I'm kinda finished with this whole heavies are worthless thing. Seeing and hearing heavies gonna switch roles to something else pretty much says it all.

But a serious question to the community...heavy haters and all. Was the damage nerf needed? I mean, I understand the range was part of all the "Heavies are OP" threads, but a damage nerf WITH a range nerf?!!

Seems overkill. We're talking about a minigun here basically. A dude in a fat suit, holding a ******* minigun. Let's forget about real life here for a second, cuz in real life those things have range.

Balance > Realism

The role is suppose to be defense / area denial / choke points. How is the role filled now, when the dmg and range has been nerfed? Can't an Assault player do the same job? Put down a nanohive, spam nades, and shoot his AR. Doesn't that seem viable? A logi can rep him the same way he can a heavy.

Just pointing out, that nerfing the damage on a HEAVY MACHINE GUN was not needed when the range was nerfed too. Yeah we got an HP buff... cool, but i would have gladly kept the same HP I have now if it meant I have the same dmg though, but w/e.

This is really disappointing. I guess all the haters can rejoice. I applaud your efforts on the forums. Game well played. I won't be making another thread on the matter. This disappointment only shows me that CCP doesn't care about heavies.

See you out there on the battlefield.

Oh, feel free to troll and laugh... I can use a couple good laughs

CCP did go a little far with the nerf. There is no reason to nerf the HMG...both range nor damage. Wiithout the SS skill, the HMG range was fine.

I definitely don't agree ......and I don't like heavies

You want the forum to crash?!!!! The amount of crying that will be seen here would be stuff even EVE will take note of.

That does make sense actually lol

As a shotgun scout, I agree the dual impact of shorter range and lower damage is too much nerf. I think their range was a bit too long, as I get mowed down from 50m in a second. But lowering damage at the same time doesn't make sense.

One thing that hasn't received much attention is the rather huge change that sprint strafing is enabled in Uprising, which will make the lives of heavies even harder.

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Well, to begin with, Balance>Realism, which I believe Lance has said so himself, so your argument in invalid, but just so you know a minigun in real life USUALLY (don't hate on me for special case scenarios, I said "usually") fires 9mm bullets, the same as MOST real-life SMGs, so it would make sense that it does roughly the same damage.

^ this guy mad about something? All I see is obvious butthurt from being molested by an HMG too many times.

Ice now, heat later. Takes the pain away.