Damage and splash are not the same. Sorry if im not clear on your meaning. Max damage from explosives is fine though (except flaylock of course, always the rulebreaker) in fact max damage may need to be INcreased to justify a splash nerf, but i think damage needs to drop off, FAST. And so put skill back up where it belongs, no?

No. Diluted madness. Why not just remove sights alltogether and call in airstrikes? This is not what an fps is about. Explosives should be explosives: Very damaging at close range

'just like an assault rifle' ?
Perspective
2m splash is way more than 2000 x bigger than an assault rifle bullet.

Try the plasma cannon. That weapon is hard enough already. If you remove the splash that will be just one more reason to never use it. I think you are wrong that it doesn't take skill for splash.... in fact it takes a lot of skill to throw a grenade exactly where you want it or put your mass driver shots where you want them.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=92678

Uh, last I checked we have airships and Orbital Bombardments. What game are you playing?

Look, people who are excellent FPS marksmen, and do well with the twitch gameplay should absolutely have a big advantage (and they do), but there should be viable roles for everyone. For example, the MD should excel in area denial and be capable of shelling out low-to-moderate damage over an area, and be totally screwed in a head on 1v1 against someone with skill using an assault/scrambler rifle. That's balanced--the people with skill still have the advantage, and people who are less skilled can still have a role in a squad where they're exerting pressure on an area in the battlefield. Dust needs MORE tactical gameplay, weapons need ROLES beyond just shooting people in the face. Dust is MORE than just an FPS.