agree 1000% .

Step #1 is losing the silly firing arc and making it a weapon that fires in a straight line. This will reward accuracy, allow it to work in medium range (right now it can't) but will also have the effect of making the sight useful. Note to CCP: A SIGHT MUST WORK AND SHOW US WHERE THE ROUNDS GO. It can't be a "guide" or offer "hints"...lol.

Step #2 is making it reload after each firing or slowing down the fire rate a great deal. There's a reason shooters don't have grenade launchers as auto-fire weapons. It could have something to do with the fact that ITS POOR BALANCE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SPAM GRENADES! But who knows...maybe that's just me being silly.

Step #3 is making the reload longer. I'm sorry but a weapon with 6m of splash damage and suppression cant also reload almost as fast as the AR. 5 to 5.5 seconds i'm thinking.

Step #4 is making the users take full damage when they use it in close range. Tyjus and I tested it in ambush the other day and he walked up behind a guy and one-shotted him at less than 1m. The guy took full damage (i'm assuming) Tyjus lost 80 shields. He basically got hit by the splash and took reduced shield damage--CAN"T HAPPEN.

Step #5 is enabling the mortar firing mode so it can be useful at attacking entrenched locations from distance. This would be a nice addition but again, lets reward accuracy here. No "guessing" or "extrapolating" with spent rounds. If this means picking a point within range from the start map a la the orbital strike so be it.

My 2 ISK.

Half the fun of blowing yourself up is denying some deserving red dot a kill for his KDR.

If anything blowing up oneself with MD, grenade, or a jumping LAV flying into a wall should give the deserving player a death and kill!