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I-Shayz-I ZionTCD Legacy Rising 186	Posted - 2013.04.08 20:35:00 - [1] - Quote What other game allows you to snipe players across the map with a fully automatic assault rifle simply by aiming down the sights without a scope? Snipers have to crouch and sit still before they are able to get that precision, so why does the AR have this advantage even when strafing back and forth while aiming? I mean, the unsteadiness from movement should be enough to give the AR some inaccuracy. The damage is fine, the range is fine, the kick/recoil kind of works, but the spread/dispersion only works properly in this game when you are hip-firing. Aiming down the scope lets you hit the exact mark almost every time even at it's max range, which doesn't make sense. ____________________ Am I the only one that sees this? Because EVERY time that I see a thread about the AR it's about the recoil, or the damage, or the range, or some other factor that is working as an assault rifle should work. Yet the lack of spread/dispersion/inaccuracy is never mentioned. I mean, every other game has this in some form or another. Halo doesn't let you scope with the regular AR, Resistance has it, Most other shooters don't have big enough maps for this to be a problem, and even then trying to snipe with a weapon without a scope is almost impossible.
I-Shayz-I ZionTCD Legacy Rising 186	Posted - 2013.04.08 20:52:00 - [2] - Quote Green Living wrote: Because 75 percent of the population of New Eden uses the AR. Exactly, because the weapon excels in all areas (instead of being just "good"), but isn't amazing in anything and has hardly no disadvantages of using it. Laser rifle is bad at close range HMG is bad at long range Mass driver deals splash damage to yourself and is weak vs shields Snipers are restricted to long range but the AR? It just doesn't specialize. All good and no bad.
I-Shayz-I ZionTCD Legacy Rising 188	Posted - 2013.04.08 21:01:00 - [3] - Quote mollerz wrote: I think the obvious aspect to this future tech is skill and an exoskeleton would negate kickback. Apparently the sharpshooter skill in the next build reduces spread and recoil instead of increasing range. So this might be what you're looking for. It also hints that they will increase the spread on some weapons in order for this skill to actually be useful.
I-Shayz-I ZionTCD Legacy Rising 188	Posted - 2013.04.08 21:06:00 - [4] - Quote mollerz wrote: Wow.. that means as of may 9th a lot about this game is going to change. I sure hope so. The addition of 3 new weapons, 3 new equipment, and possibly more modules gets me excited every time I hear info about it.
I-Shayz-I ZionTCD Legacy Rising 189	Posted - 2013.04.08 21:31:00 - [5] - Quote Konohamaru Sarutobi wrote: Sniper rifle = spamming + newbie + without ISK risk + 2/3/4 shots to kill any proto suit + shooting from so far away + can be used by any suit so if you want you can be a lovely inmortal heavy sniper + spamming (again) = Don't bother, nerf this thread Did you even read my post or did you just see the word "sniper" and assume I was talking about snipers? lol I'm talking about how the assault rifle has the accuracy of the sniper rifle, and should have some more spread so that you can't hit players with dead-on accuracy from halfway across the map. WyrmHero1945 wrote: Because it's Light Sharpshooter not the AR per se. Like I said in my post, the range of the Assualt rifle has nothing to do with this. The problem I'm referring to here is spread and the lack of it. I don't care if I get hit with a couple of bullets from halfway across the map, but not every single one in the enemies clip because they are so precise. Charizard Zakalwe wrote: Because most distances in this game are well within perfectly valid range for an assault rifle? Do I seriously have to repeat myself 3 times? I'm talking about spread. SPREAD. The range should actually be longer, but that's just me.
I-Shayz-I ZionTCD Legacy Rising 189	Posted - 2013.04.08 21:40:00 - [6] - Quote BASSMEANT wrote: wait so you're complaining about the AR in lieu of the "sniper rifle"? Um....no? I was comparing it to the pinpoint accuracy of the sniper.

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