Goodbye Flaylock, hello massdriver.

And Plasma Cannon <3

-XOXO

I already have that Proto, but it has a weapon switching bug that is unbearable. Too much delay, needs to be fixed!!!

Oh dear god yes, i agree! i spam weapon switch after a plasma shot and end up dying before i get my smg out. womp womp.

MD's getting nerfed in 1.5.

You act like we HAVEN'T been doing that since its splash damage got fixed. The golden age of FLUXM'D has returned!

IKR....should put that in the bugs section.

-XOXO

Goodbye Flaylock, hello massdriver.

The difference of course is that the MD is supposed to be a primary weapon and is not all that great up close, ala every time I suicide because some idiot blueberry decides to go all rambo and flashes in front of me on his way to die uselessly in a blaze of glory. Also, much less accurate. Verdict: Functioning as intended.

I was using Massdrivers before it was cool, you could say im a trend setter

The difference of course is that the MD is supposed to be a primary weapon and is not all that great up close, ala every time I suicide because some idiot blueberry decides to go all rambo and flashes in front of me on his way to die uselessly in a blaze of glory. Also, much less accurate. Verdict: Functioning as intended.

The mass driver is perfect. It was too good in Chromosome and terribad in 1.0. It is now just right. Your problem is that you haven't figured out how to counter the mass driver - get Above it. Problem solved and stop QQing

Goodbye Flaylock, hello massdriver.

i was just in an ambush with you...

Mass drivers are in a good place right now. The only quirk I think that needs to be revised is how much damage they do to armor, but that's something that is exclusive to explosive weapons in general. I think they so something like 120-130% damage, and that should be tweaked to around 110-115%.

People need to realize that all the weapons are great as long as you position yourself in a way that allows you to effectively utilize the weapon. A laser rifle isn't going to do jack in CQC, nor will a mass driver be very effective against someone above them. The key to survival comes down to realizing when you're outgunned/outmaneuvered and then repositioning yourself based on the encounter. If you encounter a mass driver face to face, get him as close to you as possible (melee range) while unloading on him/her. That way, even if you DO die the enemy has a chance of killing themselves to. Most smart MD users will switch to a sidearm but it's funny to see them blow themselves up from time to time.

The flux/MD is hardly something to QQ about. Yes, it's a very potent combo when used correctly, but it requires timing your grenade and MD to pull off, and you only get 3 grenades before restocking. The best thing they could do as far as balancing the combo is removing grenades from nanohives restocks, which would aid in reducing a lot of nade spam in general, since that's what people seem to resort to as a counter to the MD in CQC among other things.

I wouldn't say golden age but the MD is in a good place. As in it works how it's supposed to.

The mass driver is perfect. It was too good in Chromosome and terribad in 1.0. It is now just right. Your problem is that you haven't figured out how to counter the mass driver - get Above it. Problem solved and stop QQing

There is no QQ, they took the flaylock away, so I will use something that requires even less skill.

OKAY THAT is enough of that right there, I sat by and let ccp take my cpu, my scope on my AR (like I had a choice or a vote).... it is time to squash this notion that nano-hives shouldn't give you grenades. They do this then the homing range on my proto-av better yank a grenade off the ground and send it rocketing into the dropship, same thing with a tank on the redline.... if it is in the same map it better travel the 800m to slam into it..... and what about LAV's; it better not take more than 2 grenades to destroy any vehicle so I can throw out my last one to possibly help my team take out a vehicle.

Heck if nano-hive stop giving grenades I want someone's grenades who played on the map in the games before me to lay there and remain active seeking said vehicles. Oh and since we are being just outright silly, only 3 heavies are allowed on 1 team, 1 LAV, 1 Tank, 1Dropship as the available vehicles, one for each squad.... if some dweeb calls in something before you and you only "Skilled into" vehicles take your lumps, like you are asking everyone else to.

EDIT: OH yeah.... finite ammo on all vehicles at that point, so you can no longer just pull the there is a nano-hive inside my tank... funny how they fail to realize that would mean the nano's are converting your tank to ammo, unless the nans are just making ammo from thin air.

OKAY THAT is enough of that right there, I sat by and let ccp take my cpu, my scope on my AR (like I had a choice or a vote).... it is time to squash this notion that nano-hives shouldn't give you grenades. They do this then the homing range on my proto-av better yank a grenade off the ground and send it rocketing into the dropship, same thing with a tank on the redline.... if it is in the same map it better travel the 800m to slam into it..... and what about LAV's; it better not take more than 2 grenades to destroy any vehicle so I can throw out my last one to possibly help my team take out a vehicle.

