I believe the current flaylock should break into 2 variants,
these variants would consist with a more skilled powerful one and a weaker noob friendly variant.
Keep in mind the word ALMOST in the post in terms of it being balanced.

One variant would offer current damage rates but a one meter blast radius, this would offer higher damage in higher tiers.
The other variant would offer current radius rates but half the damage, this would have larger radius in higher tiers.

Keep in mind that most GN-13s will have a splash of around 1.72 where as the Core will have a splash of 2.5, thanks to +5% splash radius per level (3 for GN, 5 for Core)

Awww, you would Jenza, because you historically have been, are, and will continue to be a FOTW player. Nothing you can do about it, you are who you are.

Made an alt for the flaylock.
Got it to level 4, was using the GN.
All militia gear but dual GN flaylocks.
Went 30+ in the academy easily for a few matches, graduated.
Went 15-25 kills with single digit deaths everytime in a few instant battles.
Deleted that abomination character.
The thing is ridiculous & OP as f***, if you cant r@pe hard with even the ADV one, then u blow at video games most likely.
Needs some serious rebalancing.

No sidearm should one shot you. Whats the sidearm rules my friends. I didn't know that a sidearm couldn't one shot you. Who said that it couldn't. The flaylock doesnt have near the range of the MD. It only holds 3 in a clip. I don't know why ppl cant quit crying and why the devs even bother to listen to you guys. I will come on here crying now. Sniff Sniff whaaaaaaa I want 120 clones in clone packs for PC cause we lost . Sniffle whaaaaaa Forge Guns have too much blast radius whaaaaaa. Snipers suck so bad. Sniff I need a tissue. OK whaaaaaa please nerf flaylocks cause I cant learn how to press my jump button in a sci fi shooter. I want to play Battlefield whaaaaaaaaa. Do all this stuff cause I cried like a little sissy baby and please let my auto AR still shoot crazy distances with no recoil. CCP realize please most ppl run auto ARs again and guess why that is. Its because you keep nerfing everything that can contend with them. Guess its back to getting AR rifled and then SMGed to death. Probably by Caldari suits because that's just the way it seems to be in this game.

Guess what Cat whatever. There will always be that overpowered gun. Nerf one then you have something else again right. Im just saying the flaylock pisses ppl off because of skilled users. Im sorry that you cant hit your jump button Cat whatever. If you get killed by a noob with a flaylock then you shouldn't be typing anything on here. You should be practicing in game because you need it. I haven't been killed by a flaylock more then 20 times since they came out. Now forge guns and mass drivers yeah. Auto ARs hell yeah. You don't have to give ppl data to understand how something works Cat Cat. Im there playing all the time too. Im not crying about them. Slightly OP yes but not as much as you guys act like it is. You just want to be safe again with what suits you best.

You are on here fighting for what you like by trying to murder a gun that you don't have tactics to avoid. Im on here fighting for a actual cool sidearm to stay good and still be used in this game. Do you really want it to go back to just scrambler pistols and smgs. Boring when compared to that mini missile sound. I do just as good using my SMG but the flaylock is way more fun.

Damage mods are fine. They're the only advantage armor tankers have over shields right now because shields have to give up their tank to use them.

[quote=Scheneighnay McBob]I have the advanced flaylock, and advanced SMG- I prefer to use the SMG.

There is no way that flaylocks are easier to use than SMGs- I just strafe, spray, and win with the SMG.[/quote

Finally somebody that realizes that the smg is still used more. It is still very powerful. Right now you have a blend of sidearms. Nerf the flaylock and you go back to smg wars.