I think Ive held my tongue long enough being as this thing has been around for two months and nothing has been done about it despite having patience.

More splash damage than a Mass Driver. Including Breach variant.

I should also point out that it has higher splash damage than a LARGE MISSILE TURRET

Little arch, good accuracy, no charge up time.

One of the very few weapons that has increasing splash radius through Advanced/Proto variants, making it easy to use and forgiving on missed rounds.

Direct damage is very close to a Mass Driver, we're talking a difference of 30 damage.

Being a sidearm, its easy to fit. So easy in fact, anyone but Logistics can fit two of the damned things.

Amplified armor damage.

Now lets put this into perspective... This thing has become incredibly popular, so much so that people are naming characters after them. Forge Guns and Plasma Cannons do more direct/splash damage but theyre limited by their charge times and low ammo counts. There is no excuse as to why they do more splash damage than Mass Drivers and Missile Launchers, and frankly it doesnt even make sense in terms of payload. Splash Radius is very forgiving considering you will only ever be aiming this thing at peoples feet or directly on them. Then you have the accuracy, which in and of itself takes away any semblance of proper balance with weapons that also have splash damage like charge up time, low fire rate or low magazine capacity.

People.. This isa freaggin Sidearm.. Its a -PISTOL- and its somehow managed to usurp the Mass Driver, which is intended to be its big brother. There arent any balancing acts on this weapon and because of that everyone and their mother uses it because its easy to use, forgiving and further more insanely easy to spec into. I personally have killed LAVs/HAVs with this and have seen it wreck dropships. It fulfills the Plasma Cannons role and amazingly enough that weapon has chargeup time and arch to keep it from being all over the place.

Imo, something needs to be done about this. Theres no reason this weapon should be replacing Light arms when it is, in fact, a Sidearm. Theres no reason it should do more splash damage than VEHICLE TURRETS. There is no reason any of these factors should have lasted TWO MONTHS.

So yeah. Start your flame war, Ive held my tongue long enough. I want to die by an Assault Rifle once in a while.