DUST Search - Laser Rifle - Nerfed into Oblivion?

R'adeh Hunt wrote:

The reason you see so many TAR is because it's the current king of the hill...and the majority of people either don't know CCP well or ignore their past history ;)

To give you an example: When they launched EVE, you could fly around in a medium sized ship (Thorax) with 8 heavy drones and obliterate much larger battleships easily. That went on for a good while until they hit it with the nerf hammer and suddenly a completely other race ships (Minmatar) started to excel in comparison with that drone ship (Gallente). In short, going with the FOTM and putting all your eggs in one basket is never a clever idea when it comes to CCP...they will smash your basket to pieces sooner or later. Always better to go with what's most fun for you.

As for the laser rifle, aside from all the other stuff, the thing that makes it unusable for me is the crosshair...too clunky and tough to aim correctly. That alone makes me not wanna use it no matter its damage. The only reason people are using the scrambler rifle over the TAR is because of a better crosshair. It's worse in every other respect.


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Aisha Ctarl The Unholy Legion of Darkstar DARKSTAR ARMY 98	Posted - 2013.05.22 18:18:00 - [1] - Quote I remember back in the Chromosome days where if you looked across the battlefield you could see bullets whizzing through the air, rockets exploding, the occasional scrambler pistol bolt, and death beams of laser rifles. Nowadays in Uprising all I see are bullets and Scrambler Rifle bolts - the laser rifle has pretty much been wiped out. Looking at the LRs in closer detail I've noticed that they all, from the starter LR to the Viziam have the same base damage. Well if they all have the same base damage, then does that make a starter LR and the Viziam equals? Does the Viziam ramp up its damage output faster or is it just a recolored "proto" starter LR? I don't truly know what has been fully done to the LRs, but when you literally see none being used period, that should be an indicator that something is up especially when newberries flock to anything with the word "rifle" included (plus it's a freaking laser!) I'm not calling for a buff, but I am thinking that perhaps CCP should give LRs the once over to see why the playerbase has abandoned them.
Aisha Ctarl The Unholy Legion of Darkstar DARKSTAR ARMY 98	Posted - 2013.05.22 18:32:00 - [2] - Quote R'adeh Hunt wrote: The reason you see so many TAR is because it's the current king of the hill...and the majority of people either don't know CCP well or ignore their past history ;) To give you an example: When they launched EVE, you could fly around in a medium sized ship (Thorax) with 8 heavy drones and obliterate much larger battleships easily. That went on for a good while until they hit it with the nerf hammer and suddenly a completely other race ships (Minmatar) started to excel in comparison with that drone ship (Gallente). In short, going with the FOTM and putting all your eggs in one basket is never a clever idea when it comes to CCP...they will smash your basket to pieces sooner or later. Always better to go with what's most fun for you. As for the laser rifle, aside from all the other stuff, the thing that makes it unusable for me is the crosshair...too clunky and tough to aim correctly. That alone makes me not wanna use it no matter its damage. The only reason people are using the scrambler rifle over the TAR is because of a better crosshair. It's worse in every other respect. I've come to love the SCR. The Imperial SCR with damage mods and points in proficiency can evaporate an enemy's shields in two to three hits max. The SCR imo is perfect because in DUST it seems that 90% of players shield tank - if you come across an armor tanker with the SCR you're gonna have a bad time.