Honestly? I give up. When this game start to mean something again I'll care. Hate to be the "doom and gloom" kind of person, but I'm pretty sure most people are seeing the writing on the wall.

The balancing act in this game is a joke. Regardless of how many suggestions or feedback people give.

I find it funny that the only AI weapon that heavies have shoot spitballs at the #1 suit in DUST, Caldari suits. So guess what, it take almost 300 bullets to put down a proto Cal suit with a proto HMG in CQC. It's a ******* joke.

Heavies that do good in PC play their asses off. No lie.

If you have a problem with the HMG, in Dust of all games, then you are pathetic and definitely should not try to play other first person shooters.

I don't run run heavy but I don't disagree with a few changes. Probably the best fixes would simply be improve your turning speed slightly and as far as buffing the dmg I think they should adjust the percentage of the proficiency skill to 4 or 5 percent instead of 3... however if they were to do the later it would only be fair to adjust the same on any other similarly low dmg weapons. Btw Sir Campsalot, I've ran with you and against you and regardless of the hmg/heavy needing these fixes you destroy a lot of clones bro lol.

Increase DPS over continuous fire or heat build up. Problem solved.

Or Even more simply Increase base damage back to Chromsome levels across the board.

My HMG fires one shot at about 1900dmg from 300meters......

True, just give it a slight damage buff it should be fine or just make it do basic sub machine gun damage at proto level makes sense lore wise (sounds like something the Minmatars would do, have the same bullet for multiple guns) plus yes pubs theyre good against ransoms but in pc battles they don't cut it, been in 3 battles vs sver true blood and only 2 guys in 1 game ever used an HMG and they both did horrible. 4-9 and 2-11 something to this effect.

If you really are all about dps look at the scrambler rifle
Std level 847
If its dam per clip thats gets you going, same gun 3240 still pretty good and at 60yd range or about.
Not saying nerf scrambler only supporting why a damage buff to hmg is not a ludicrous proposition.

The HMG is flawed, those of us who use it make it work. I have been a heavy for a long time so I can use it very well. The hit detection, the dispersion of the bullets will make you want to quit. I keep coming back because I love being a heavy with my HMG but alas it is a broken toy. Scouts can strafe faster than my gun can follow. If they take damage they can run faster than my bullets can travel. The shotgun has more range as well compared to my HMG. I have gone toe to toe with a scout/shotgun and have lost due to its poor design. It needs more damage out put at the moment or the heavy suit needs another high slot. I have mine at proficiency lvl 4 and at this lvl the gun should be a monster but sadly it is not. If you think I'm lying, skill into a proto heavy with a HMG similar to mine and take on any proto suit other than a heavy and see what happens. Also being an HMG user it takes more SP than an AR to skill into. So please fix this so I can do my job and actually hold a point and no a logi is not the answer. Because I will always shoot the logi first, so I can cut the life line of the other heavy.

True add that in with bad turn speed and the effects are compounded, on paper it sounds good but real life dispersion, damage of other guns, slow movement speed, giant hit box and only marginally higher HP than medium suits makes heavies a difficult class to play, I see most heavies reduced to forge DMR type roles. I think the damage would help but remember not all of the damage is ever applied, come to think of it only a relatively small percentage is ever consistently applied.
So either make it so semi consistent damage is aplied or up the damage now, where it's at best inconsistently applied.

Honestly? I give up. When this game start to mean something again I'll care. Hate to be the "doom and gloom" kind of person, but I'm pretty sure most people are seeing the writing on the wall.

The balancing act in this game is a joke. Regardless of how many suggestions or feedback people give.

I find it funny that the only AI weapon that heavies have shoot spitballs at the #1 suit in DUST, Caldari suits. So guess what, it take almost 300 bullets to put down a proto Cal suit with a proto HMG in CQC. It's a ******* joke.

Heavies that do good in PC play their asses off. No lie.

You know what, Im just gonna say it. We need our B-Series back.. I think I would like...
1100 Shields, 400 armor, 5/8 recharge delay.
Holler.

Your fix won't do crap but ruin the gun even worse. They need to completely remove all turn caps and it'll be perfect.

Here are some quick points regarding PC battles.

Your enemy will flood the field with shield tanked suits.
HMGs are very weak against shields
It takes 1 second before the HMG reaches optimal dispersion, meaning it takes 1 second before the bullets fire straight.
Your enemy in PC is among the most skilled in the game, they will not stand still for you.
Explosions are everywhere (flaylocks, MD, fused grenades)... as a Heavy you do not have the luxury to stand still to fire your weapon to its maximum effectivness.
You are slow, the chicken that cannot cross the road, easy to sneak up on, large hitbox, big head for crits, etc, etc, etc.

So basically what D Hero is suggesting only I say make it a different racial weapon and keep the HMG a high rof low damage gun. 2 guns exactly opposite

Lance has spoken. need i say anymore? if one of the best heavies in dust says it... there can be no refuting it.

No, it just goes to show how bad some of you are at this game. The HMG doesn't require any further changes, the only acceptable thing to implement would be a breach variant. Now do us all a favor and quit complaining about something that is working right.

P.S. I play solo so no, I never get carried, it's actually quite the opposite.

No, it just goes to show how bad some of you are at this game. The HMG doesn't require any further changes, the only acceptable thing to implement would be a breach variant. Now do us all a favor and quit complaining about something that is working right.

P.S. I play solo so no, I never get carried, it's actually quite the opposite.