CCP isn't like that.. If something is game breaking they will patch it fast, but unbalanced.. Well.... you gotta wait a while.

CCP should be like that though!

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda, Mighta, Hada, hopes and dreams buddy.

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I use a scrambler rifle and like it quite a bit, Iv taken down countless TAR users in serveral different situations that should have been in their favor by actively being situationally aware of what I was doing, who was near, what was near by to hide behind. Bullets wizzing past my head from behind? Duck and cover left around this corner, tactical reload, engage, retreat, engage, kill.

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I fail to see why there is such an issue with the TAR on the battlefield.

Yes I see that the stats and range are a bit crazy on paper, and a lot of people are "adapting" quite well here in New Eden by using it exclusively. I personally dont die to these rifles anymore than I do to randomly tossed locust grenades that dont show up on my HUD; or red misted by a forge gun from above, ect. Maybe its just I find it easy to actively seek cover while in combat. Being situationally aware really helps. Zigging and Zagging...NOT JUMPING when they are shooting from a distance. (Heavies, im sorry, just wipe the honey off your legs and try to keep up, I got your back!)

But instead of just causing destructive nerfs to the guns that, in many people's eyes, are OP; try to focus on making progressive movement towards what can be done to the other weapons to get them on par with the TAR. I havnt seen any competent attempts with the Lazer Rifles this update because they are complete trash. I used to fear Mass Drivers with their stopping/suppressing power. I once gave a crap about NOT being shot by a shot gun. Let's try to actually make progress on our guns, and let the TAR users shine. Use that energy to help yourself as well as the entire player base; not nerf an entire weapon into the dust because they are FoTM

I use a scrambler rifle and like it quite a bit, Iv taken down countless TAR users in serveral different situations that should have been in their favor by actively being situationally aware of what I was doing, who was near, what was near by to hide behind. Bullets wizzing past my head from behind? Duck and cover left around this corner, tactical reload, engage, retreat, engage, kill.

A lot can get you fragged in a battle, but tunnel vissioning will set you up for failure.
I may be wrong on so many levels in most of your eyes; and thats to be expected. I know everyone has their own play style, tactics, beliefs, and opinions. This was just some from my point of view. -Cheers!

this !!!

dont nerf one of the only guns that work in this game,, work on getting the rest up to the same level!!!

else we just be dancing around each other for ages and not actually killing each other

I personally think the other weapons not released yet could balance out the TAR. Before we nerf or buff anything, CCP should release what they're working on. The MTAC could very well be the main counter to infantry as well as giving tanks another role on the battlefield.

We have a situation now where the TAR is vastly overpowered, some weapons are a useless mess, and the assault rifle completely dominates.
This has been the case for weeks. Several patches have been deployed, most completely ignoring balance apart from a token vehicle HP balance, which broke things even more - free LAV spamfests are now even more frequent. Dropships were effectively nerfed.

'Working on it' and 'trying to get the right numbers' is not a valid excuse. Neither is waiting any longer to judge these things - the community are crying out about the TAR, matches are completely dominated by TAR users, weapons which were previously viable in Chromosome have been nerfed to hell.

How hard is it to nerf or buff a weapon a small amount each day? Implement the change, look at the effect it has on matches, change things further or leave as is. For example, cut some damage from the TAR, look at its usage, nerf again, buff slightly back, or leave as necessary.
Statistics are not sufficient for matches, and neither is simple internal testing. There was plenty of feedback during Chromosome, and in Uprising it's all been thrown out the window. Viziam LR overpowered? Cool, cut the damage on that variant, leave the others as is. Oh wait, instead, the laser rifle was nerfed to being a laughably ineffective weapon, and the TAR dominates it in every conceivable way.
Dropship WP rewards have been promised for months! There still isn't any reward for one of the most difficult and expensive classes to play - isk rewards are horrendously low to sustain that playstyle, and promised dropship price cuts have failed to materialize. ADS was a start, but it's ludicrously expensive and fragile.

This is a short list of things, but there are many, many more broken things. AV balance, for instance.

If things are left to stagnate like this further, then people are going to leave. Hell, people are leaving already.
It really can't be hard to patch such minor things as numbers. These aren't gameplay mechanics, these are things you've introduced that need tweaking.

Please, CCP, balance things! This isn't like EvE Online where you can take months to do it - you need to do it immediately. There's a nice weapon variety in the game, but noone can use the majority of them because they're not competitive!

Nerf this thread and nerf the scramble rifle. AR is very good and balanced