Now, don't get me wrong, The TARs that were recently nerfed needed to be balanced. But to Completely neuter a class of weapon and make the stockpiles that players have utterly pointless. I Use a plethora of weaponry in game, From assault rifles to sniper rifles, to smgs and shotguns, scramblers and so on - And had a refreshingly fun time deciding what worked for my playstyle, and what made me most combat effective. I understand reducing TARs in damage, I can even see taking away 25% of the clips size. But the capped rate of fire makes every TAR a waste of isk. It's simply a chore in masochism to attempt to fight any other worth while player 1 on 1 with a tactical assault rifles unless they're oblivious to your presence, or AFK.

Like I said earlier, TARs did need to be balanced to quell the massive overuse of a better than average weapon. but what you have done is like going to the barber, asking for him to trim the top, and coming home with full body electrolysis. You should have (in retrospect) either taken all TARs off the market, and away from players, and reimbursed them, so you could properly rework them. instead we're left with hundreds upon hundreds of assault rifle shaped digital placeholders.

Before people start rattling off things like "you suck so you cant use the new TARs" or "you rely on an op gun" - let me tell you, I have a 2.0+ kd, my win ratio aint to shabby either - and I use a cornucopia of weapons, that all perform similarly in terms of combat effectiveness - with there being a tool for every job - assault rifles for blitzing, TARs for defense and guerrilla tactics- Burst rifles for ambushes and defense when you have time to aim well - sniper rifles for sniping (duh) - Scrambler rifles for killing heavies - and HMG's for crowd control on hordes of players. I dont claim to be a Dust Guru, just an above average grunt. and taking the balancing issue one step to far has broken some of the wheels of my shopping cart

The recent changes to The TARs have been taken a couple of steps too far, and as everybody knows, all it takes is a few stat points in either direction on just about anything in a game like this to make it over or under powered. I understand doctoring the damage, the clip size, even the price. but to reduce the fire rate on a semi auto weapon, and still call it semi auto is absurd - self loading maybe, but not semi auto. being able to fire as fast as a person can pull the trigger is part of the allure of semi auto weapons, and is part of what makes such weapons so combat effective - If you're good enough to keep your aim on a person while fanning that trigger, more power to you. 90% of the people playing Dust right now could not hit the broad side of a heavy gas extraction facility while going crazy with a semi auto gun. I understand the risk of modded controllers making things lame. but thats why you set a REASONABLE fire rate. so that when the people with turbos fire, its only as fast as someone could physically pull the trigger on the controller, 400rpm was ok, 300 could work too. But the minute Fire rate on TARs right now, along with the other overzealous stat changes has essentially made an entire catalouge of weapons pointless to even be wasting space on the database.

I paid good money to ccp for the luxuries I enjoy on dust, and My heart skips every time whining masses of people with expensive equipment get shot up by an assault rifle that costs 17k and was used cleverly, versus the 200k worth of equipment that was squandered by a player who was not cautious enough to keep it. The Glu 5 was a bargain for the overall value of the weapon, true - but it had its short comings -small clip, high recoil - but with distinct advantages - good range, excellent hip fire - Can I admit that It did a little bit to much damage compared to the duvolle? yes. Can I admit that All TARs needed to be doctored to make this game run smoother? yes. But do I think That CCP went about correcting an oversight the right way? no, they did not. A semi stealth nerf of one of the most popular classes of weapon, hastily implemented, and horribly received by the community. Expect to nerf Scrambler rifles next when kids start complaining about being one shotted. and while you're at it, Force people out of their spawn. Its one thing to snipe, its another story when you sit half a km outside the battle boundaries, and never set foot on the battlefield.

Still love dust, Thank you CCP for creating it. Hope we can get everything smoothed out soon.