You know that's funny, and a little sad, because the kill feeds show nearly 10 times as many AR kills as flaylock kills.

I seem to get slaughtered by everything so I'm not gonna ***** about nerf this and nerf that; however, if the AR gets 10x as many kills its probably because 10x as many people use them. I think a kills per weapon per user stat would be more accurate in this case. Although I doubt such statistics are tracked.

My logic is that if all FP users get on average, let's just say 7 kills a match per user and AR users average about 3 kills a match per user, that would show the possibility of an imbalance in overall weapon ability. Of course this doesn't account for player skill, SP and all that jazz. In the end I s'pose I just better "get good" as they like to say.

just a quick question , if you fire with the flaylock in the ground at the base of your feet do you take damage?

im asking because almost all ppl ive seen using the flaylock they shoot the ground if you close to them and you die

There's a reason that 10x as many people use them (if that's the case), and it's called EZ. Those stats are tracked, it's just that CCP doesn't want to let us see them.

The bottom line is simple, this isn't Dust 514 anymore, it's AR 514.

Go AR or go home.

I just find it funny how you get so bent out of shape that the primary work horse light weapon of DUST is seen more than the random sidearm. It's a sidearm, it shouldn't be a primary threat on the battlefield like it is now. Like any sidearm, it should either be focused on killing one person at a time, or it should have much lower damage.

If you want a Light Weapon, might I suggest skilling into Light Weapon Operation and going from there.

We have a dev blog in the pipeline that will discuss the changes we're making to the Flaylock that will help bring it into line with other weapons. The changes are pretty significant.

It's the Flaylock, the MD, the LR, the HMG, prenerf to Scrambler Rifle and PC. Hell, even the Sniper Rifle got a stealth nerf from a change that buffed the ARs! It's anything not AR. That's the problem. It doesn't matter if the weapon is light, sidearm, or even heavy, if it even comes close to parity, it get's the nerf hammer.

Hail AR 514.

Flaylock exists
MD was basically fixed
LR needs some love
HMG is basically fixed
Scrambler Rifle is doing fine with skilled players
Plasma Cannon is a joke and will be buffed then nerfed then buffed then buffed again, nerfed a couple times, and then it will be back to where it started.
Sniper rifles are fine if not for the draw distance being all screwed up.

There isn't much more you can do to the AR other than giving it jamming / overheat and maybe lowering its damage just a tad.

It's not just the Flaylock, see, that's the thing.

It's the Flaylock, the MD, the LR, the HMG, prenerf to Scrambler Rifle and PC. Hell, even the Sniper Rifle got a stealth nerf from a change that buffed the ARs! It's anything not AR. That's the problem. It doesn't matter if the weapon is light, sidearm, or even heavy, if it even comes close to parity, it gets the nerf hammer.

Hail AR 514.

Flaylock exists
MD was basically fixed
LR needs some love
HMG is basically fixed
Scrambler Rifle is doing fine with skilled players
Plasma Cannon is a joke and will be buffed then nerfed then buffed then buffed again, nerfed a couple times, and then it will be back to where it started.
Sniper rifles are fine if not for the draw distance being all screwed up.

There isn't much more you can do to the AR other than giving it jamming / overheat and maybe lowering its damage just a tad.

... can we possibly skip the months of waiting for a long, drawn out, well explained justification for the changes that are coming and just give it to us a single sentence now?

For example: Blast radius nerfed, damage nerfed.

That didn't take a devblog we had to wait a month for, I just wrote it.

You guys can do the same, comn try it.

... can we possibly skip the months of waiting for a long, drawn out, well explained justification for the changes that are coming and just give it to us a single sentence now?

For example: Blast radius nerfed, damage nerfed.

That didn't take a devblog we had to wait a month for, I just wrote it.

You guys can do the same, comn try it.

Blog's coming out next week, but yes. Those things and more. The blog goes into more exact details as well as rationalization and design goals.

Blog's coming out next week, but yes. Those things and more. The blog goes into more exact details as well as rationalization and design goals.

Blog's coming out next week, but yes. Those things and more. The blog goes into more exact details as well as rationalization and design goals.

Well I hope on of your design goals isnt for every player to dual wield flaylocks.

just so people know, -FLAYLOCK DRAWBACKS- actually more like anti-flaylock tactics

it is useless at long ranges

near worthless when fighting uphill

at point blank it is impossible to use

suicide accidents are common and more common when damage and blast radius are increased

3 shot clip makes it easy to prepare for a reloading window (attack when they reload)

as a main weapon, it does not have a lot of ammo


take these things in consideration when approaching flaylockers, and use them to your tactial advantage.

source- I use flaylock as a main

-Prophet

the imaginary situations where entire enemy teams are using only flaylocsk IS imaginary it never happens...

Sounds like Sloth was right again and CCP going way over the top.

Thought they were learning but we will see after this blog

I just can't wait to stop watching people switch out from their Godlock to their primary....

In a game right now with a full squad of proto god locks, when they somehow manage to not kill me, they drop to their ARs and can barely touch me LMFAO hahahahahahhaahahhahahhaah

Sorry but I literally just left a match with a full squad of proto god lock users who had ARs as secondary weapons.

It happens, a lot, just towards the top end of the spectrum. AKA, better players tend to gravitate towards and abuse anything that will give them an unfair advantage.

And lo, Godlock hunting flocks were born.

We are taking this feedback very seriously and are looking into a solution that will bring balance to this weapon :) So, hopefully it's to your liking and in the future please don't hesitate with your concerns!