The only problem any explosive weapon does is that it hits shield for only 70% damage but blaps armor for 130% damage. Weaponry such as scrambler rifles do 120% to shield and 80% to armor having the damage feel more consistent. Most mass driver kills on the feed are Either kill steals or a flux/mass double wammy which by the way is not necessary to use with any other weapon making the mass driver the only weapon that needs the synergy to be really effective. I would like to add that Mass drivers are already starved for ammo having 19 shots (exo-5 variant) and deplete nanohives in the same way grenades deplete them, very very quickly not even having one full clip on the militia, regular nanohive and the compact variant. Adding these two details, the 30% reduction to shield damage the ammo starvation and the need to use 2 weapons to be able to have the effectivenes of 1 makes the mass driver balanced.

Another thing I see people is saying mass drivers are op but I've said it a thousand times and I will say it again. The main problem I see people having with the mass driver is that point and shoot weapon users love to stay around corners or inside little cargo crates thinking they are safe. All of the sudden a mass driver round pops in there and bashes them and they stay in there not wanting to come out; so naturally they die. I see half dead people crouching and getting killed with splash, of course. What did you expect. I mean I see people run more when a sniper hits them and deny the kill but all of the sudden they get mad because they get killed in a corner they chose to stay around even when receiving damage. So please. Step your game up. I don't see people complaining about being one shot by a shotgun, which if you play enough you know to fear them. I dont see poeple complaining about scrambler rifles charge shot, which again can one shot people. I don't see people complaining that the duvlle assault rifle can now kill you at 90+ meters. I just see a bunch of people complaining about them dying to a weapon that needs to splash you 4 to 6 times minimum just to dent your shields if your shield tanked or have a kill if you are armor tanked.

Please don't get me started on it being a noob tube and not needing any skill. This is shameful coming from assault rifle users, SMG users, HMG users and any other weapon with enough Shots per second to be able to spray and pray, which are most weapons being actively used in the game by percentage. Which if we go by percentage the assault rile still is king and the mass driver is not even second on the list.

So please stop making posts like these. They are shameful and make a big scene about something that is not broken. I am speaking for the mass driver and want nothing to do with the flaylock part of the discussion. May the flaylock user come in and defend their weapon. Me I speak for me And Mine. The mass driver. The weapon that was nerfed to near extinction without so much of a heads up. The weapon that had a thread with thousands of posts without getting a dev response. Stop the nonsense and act like your worth your isk. Change your strategy and HTFU.