DUST Search - Using a rifle other than the AR puts you at a disadvantage

LEETZORR wrote:

If you use any weapon other than an Assault Rifle, you are putting yourself at a disadvantage. These are just the results of me testing things out over a few days, I figured I would share.

I started off skilling into the AR and found myself doing really well. I was effective at close range and medium range. Damage output was awesome, and I could down most opponents before they could kill me. I always left matches with a positive k/d ratio and could help my team.

Seeing that everyone else is using the AR I figured I would try and add to diversity and use one of the other rifles. So I petitioned a respec, and used my extra SP to try out some of the other guns to see what I should respec too. I leveled the laser and scrambler skills to 3 and used the mid tier versions. Bad mistake.

Laser Rifle is complete garbage. People move a ton in this game. Having to keep the small reticle on target, managing heat and dealing with the poor damage output of this gun was a nightmare. There as absolutely nothing I could do unless I surprised a target or ran into a new player who had no idea what was going on. Every time an AR user came anywhere near me, I had to run for my life...especially in mid-close range.

So I moved on to the Scrambler rifle. At first I felt like this was a good choice. It was definitely better than the laser rifle. I could actually get a few kills. But again, as soon as I came into contact with an AR user, they had the upperhand. They could spam the fire button and run through an entire clip, while I had around 9 shots or so before I was overheating. And if the charge shot misses you are going to lose the fight because heat is to high to fight back. You would get maybe 3 or 4 more shots before you had to let the gun cool.

Although the AR rifle is really powerful, I'm not calling for nerfs.. but at least buff the other rifles so that they can compete with the AR. Right now speccing into another weapon puts you at an immediate disadvantage. The AR is superior to the other rifles in every way. I'm seriously considering just sticking to the AR. This is a competitive game, and its no fun when you have to put in way more effort just to be even with other players.

TLDR: If you see someone using a TAC AR, run...


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Rei Shepard Spectre II 286	Posted - 2013.05.23 07:25:00 - [1] - Quote LEETZORR wrote: If you use any weapon other than an Assault Rifle, you are putting yourself at a disadvantage. These are just the results of me testing things out over a few days, I figured I would share. I started off skilling into the AR and found myself doing really well. I was effective at close range and medium range. Damage output was awesome, and I could down most opponents before they could kill me. I always left matches with a positive k/d ratio and could help my team. Seeing that everyone else is using the AR I figured I would try and add to diversity and use one of the other rifles. So I petitioned a respec, and used my extra SP to try out some of the other guns to see what I should respec too. I leveled the laser and scrambler skills to 3 and used the mid tier versions. Bad mistake. Laser Rifle is complete garbage. People move a ton in this game. Having to keep the small reticle on target, managing heat and dealing with the poor damage output of this gun was a nightmare. There as absolutely nothing I could do unless I surprised a target or ran into a new player who had no idea what was going on. Every time an AR user came anywhere near me, I had to run for my life...especially in mid-close range. So I moved on to the Scrambler rifle. At first I felt like this was a good choice. It was definitely better than the laser rifle. I could actually get a few kills. But again, as soon as I came into contact with an AR user, they had the upperhand. They could spam the fire button and run through an entire clip, while I had around 9 shots or so before I was overheating. And if the charge shot misses you are going to lose the fight because heat is to high to fight back. You would get maybe 3 or 4 more shots before you had to let the gun cool. Although the AR rifle is really powerful, I'm not calling for nerfs.. but at least buff the other rifles so that they can compete with the AR. Right now speccing into another weapon puts you at an immediate disadvantage. The AR is superior to the other rifles in every way. I'm seriously considering just sticking to the AR. This is a competitive game, and its no fun when you have to put in way more effort just to be even with other players. TLDR: If you see someone using a TAC AR, run... Ive played with the TAC for a couple of days, but i like the Semi Auto scrambler more, this is just personal taste. I only do marginally better with the TAC over the Imperial Scrambler so for me playing with a handicap doesnt slow me down one bit, when you can do 26/1 vs a team of 6 in an ambush match when the second guy in my team had 4/4 and the rest lower (we were rolled) but they lost because i was in that match with the SCR, if i had the TAC my guess is they would have been on the forums crying about that match lol. Though idd like an aiming system in this game that lets me, you know aim, right now i can't aim for sh*t.