lol at poor attempt to rescue the game...

"let's ignore all the downfalls and look at all these positive sides!

the game is... actually good!"

YES finally somebody gets it.... Damn Im still downloading the damn client... FML.. anyways +1

*slow clap* I think I love you.

There are still glaring faults with the build. Headglitch, see through terrain, rank 5 basic skills, doing the running man over a pebble. But all in all I would say that it is at 60/40 right now. 60% good 40% bad. Not quite passing but a step in the right direction. I actually think that if CCP went on a terrain mapping slaughter it would be 90/10. I love the new bigger maps, the graphics are drastically improved, the memory leaks seem to have been solved, the controls are more responsive. Ease of use is better, the UI is more streamlined.

I hope the 14th takes it even further. I'm not ready to buy more AUR but I am liking the new build as an overall. Now we just need to get more people playing.

I'm on board with the OP. Overall there are a lot of great improvements. Definitely some sloppy updates (aiming, input lag, object rendering choppiness, implementation mistakes, etc.), and choosing to split the update between 5/6 and 5/14 is a horrible decision. The good-idea fairy strikes again!

On a side note. I'm no expert with Heavies and HMGs, but I do find it funny that the very same people crying about the nerf to their play style are running around the forums saying "Nerf all the things, except my preferred play style." It's natural for players to want their chosen fit to be all-powerful, but dang! Heavies have perfected the attitude!

I just thought of something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_G36

One of the variants of this weapon is the G36C

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Jordanian_Special_Forces_with_the_G36C.jpg

Introduce compact-carbine weapons that can fit into a sidearm slot, and operate like up-scaled SMGs. You'll notice from the FanFest CCP Presents! presentation that a "Magsec SMG" is already planned as a Caldari weapon, and if you take this idea further - into the realm of modular weapons - and allow the current SMGs to be upgraded to fill this type of role, you don't even have to make a new asset.

Logi suits get a workable weapon with low fitting requirements, and are better fit into their intended role.

Smells too much like a glorified AR.

Logi's should only engage enemies as a last resort.
They're not frontline fighters, they are the ones supporting the frontline fighters, they have too much gear to carry around a big boom stick.

Yeah, the idea is that it would have less damage and range. It would be useful, but you wouldn't want to go one on one with an AR with one. Also, the PG and CPU saved would be a boon for a Logi player, but it would still use more PG and CPU than a standard SMG on account of the mods, and thus would take up too much PG and CPU to realistically allow an Assault player to, say, carry both a Laser Rifle and a Carbine.