What I wanna know is why is it considered a crowd control weapon when it has so much emphasis on destroying armor infantry?

Also the blast radius buff was unnecessary, even the devs didnt know about it so my guess is its a mistake.

It is fine, but I admit it gets overpowered when flux grenades get introduced. I don't know what fix can fix this.

Is this preemptive or are they already QQing?

What I wanna know is why is it considered a crowd control weapon when it has so much emphasis on destroying armor infantry?

Also the blast radius buff was unnecessary, even the devs didnt know about it so my guess is its a mistake.

It is fine, but I admit it gets overpowered when flux grenades get introduced. I don't know what fix can fix this.

Yes because the 7meter radius (more with higher level skills) is definitely perfectly fine.

What game are you guys playing.? They have more a splash damage radius than a 1 million isk Large Proto rail turret. Give me a break. Semperfi1999 is right all you need are 5 dudes with freedom MD and everyone dies. I call BS to OP bring down the Nerf Hammer CCP.

It's a grenade launcher, grenades explode, grenades hurt armor. The blast radius is needed because it's an area denial weapon that uses moderate damage to scatter organized squads and **** off people that zerg rush. But even with all those strengths it's got terrible field longevity, it's weak to shields, fires a slow moving projectile with dropoff and the AR beats it 9/10 in open ground. If you see a MD on the kill feed, use common sense and don't rush around corners or else you're going to have a bad time.

The small clip size and slow fire rate make the MD an easy enough weapon to avoid. It's not an aim and click, it has an arc, it has limitations. It's practically impossible to get hit by a MD when you are on the high ground. If people learned to move they'd find a much easier time avoiding them. If you are caught in corner or behind cover and start getting pummeled by MD splash I have news for you: That is its intended role. That is why the splash damage is lower, it's not trying to kill you, it's trying to get you out in the open so other people will kill you. It is highly effective in large groups. Instead of getting angry at the weapon, take into account the fact that you were taken out by more than just the MD. You were taken out by a large group of people, the MD was just the loudest. That is why it is a terror weapon, and that is why you want to nerf it, because it scares you, as it should. It is not OP.

In chromosome, my weapon of choice was the assault MD and it had a huge blast radius, but not a very high splash damage and a slow fire rate. I chose it because it was the perfect area denial weapon. I was toast in CQC, on the ground, and at any range closer than 5 meter (As a logi I had no sidearm). I'd occasionally get kills, nothing crazy though. On rare ocassions I'd finish up a blob on blob firefight with more kills than assists, but 90 percent of the time I was at a disadvantage, so I'd focus more on healing and resupplying my squad. This is what a mass driver should be, a weapon that is not the master of all situations, but a very useful weapon in a few. This is why I put so much emphasis on splash radius instead of damage.

I am fine with them taking extra dmg........but the radius needs to be changed back to what it was in 1.2. Prior issue with the MD was hit detection/explosive issues. Now that they are fixed the radius they have is stupid. Since basically all MD users carry flux nades.....which work through objects as long as your in the blast radius. So throw a flux nade and then spam MD with a 7 (or more) meter radius to hit someone.......basically if you cant hit someone with a 7 meter radius then you suck badly.....heck you suck if you cant hit someone in a 3 meter radius.....

It's fine. It's true that more people are using it now, but that's because in uprising before 1.2 only like 7 people were still running with it. It is not OP, it is working as intended. It still isn't as powerful as it was in chromosome, and even then it wasn't a problem.

Don't lump it in with the flaylock pistol.

This just in, they are not changing the Mass Driver.

Flaylocks getting nerfed to the not used sin bin is bad news for you MD users.

I am telling you right now that you are going to see a Ninja nerf to your MD's so prepare yourself.

As for me when they throw my Flaylock onto the not used sin bin pile, meh no big deal I have my AR to fall back to. I also will be dumping SP's into SMG's now. Minmitar bonus still gives me extra rounds on SMG's as well.

It's fine. It's true that more people are using it now, but that's because in uprising before 1.2 only like 7 people were still running with it. It is not OP, it is working as intended. It still isn't as powerful as it was in chromosome, and even then it wasn't a problem.

Don't lump it in with the flaylock pistol.