I really hope the HMG was not nerfed. I hate that so many people here cry for nerfs. The HMG was never too powerful. It was more powerful, AS IT SHOULD BE!

Quit crying that something killed you and learn to play.

seems to take a lot more bullets to kill people, and seem to be using them up faster. all the 'hmg nerf' threads have disappeared. i think we've been stealth nerfed.

We (IRC folks which is btw open to anyone) where in a discussion with [CCP] Wolfman about the HMG last night and discussed the various possible softer nerfs that could be applied to encourage the use of the AR over the HMG for long range engagements and to further encourage the training of heavy weapon sharpshooter.

I think the one thing everyone somewhat agreed with, was reduce accuracy/optimal but keep the overall range. (similar to how a laser rifle sucks ass at short range hmg would be the opposite)

However... [CCP] Wolfman did not mentioned any of his own ideas or his feelings about the weapon at all. If he did nerf it at least he listened to the Rubber mallet not a sledge hammer part.

[CCP] Wolfman is also looking at Skytt's chart of wonderfully flattened weapons, the suggestion for there was shift more damage out of skill points and more into the weapons themselves.

Last item discussed was swarm launcher behavior, he is going to see about making it possible to shake a swarm off a bit easier if you're good at driving an lav or flying a drop ship. As well as fix the missiles that hit objects very early and don't explode.

When onto vehicles we discussed that railgun small and missiles both where underwhelming no longer had a place on the battlefield. No good solutions where really offered on the subject because we have no idea of full intentiol role other than to make the missile launcher the poor shots choice and balance it with damage being very weak while making small rails hurt like hell because of the difficult aim.