When is ccp going to address this weapon? There are far too many players either using a mouse or a modded controller (ie something with a turbo button) out there that simply flock to this weapon. With suck mods these guns simply own anyone at any range. I run a heavy with a boundless so when an assault suit pops up from around the corner it should not be instant death for me yet it happens often and this dtar is what they always seem to have.

They're taking their sweet time to make minor adjustments that likely still won't stop people from using it like a full auto.

They don't want to do something like making abrupt radical changes that entirely destroy a weapon and then never find the time to fix it... again...

I'm inclined to agree with you. Sadly, when you are designing any sort of multiplayer game, you need to make "How will this be abused?" your first question when designing an item or feature.

Or just lower the rate of fire and magazine capacity. Find a way to screw with the cheesy pos players that use modded controllers with low recoil weapons. That would fix the problem. So would having recoil that would build up until you have a chance to let the gun settle.

Or just figure out some way to have modded controllers explode in peoples hands, amputating their fingers and thus culling one annoying factor from the game. The smiley face isn't because I'm joking. Its because I really do like the image of a modded controller exploding in someone's hands!

I think i am digging the idea of the recoil. a weapon that does 70+ damage per shot probably should have a nice hefty recoil. My HMG has a noticeable recoil despite being a very heavy weapon to start with. Maybe a LIGHT weapon that does high damage should be considered to be packing a lot of gunpowder in the the round and therefore have a decent amount of recoil.

the fallacy of a 'gunpowder' charge in the Gallente Plasma Blaster Assault Rifle.....

there should be stronger recoil, agreed, but i might suggest you think of it as the plasma bolts having a fair bit of push back when energetically accelerated to such a speed.

Wrong weapon we are speaking of the duvol tactical assault rifle.

i just went through the market and made a couple calculations. the max fire rate on the tac rifle is 780 rpm (might not be exact.) that's 13 bullets in a second (and no, mashing r1 13 times a second is not hard for a good fpser. i can cap out the 1000 rpm on the maggie in borderlands 2 if i feel like it.) each of which deal 78 points of damage. 13x78=1014. 1014 damage a second on a light weapon is already pretty ridiculous. with 2 damage mods and full pro, you can get that up to 1348 damage per second. meaning i can flank a supertanked logi or a fully tanked heavy and kill them in less than a second. now, lets take the proto hmg (which is designed to obliterate infantry) and figure out its dps. the rof is 2000 rpm, which equates to 33 shots per second. 33x19.4=604.2. 2 mods and full pro will get that up to 851 damage per second. whoever thought it was a good idea to give an assault rifle nearly double the damage of a MINIGUN should be fired right now. and its not like the recoil makes a difference if you know what you're doing. you wanna know what the strategy used by PXRXO, pink fluffy bounty hunters, imperfects, and everyone else that goes 20-0 with this disgrace to competitive gaming is? get sharpshooter 5, turn aim assist on, and mash the trigger at shotgun range. great job, ccp. your buffing of the tar has resulted in the only weapon more overpowered than dual wield fmg9s (aka what made mw3 garbage).

i just went through the market and made a couple calculations. the max fire rate on the tac rifle is 780 rpm (might not be exact.) that's 13 bullets in a second (and no, mashing r1 13 times a second is not hard for a good fpser. i can cap out the 1000 rpm on the maggie in borderlands 2 if i feel like it.) each of which deal 78 points of damage. 13x78=1014. 1014 damage a second on a light weapon is already pretty ridiculous. with 2 damage mods and full pro, you can get that up to 1348 damage per second. meaning i can flank a supertanked logi or a fully tanked heavy and kill them in less than a second. now, lets take the proto hmg (which is designed to obliterate infantry) and figure out its dps. the rof is 2000 rpm, which equates to 33 shots per second. 33x19.4=604.2. 2 mods and full pro will get that up to 851 damage per second. whoever thought it was a good idea to give an assault rifle nearly double the damage of a MINIGUN should be fired right now. and its not like the recoil makes a difference if you know what you're doing. you wanna know what the strategy used by PXRXO, pink fluffy bounty hunters, imperfects, and everyone else that goes 20-0 with this disgrace to competitive gaming is? get sharpshooter 5, turn aim assist on, and mash the trigger at shotgun range. great job, ccp. your buffing of the tar has resulted in the only weapon more overpowered than dual wield fmg9s (aka what made mw3 garbage).

