Oh noes. Did I kill you from across the map? While you were trying to snipe me from across the map? So sorry bro.

So true.

I can't down vote you but i would -.-

3 meters? compare that to the assault rifles range of 85 meters...

Also well inside the HITTING OURSELVES range.

you are basically suggesting the complete death of a weapon we skilled into so yea we are going to be a little aggressive in its defense. If you think we are being jerks try suggesting that we TWEAK (read call in the CCP NERFHAMMER 9001) the assault rifle.

can you give me a logical reason why your AR does the same thing? no no you can't stop whining because something killed you and HTFU.

Mass driver is an indirect fire weapon, thats why it killed you. It is meant as an arcing lobber. if you got killed behind cover it means the MD gunner was a.genius and he had a spotter telling him where you are. functionally artillery in game.

second if.a.mass driver round explodes nearby wise people dive for cover, as they believe the next one will land on your head.

also a sh**-hot gunner can predict the angle by where you are on his radar. the mass driver, when wielded by a ballistic genius (genius of any kind is rare in a dust battlefield) will be a holy terror.

someone got a lucky shot and you were sitting still. working as intended.

further. I Can sit on one side of a wall, lob rounds almost straight up and nail the bastard on the other side. its kinda what grenade launchers do.

and I am willing to bet money you havent got a clue how they work. skill up and give em a go. Most people hate the MD because its not as easy to use as they think.

this will be my only nice post in this thread. fair warning.

Bro, I know what your saying, but your not listening,

If you tweak the range you break the gun.

After that post, breakn' stuff is going to be all over this......he did warn you after all.

And they were playing mortar.
lol I don't think its even possible to stand on the other side of the wall that your on and shoot the MD in anyway that's going to wall hop and kill you.

It takes a long time to reach a target in the distance.

Eventually for range it will simply arc all the way down and die.


This is 1000's of years in the future, I'm sure they have great grenade launchers.

If you can't see a grenade coming from a mass driver and be able to evade. You deserved death, they're already slow.

And at range they're simply mortars.

Annnnnd... someone didn't get the point the first time so everyone stand here while papa breakin stuff mocks the crap out of him for NOT READING MY POST CORRECTLY.

Hurr durr. Shut up for a minute, I'm talking here.

The mass driver, often called the Noob tube has a roughly guestimated range maximum somewhere between 60 and 80 meters (closer to 30-40 unless you know ballistic angles like Jesus knows prayer), unaffected by the sharpshooter skill (unlike every other goddamned weapon in the game) because the velocity and mass of the round is fixed. So screw off.

Now, let us add to this, that your accuracy at these ranges is somewhat akin to trying to hit your baby brother in the head with a quarter by DROPPING IT OFF A GODDAMNED SATELLITE! if you were derp enough to stand there while mass driver shells are falling from the sky then my friend you need to re-evaluate standing still, because OOPS! MY cover's been blown Cagney! Help me!

Third, the blast radius is very limited, and while it can be expanded upon via skill that also extends the splash damage falloff outward. so I'm guessing that Either you in your hail mary unlucky shot having self ate one direct to the top of the head, or you stood still while the gunner fired about five of them in your general direction like a complete tool. Guess what most of us consider to be a bad idea?

Another valid point: Listen up chuckles, because it's not the fun one. You can kill yourself with a mass driver. i have... frequently, because i shot a redberry at point blank and figure better I get credit for killing me than he does. Another thing, the refire rate is SLOOOOOOW. a bit over one second per shot refire delay.

And finally, I recognize you'd rather he ran up and shoot you, because it's more sporting and you can shoot back, but let me newsflash you kiddies. If you're playing the game fair, you're doing it wrong. I'm a master of cheap shots and dirty tricks and I have no shame in it. As my drill instructor told me "If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying."

But i don't care. I hear the QQ of a man offended that someone had the audacity to pummel the crap out of him with a weapon doing a trick shot that almost requires an act of God. I have no damned sympathy. Even less now that you are being deliberately obtuse and demanding a range reduction of one of the only weapons in the game that can kill the wielder.

Since the lesson was not learned properly, I declare tomorrow, Saturday, Feburary 9th to be a new Dust 514 Holiday. It shall be known as "Steel Rain on Rachoi" Day! For the commencement of the holiday I ask all who can to watch the rosters of battle for our dear friend Rachoi, and spawn nothing but mass drivers to cheer on his great work demanding our beloved noobtoob be nerfed so that it cannot kill him when he wants to feel safe.

If you cannot use a mass driver, then I offer you this humble substitution just for him.

Militia forge guns are cheap as hell and require no skill point investment. They can be the substitute weapon if your mass driver skills are nonexistent.

Go forth my children, find Rachoi, and make it rain.

I win.

/thread.

Im still hunting you with a mass driver tomorrow.

Theres better than me with a mass driver. I graduated to the assault forge gun. my favorite things to shoot are expensive dropships and marauder HAVs. I used to use MD all the time in closed beta though.

Heres a hint. the gunsights ccp gave for the mass driver are useless. yer better off eyeballing it.