The problem is that you still can Kill people with AR's .. and that annoys the FPS haters ALOT. If it was up to them, the AR will be remove from the game altogether.

I call it the "AR haters club" .... there they come... get ready...

The reason (I suspect) is the fact that the AR is the most common weapon. The most used generally gets the most hate.
Now personally I do think it could do with some small tweaks to recoil and perhaps damage, but that's just me.
If you get hit direct by a forge gun, then that's just pretty bad luck or a very good shot, doing that isn't easy.
Snipers, eh, not sure where to go on this one.
The plasma cannon is an incredibly difficult weapon to use in an effective manner.
Shotguns, meh, the guy snuck up on you, chances are if you had of seen the guy you woulda gotten him, I don't think there's much of a problem.
Scrambler rifles are good against shields, if your focus is shields, you probably wont want to fight someone with it in a straight shootout.
The LAV is a known issue and there is fixes coming in like, 1.4 I think.

Damn straight a forge gun should 1 hit kill every infantry in the game, just lower the damage so it doesnt make railguns look silly.

Plasma cannon? why the **** wouldnt that one hit you.

Its a shotgun, theres a reason it 1 hits people

Scrambler rifles have amazing rate of fire and high damage they also do extra damage to shields.

Yea LAVs are bloody annoying but thats why you carry AV nades with at least 1 AV nade/swarm in your squad

ARs are fine

Im thinking this was a troll post or youre just generally bad, but good job not QQing over fleylocks

#1. We have people complaining about them already.

#2. Thats reasonable.

#3. Da ****? Thats a thing

#4. Thats not technically OHK, he took your shields, it was most likely CQC, y'know, where shotguns are at their most effective

#5. Thats what they're made to do, just like Armour Vs Mass Driver

#6. They're already being worked on.

I don't think the fact that you can have OHKs is a bad thing. While a shotgun getting a OHK hurts the shotgunner got the jump on you. If you see a shotunner from a normal distance you'll kill him with an AR 9 out of 10 times.

If you get close to a sniper or forge gunner then you've got them too. The weapons are powerful but they're all situationally powerful. They have major drawbacks.

I love my AR and the versatility of the weapon is the reason why. But I'll probably lose if I'm fighting someone on their terms.

some people are only happy when they're complaining

If you look closely when you take damage, there is a little red arrow (I call it the blood arrow) that points off from the red damage circle that indicates where the shots are coming from (points down for shots coming from directly behind you, up for directly in front, right, left etc.) I've actually used this to respawn and find snipers and either flank them or snipe them myself. It's actually kind of fun. It becomes about me and him/her then.

I know what you mean. It can feel cheap but I still don't think it's a balance problem. A Forge Gun is quite difficult to use so if someone does kill me with one it isn't so bad because I know they're a skilled player.

#1. Ever use a Forge Gun? No? If you died instantly, he's either good with it, or got a lucky shot. To do that kind of damage it must be a direct hit. And with how ****** the aiming is in DUST, it's a miracle.

#2. It's a sniper rifle. It's a sniper rifle that fires rounds at 7000 meters per second. Yes. Getting shot in the head with that kind of kinetic energy should kill you pretty much instantly.

#3. Anyone that dies to a plasma cannon is either sleeping, not paying attention, or the guy on the other end is really ******* good with it. And if he's put the time in to get that good with it, he deserves it. Because the plasma cannon is ****.

#4. Again. Large caliber weapon firing multiple projectiles with huge delivery of kinetic energy. Problem physics?

#5. Scrambler rifles are supposed to be good against shield tank. Problem reading dev posts?

#6. LAV Roadkill at 5mph is broken and CCP is going to fix it.


Now. AR's are prolific for a number of reasons. You start out with it. It does equally well against shields or armor. Which means that anyone that is heavily tanked in either direction does not have an advantage either way. They are very accurate even without passive bonuses.

My only problem with them is they are good at all ranges barring at extreme sniping ranges. (God forbid they are left in this state and allowed to take magnified scopes) "Assault" or battle rifles are short to mid range weapons. Meaning 25 to 200 meters. Beyond that, projectile drift and gravity takes over and accuracy suffers. In our fantasy sci-fi world, AR's are good from 0 to around 400 meters (guessing).

The AR is actually quit well-balanced. That's why it's used so much. The question is; Why aren't the other weapons better?

And why does aiming with them suck so hard?

LOL So you want some magic anti-kinetic force field around objectives so you can't be shot while hacking the terminal?

They melt them because THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DESIGNED TO DO! They say "Hello Cal logi. I like your sui. ohh now you're dead."


You really think that your Cal logi should be invisible don't you? Take a hit and move on.

troll thread is troll
next he'll say tanks are op because he cant solo with mlt gear