i just went through the market and made a couple calculations. the max fire rate on the tac rifle is 780 rpm (might not be exact.) that's 13 bullets in a second (and no, mashing r1 13 times a second is not hard for a good fpser. i can cap out the 1000 rpm on the maggie in borderlands 2 if i feel like it.) each of which deal 78 points of damage. 13x78=1014. 1014 damage a second on a light weapon is already pretty ridiculous. with 2 damage mods and full pro, you can get that up to 1348 damage per second. meaning i can flank a supertanked logi or a fully tanked heavy and kill them in less than a second. now, lets take the proto hmg (which is designed to obliterate infantry) and figure out its dps. the rof is 2000 rpm, which equates to 33 shots per second. 33x19.4=604.2. 2 mods and full pro will get that up to 851 damage per second. whoever thought it was a good idea to give an assault rifle nearly double the damage of a MINIGUN should be fired right now. and its not like the recoil makes a difference if you know what you're doing. you wanna know what the strategy used by PXRXO, pink fluffy bounty hunters, imperfects, and everyone else that goes 20-0 with this disgrace to competitive gaming is? get sharpshooter 5, turn aim assist on, and mash the trigger at shotgun range. great job, ccp. your buffing of the tar has resulted in the only weapon more overpowered than dual wield fmg9s (aka what made mw3 garbage).

i just went through the market and made a couple calculations. the max fire rate on the tac rifle is 780 rpm (might not be exact.) that's 13 bullets in a second (and no, mashing r1 13 times a second is not hard for a good fpser. i can cap out the 1000 rpm on the maggie in borderlands 2 if i feel like it.) each of which deal 78 points of damage. 13x78=1014. 1014 damage a second on a light weapon is already pretty ridiculous. with 2 damage mods and full pro, you can get that up to 1348 damage per second. meaning i can flank a supertanked logi or a fully tanked heavy and kill them in less than a second. now, lets take the proto hmg (which is designed to obliterate infantry) and figure out its dps. the rof is 2000 rpm, which equates to 33 shots per second. 33x19.4=604.2. 2 mods and full pro will get that up to 851 damage per second. whoever thought it was a good idea to give an assault rifle nearly double the damage of a MINIGUN should be fired right now. and its not like the recoil makes a difference if you know what you're doing. you wanna know what the strategy used by PXRXO, pink fluffy bounty hunters, imperfects, and everyone else that goes 20-0 with this disgrace to competitive gaming is? get sharpshooter 5, turn aim assist on, and mash the trigger at shotgun range. great job, ccp. your buffing of the tar has resulted in the only weapon more overpowered than dual wield fmg9s (aka what made mw3 garbage).

i am getting realy close to wanting to punch some FMs i the face the weapons are ******* broke the HMG does less damage then any weapon tell me how is that possible and use LOGIC

i am getting realy close to wanting to punch some FMs i the face the weapons are ******* broke the HMG does less damage then any weapon tell me how is that possible and use LOGIC

Hi guys,

We are performing final tests on an update today. As long as all goes well and the game doesn't explode we will be deploying some changes to the TAC as well as fixing the explosives skill that wasnGÇÖt working. The TAC has clip size reduced to 18, increased dispersion when hip firing and a lower ROF cap.

WeGÇÖll be watching carefully to see what kind of impact this has on weapon performance.

CCP Wolfman

game balance of course... look at its ROF its double that of an SMG so of course the damage has to be lower the problem with it isnt the damage its the range if it had the range of an AR it would be a pretty significant threat considering that the suits that use it are infantry tanks and the size of its drum

Hi guys,

We are performing final tests on an update today. As long as all goes well and the game doesn't explode we will be deploying some changes to the TAC as well as fixing the explosives skill that wasnGÇÖt working. The TAC has clip size reduced to 18, increased dispersion when hip firing and a lower ROF cap.

WeGÇÖll be watching carefully to see what kind of impact this has on weapon performance.

CCP Wolfman

Hi guys,

We are performing final tests on an update today. As long as all goes well and the game doesn't explode we will be deploying some changes to the TAC as well as fixing the explosives skill that wasnGÇÖt working. The TAC has clip size reduced to 18, increased dispersion when hip firing and a lower ROF cap.

WeGÇÖll be watching carefully to see what kind of impact this has on weapon performance.

CCP Wolfman

militia smg (a secondary): 22.3 * 1000 = 22,300 dmp = 372dps
assault hmg standard (a primary): 13.8 * 2000 = 27,600 dpm = 460dps

its only an 88 damage difference! considering i need to get weaponry to lvl 5 to use hmgs, and all the crap i gotta put points into to get hmgs, having pretty much the same damage as a militia secondary is insulting. the double fire rate means nothing when you factor in the horible dispersion and lengthy reload. it only means i need to burn through twice as much ammo to do the same job!