Ever stopped to think that the MD might be your hard counter? Even with reduced radius, a skilled MD user is still going to pop you.

(Ughhh, not this again)

The MD is an area denial, anti-rush weapon by design. It has horrendous DPS, (lower than a MLT AR) a slow moving projectile with falloff, low field longevity, slow reload speed, and it's useless against elevated opponents. People complain about it because they try engage a MD user in their primary situation and win. I've been using the MD since Chrome, during the nerf/bug at the start of Uprising, and I'm still using it now. Aside from the sight still being kind of useless, the MD is actually in a really good place with damage/splash, even if both are significantly lower compared to Chrome and dropsuit EHP got a significant buff.
If you see a MD on the kill feed, be careful in areas that have elevation and run the hell away when you start to take damage, not when your shields are down. It's called an area denial weapon because it's supposed to have enough of a radius and deal enough damage to deny someone of an area.

Which ones? There are 3 kinds and they each have different clip sizes. If you are suggesting all of them, then you don't understand variants and you don't realize how dumb this idea is. Either way, I don't think you get mass drivers.

If you could only have 4 shots, with anything other than a ADV breach MD or Freedom MD, you would have to get 100% direct hits with your entire clip, and even then, heavily shielded players would likely survive. 4 shots takes like 3-4 seconds.

Imagine asking an AR player to require 3-4 seconds of continuous uninterupted 100% accuracy to kill another player...

all explosives should have huge blast radius's......thay are explosives after all

It actually would if you sit and think about it. I've been using all the flaylock variants on a 9,000,000 SP Minmatar assault Alt of mine. Here's some ideas I came up with.

Slow moving as in slower moving than a point-and-shoot weapon. There is quit a bit of round travel time. Try using the flaylock, it's not that easy to get kills. Also, by using it, I mean the STD, ADV, Prototype and all the variants to get a good idea of how to balance it while making it still viable as a sidearm you can main. Other sidearms are good enough to use as a main weapon, but people still haven't caught on.

NO. MASS DRIVER IS FINE. IT TAKES ALL 2-3 ROUNDS OF A PROTO MD TO COME EVEN CLOSE TO KILLING THE TRYHARDS ONCE I KNOCK OFF THEIR SHIELDS. MD IS FINE AND BALANCED. BALANCE THE FREAKING GAYLOCK. PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT MD ARE UPSET BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR PRETTY PROTO TO ONE.

How many 1 v 1 engagements did you win against an AR?

Well, I took the MD to battle right now.
All standard gear, one enhanced light damage mod.
Zero skills into it, using the Aurum version.
Status?
Success, went 11/1, that 1 was from a LAV.
And I got in 5 minutes before the end of the match (Ambush), if it was from the start I would probably be higher than that.
Kills were extremely easy, I can only imagine what happens if I bring a flux and high end gear and MD.

Area denial my ass.
1v1? Piece of cake.

Not to mention a pub match. Everything is OP in a pub match... even the laser.

Give it a week you silly troll. :P
The MD is in a good place compared to other weapons. I know the splash radius makes it seem cheap but it's really the only thing it has going for it.
The only balancing it really needs is an aiming fix. It's only being used right now because AR aim is bad. Once that gets fixed, more players will flock back to the AR when they realize it's the better killer weapon since it has better DPS/versatility.

With proficiency 5, and an EXO-5, I'm pretty gimped in CBs. I'd use a freedom, but the fitting costs are already so high on the MD, that I would have to give up some tank on an already squishy suit, or some equipment. Keep in mind that I'm an OP Minmatar logi.

When everyone is running full proto, you can be pretty gimped. I had the same problem in Chrome. Also, earlier, I meant PC. -derp-

Here's the issue- the MD has to dish out enough damage to make someone go "Oh ****!" and retreat. Anyone that want's to stand there and shoot back and die should be a free kill. The assault MD already deals diminished damage over a wide area and is a true support weapon. The standard variant is balanced for general purpose with a smaller radius and almost even damage across the board. Hell, I've even had some fun with a speedy logi fitting and using the MD like an explosive shotgun in CQC. Seriously, how many other weapons have variants that are all useful in given situations without being completely OP? CCP already nerfed the damage and splash enough, just let the MD be already.

God forbid a niche weapon to be good in its ideal situation...

Seriously, can everyone go back to crying about the Core Flaylock. Hell, cry about logis again FFS...