DUST Search - Why Do People Complain About Assault Rifles?

CrotchGrab 360 wrote:

What about 1 hit kill forge guns? (Yesterday I had a guy do 2300 damage to me)

What about the 1 hit kill sniper rifles? (there's not even any indication as to where the shot came from).

What about the 1 hit kill plasma cannon? (no idea what it really is)

What about the 1 hit kill shotgun? (I lost a 670 shield proto caldari logi suit to a militia shotgun from behind)

What about scrambler rifles? I had one take out my 670 shield in less than a second.

What about one hit kill LAVS going 5mph?

Assault rifles are awful. I played PC yesterday and every single player from Outer Heaven was spamming mass drivers and flaylocks or camping on roofs whilst doing so. If assault rifles were so good every player would use them religiously instead they flock to the unbalanced, over-powered FOTM weapon.

The game needs some major weapons re-balancing, I know I've named a lot of weapons here and somebody will come to their defense but I don't care, there are far too many one-hit-kill weapons in this game (used against infantry) which make assault rifles the least of your worries.


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Delilah Judge-Slayer Kameira Lodge Amarr Empire 7	Posted - 2013.07.26 00:43:00 - [1] - Quote CrotchGrab 360 wrote: What about 1 hit kill forge guns? (Yesterday I had a guy do 2300 damage to me) What about the 1 hit kill sniper rifles? (there's not even any indication as to where the shot came from). What about the 1 hit kill plasma cannon? (no idea what it really is) What about the 1 hit kill shotgun? (I lost a 670 shield proto caldari logi suit to a militia shotgun from behind) What about scrambler rifles? I had one take out my 670 shield in less than a second. What about one hit kill LAVS going 5mph? Assault rifles are awful. I played PC yesterday and every single player from Outer Heaven was spamming mass drivers and flaylocks or camping on roofs whilst doing so. If assault rifles were so good every player would use them religiously instead they flock to the unbalanced, over-powered FOTM weapon. The game needs some major weapons re-balancing, I know I've named a lot of weapons here and somebody will come to their defense but I don't care, there are far too many one-hit-kill weapons in this game (used against infantry) which make assault rifles the least of your worries. #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?