I see no need for any AR to have over 70 base dps. Thats seem to be the problem to me, with skills it has beastly dps.

You mean 70 damage right?
Because 70 DPS won't get you anywhere lol

You are correct, I meant damage.

I really wonder why CCP thinks they need to reinvent every game mechanic they encounter. This isn't the first time that there's a semi-automatic rifle in a competitive multiplayer game. Just look at how other games did it and go from there. Fewer time spent on design, better result, more time to come up with unique ideas that don't suck.

It's not like it's all that complicated. Frankly CCP shouldn't drastically increase hip fire spread, the gun still needs to work in CQC. Spread increase and a smaller mag is likely to just break it. Which is seems to be SOP around here.

It's not that hard. Range and DPS should have an inverse relationship, as do Alpha and DPS.

High range and high alpha? Lower DPS
High range and higher DPS? Lower Alpha
Low range in general should have higher DPS than high range, regardless of alpha.
Shotguns have high alpha, AR and HMG have high dps, etc etc

TAR's should be able to shoot accurately at range and in CQC. It should pay for it's range with lower DPS. You won't balance it by trashing its CQC ability, you'll break it.

The easiest way to balance the TAR would be to give it stats closer to the breach scrambler pistol. Slow ROF, strong damage. Maybe not quite the damage of the breach, somewhere between the breach and current TAR but with the breach scrambler pistol ROF.

That would balance the gun pretty good. It would lower its DPS and force players to really be careful and skilled in CQ while allowing it to provide its intended role at range.

weGÇÖll be releasing an iteration of the Tactical Assault Rifle with a smaller clip and much wider hip-fire spread making it less effective in CQC. If that change alone does not prove enough we will walk the damage of the TAR down slowly. No big, sweeping changes this time.

I wasn't referring to you, Cat. I was talking to CCP when I said "you", and I was referring to this:



I'll bet 5 million ISK they break it.

The viziam out ranges the TAC, to me the range on the TAC should be pulled back some and the ROF dropped just a little. The TAC is OP in my eyes but only by a little bit. A rang buff on the entire LR line to make them reach about 10 meters more than the TAC at the standard level and a very small ROF drop in the TAC would probably be more fun than an AR range nerf.

If the stated fixes don't do what they intend, then before they start adjusting the damage I would recommend that they instead increase the zoom a tad in order to re-enforce its place as a mid-long range weapon making ADS in at close range as iffy as it would be with any 2.5 ACOG.