Heck if nano-hive stop giving grenades I want someone's grenades who played on the map in the games before me to lay there and remain active seeking said vehicles. Oh and since we are being just outright silly, only 3 heavies are allowed on 1 team, 1 LAV, 1 Tank, 1Dropship as the available vehicles, one for each squad.... if some dweeb calls in something before you and you only "Skilled into" vehicles take your lumps, like you are asking everyone else to.

EDIT: OH yeah.... finite ammo on all vehicles at that point, so you can no longer just pull the there is a nano-hive inside my tank... funny how they fail to realize that would mean the nano's are converting your tank to ammo, unless the nans are just making ammo from thin air.

Goodbye Flaylock, hello massdriver.

Except the most spammed weapon in the game, by a long shot, is the AR.

Hail AR 514, go AR or go home.

The mass driver is perfect. It was too good in Chromosome and terribad in 1.0. It is now just right. Your problem is that you haven't figured out how to counter the mass driver - get Above it. Problem solved and stop QQing

MAYBE, they should reduce flux grenades by 1.

You want to nerf grenades that doing kill anyone? Really?

TBH they should nerf all grenades to one.
They are extremely powerful and deadly, making them spammable is just insulting :\

You know what CCP is going to do when that pretty MassDriver graph is going to get a boost ;-). I'll happily run into your splash to help with that.

MD's getting nerfed in 1.5.

funny enough, MD's are becoming the new FoTM.

"Nade spams are not a problem" "AV nades better launch like rockets to hit tanks and dropships" "Killing any vehicle with two AV nades"
Are you that daft! AV nades should be problematic for tanks and dropships but you should not be able to take out either with less then 4 proto av nades its a heavily armored vehicle. Small explosives shouldnt do anything to them LAV's are different that should be the only thing AV nades wreck. There is a reason Dust has AV weapons.
If they made it so you only got gernades from supply depots this game wouldnt be grenadier 514. Because you would have to think tactically if you should waste one of your precious kill all weapons. That way they have their tactical uses not "lets clear a spawn by setting my proto nano hives up and chucking 10 core nades that 0HK everything."

4 different noob tubes in one game. Granted, 2 of them have recharges. Still.

Why not just make it where Swarms will lock onto infantry? Just get it over with.

I chalked it up when they made a noob tube pistol. AYFKM?

Funny how MOST people are ashamed that they exclusively use noob tubes in the REAL shooters. Even if they do really well, they are still mocked. That's why they are called noob tubes. Conversely, noob tubers are proud of themselves on Dust. CCP apparently proud of them too since uprising added 2 new tubes.

I guess that's what happens when a "shooter" is designed for RPGers.

You obviously have not tried the MD/FG and have no clue what a noob tube is..

The orignal "noobtube" was the RPG launcher in CoD.

OHK from massive distances with little aim required.

The MD has an arch which you have to learn so takes some aim. (Different but equal to AR)
Also, you can not "spam" the vanilla varient (I wouldn't call 1 shell/sec spam..)
And the assault varient does laughable damage unless direct hit.
on top of it all, anything higher than exo-5 or the assualt varient will kill the user in CQC (usually ran by logis who have no sidearm)

The FGs splash has already been nerfed once, and its sights are LOL (no zoom btw)

That said, the FG could possibly use a slight dmg nerf and the MD a slight radius nerf. Tbh I think they are two of (if not the only) balanced weapons in the game

MD's getting nerfed in 1.5.

I thought the MD was spot on in 1.0 (minus broken hit detection(and they took my arch away some))

I get WHY they raised splash (its supposed to be area denial,) but I really don't think it was necessary.

Because it's an area denial weapon. Only reason why it got nerfed so low in 1.0 was because of internal play tests and it being popular in the office or some BS like that. Now it's perfectly balanced to the point that you can't win a mid range 1v1 encounter but can rain down hell on anyone dumb enough to rush an objective head-on.

I get that. I really do.

But I didn't kill myself as much in 1.0. Like never.. ok maybe once or twice

Because it's an area denial weapon. Only reason why it got nerfed so low in 1.0 was because of internal play tests and it being popular in the office or some BS like that. Now it's perfectly balanced to the point that you can't win a mid range 1v1 encounter but can rain down hell on anyone dumb enough to rush an objective head-on.

Goodbye Flaylock, hello massdriver.

The MD isn't even a viable option on half of the maps, how often do you see them on Manus Peak or Line Harvest? Thunderdome variants though, they have alot of choke points and corridors, great for a denial weapon. Gotta know where and how to use it other wise you're just some goof lobbing grenade shells blindly.

That tends to happen a lot. I die to kill hungry blue dots jumping in my direct line of fire during ambushes. Try keeping a healthy distance between you and your target or fire down from above.