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Posted - 2013.05.09 20:46:00 -
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Breakin Stuff wrote:CCP Remnant wrote:Master Jaraiya wrote:CCP Remnant wrote:That's odd.
Is that 20m as seen from the target intel info on-screen? I double-checked the curves like five minutes ago and they're definitely 30m for optimal range.
I'll investigate further. The longest HMG kill I have gotten was 29m and that took nearly an entire clip because the spread is so wide at that range it becomes highly ineffective. Please don't take this as me being snarky, but you guys do know that the HMG dispersion get tighter the longer you fire it, right? yessir. but in chromosome even I noticed that the HMG has a hard time killing targets at more than 20 meters because even constricted targets that far out fill a lot less of the cone of fire than they do at 10 meters, so you lose a lot of the rounds to empty space. 20-30 was the sweet spot that killed most heavies in duels with assault rifles. Giant head hitbox. gotta love it.
Now THAT'S going a little far. I've come across fully specced heavies last build that could still do decent DPS at 70m+. If you were to be in an open area without cover (or they had altitude and could shoot over your cover) and they were to crouch, they could drop you at ~70m in about 5-6 seconds, and that's against a B-Series assault suit with Shield Control 4, Mechanics 5 and 3 complex complex shield extenders. Altina McAlterson is one that immediately comes to mind for being able to drop assaults et. al at SERIOUS range with an HMG. Sure, with sharpshooter skills still in the operation levels and your HMG not maxed out you might have had an issue getting full damage at a 40~50+ , but players who specialized were able to do WAY more than 20-30 when crouched and ADS. I personally had heavy sharpshooter to lvl 2 and could hit people as far away as the length of the catwalk above B in Ashlands for decent damage, and while crouching and fully heated about half to 3/4 of my rounds would still hit.
TL;DR: Crouch+ADS+Sharpshooter+heat up spray tightening=heavies old effective range was more than they are willing to admit. |