it a chore for the AR user to take a heavy down.

At 2000 RPM, the accuracy of the gun should make the user's cross-hairs fly up into the sky. I would like to see that change made along with less accuracy. I don't care so much for it's range since bullets can realistically fly further than 60m.

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.

I've seen a lot of rubbish about the HMG being overpowered so I thought, why don't we hold a vote on this?

So, to participate in the vote, sign into your character and click the like button on one of the 4 following posts.

So here it is:

#1: Shorten the Range

#2: Weaken the Power

#3: Both #1 and #2

#4: Don't change it.

^This.

Thank you!

It's fine, just get a shot gun.

#3 and make it overheat the longer you spray with it!

It overheats fast enough. Most smart heavy users burst fire/tap button to keep heat down