people keep comparing the mass driver to the flaylock... the mass drive has a longer range and a bigger blast radius. thats why the splash damage is less. it covers at max proficiency 5m... your movement speed of the average suit is 5m so no one can escape the radius.

but again two can play that game. if flaylocks are supposed to be "mini mass drivers" and be inferior in every regard, why are ARs better than HMGs?

people say... flaylocks are secondaries and they arent supposed to be effective like a primary.... well gee by that logic ARs a light weapon should not in anyway be superior to an HMG an anti infantry HEAVY weapon. but then people scream BALANCE, because if the HMG where better than ARs it would be unbalanced.

likewise, flaylocks are balanced in such a way to be effective side arms. not inferior but with a different role... like people claim about the AR verses the HMG.

if flaylocks are nerfed, then every weapon that is superior to one of a higher level should be nerfed. simplely put an AR should never be better than a HMG at killing


the point of te matter is: why is it that the flaylocks needed to be nerfed because they were good as secondaries and matching light weapons; but the HMG was nerfed and its a heavy weapon? basically secondary = light weapon, so you nerf secondary. then heavy weapon > light weapon, so you nerf heavy weapon. why?


so right now AR > secondary; and AR > HMG... i just don't understand. please explain

An AR is not a "mini-HMG" (I loled)

... and the AR is not > HMG if you don't suck and understand terrain. Just sayin.

An lmg would be the big brother to the at. But we don't have those .

You said "an AR should never be better than an HMG for killing". What you meant is an AR should never be better than an HMG at killing in close-close mid range.

HMG and AR are both primary weapons, your logic is flawed.

Heavy and light weapons are both mains.

ARs have a smaller clip but are better at range. HMGs have a higher RoF, more ammo but suffer range range.

Flaylock does everything the MD does but better and you can hold two of them.

Case dismissed.

Can you hold still for a minute?

All that flailing around is making it difficult to drink your tears.

:/

the AR does only marginally less DPS than an HMG

Basic AR DPS: 375
Basic HMG DPS: 600

Not sure I'd call that marginal

The proto burst HMG with well over a thousand DPS is a pretty amusing weapon too, greatly underrated.

I honestly don't have much to complain about in terms of the HMG anymore. The damage and RoF seem fine. However, the lack of range and dispersion do not do the Heavy suit justice.

My main concerns stem from the Heavy design itself. The turn and movement speeds are awful, but that's to be expected from a Heavy role. The problem is that the Heavy suit does not compliment the HMG in any way. A slow suit wielding a weapon with high dispersion and low range cannot be effective in any other area aside from its optimal range, but even then, the HMG Heavy can still be outclassed easily by the likes of an AR wielding medium frame.

The concept of the Heavy makes sense, I'll admit that. However, there too many weaknesses in the Heavy that can be exploited.