Jathniel wrote:The AR is broken, and it breaks the game.
Even after damage mods have exposed as properly balanced, some people still say that the AR is fine.
Can you see through your own bias?
Doing well with a sniper rifle in an ambush for me is hit or miss. I'll go 2-3, when it's bad match, and spend the rest of the match running away from pursuers because it's so frickin cramped.
But give me an assault rifle and suddenly i'll do like 15-3 if its BAD match, then 20-0 or 30-4.
That's not skill. That's use-to-win!
I deliberately avoid using the full-auto AR, because it is too easy, and I HATE playing that role. I despise it. I abhor and detest it.
Aim with no consequence, fire with no consequence. Run around killing with impunity. Nothing stops it. (Except a REALLY sucky set of blueberries) Assault role is so imbalanced vs. everyone else it makes me want to pull my hair out.
It's TOO easy to play as an assault. Way too easy. The AR doesn't have average performance in every area it has excellent performance in every area. It owns EVERYTHING, all you need is a pinch of aim, and you'll ruin everyone's day. I've already done it. I call myself a niche player, but I'm at Proficiency 3 with my AR.
The weapon is a joke, and the moment some niche player succeeds in embarrassing someone that relies on the shield-tank Assault/AR fit, they come to the forums to complain.
It's OP. I pray that we get a slew of utility weapons to poop on the Assault role AND the AR come May 6.
There are no individuals that are OP with the Assault role. Focus on killing them, and they will die. Trust me, I KNOW this.
It's the ease of the role itself that's OP.
If you find some individuals OP as Assaults, then ask them why they never play any other role... they will likely tell you 1 or/both of 2 things:
1. They suck at the other roles.
2. They think the other roles are next to useless, with the exception of logi.
That's it. The good players won't do any other roles, because the other roles simply suck by comparison of usefulness.
You have some good determined Heavies that put on a good show ( I literally remember seeing one in an allied corp dance around in an open field during a practice corp match, desperately trying not to get shot. lol it was hilarious, because he was semi-successful).
But currently it feels as if the game is so geared toward making life swell for the Assault role....
Whatever, I drop the argument like a hot potato, here and now. I said I was going to drop this until May 6.
So there it goes...
*PLOP*