People use the AR because it is familiar. Not OP. if it was op nobody would use the scrambler rifle.

People use the AR because it is familiar. Not OP. if it was op nobody would use the scrambler rifle.

Here's the kill board from a skirmish map.

ARs-117
ScR-7

Seems nobody uses the ScR.

Facerape the AR with the balance bat in, 3, 2, ,1...

So, every other weapon in this game gets nerfed just as soon as the AR nerf brigade gets going.

OP or Not, the AR is ruining Dust. This weapon is so overused it's just stupid. The weapon, in pubs, accounts for as many kills as 11 of the 14 weapons combined. Combined.

Does that sound like balance or diversity? no, it isn't.

CCP - Are other weapons supposed to compete with the AR? They aren't.

It's about damn time that CCP approaches balance with, you know, usage balance in mind.

'Cept CCP can't do that it's AR 514 afterall.

lol let me show the power of my Proto SCR and ASCR

Of course the AR is popular. It's easy to use, reliable, and many players will choose to invest SP in it before considering a second weapon to skill into simply because of its simplicity and familiarity. You said it yourself, you're complaining about overuse and not imbalance. From my perspective, you're also wildly exaggerating.

Expecting every gun to be represented equally among the player base is pretty ridiculous. If I ran a poll of everyone's favorite ice cream, animal, cartoon show, book, superhero, whatever, not one of these would receive equal representation throughout. Why should random chance or even balanced weaponry somehow result in balanced diversity in weapon usage?

Less than half of my deaths have been the result of lone AR fire. Hell, if I'm going to escape from any fire fight, it will be vs an AR at mid range. I'm just as likely to be under fire from scrambler rifles and in my experience someone in my LOS is probably holding a mass driver or a flaylock. Snipers are abundant. Scouts usually have a shotgun, smg, and/or flaylock. Heavies are obviously likely to be carrying HMGs or forge guns. I don't see plasma cannons, maybe one a day and that guy's probably just trying it out. Don't see many lasers. I see them, but not many.

Can't they just subtly buff all the other weapons instead?

The blood and tears have soaked the Nerf Bat through and through. It is well past the time to lock it in a gun safe.

Yup but, that isn't gonna happen....

(ARs are useless against tanks), become a better player (so you can kill people before they kill you)

You never know.

Lies.... A.R.s are very effective against a tanker.

I have to agree with some people needing to be better players. Period.

I fail to see how an AR is effective against a tank? I was referring to the tank itself as opposed to the squishy little dude inside who has no SP in infantry-based skills. The only time a good tanker should be out of their tank is when they spawn in at the start the match!

So, every other weapon in this game gets nerfed just as soon as the AR nerf brigade gets going.

OP or Not, the AR is ruining Dust. This weapon is so overused it's just stupid. The weapon, in pubs, accounts for as many kills as 11 of the 14 weapons combined. Combined.

Does that sound like balance or diversity? no, it isn't.

CCP - Are other weapons supposed to compete with the AR? They aren't.

It's about damn time that CCP approaches balance with, you know, usage balance in mind.

I think there are two major "problems" with the ar.

1. It is in the starter fits so anybody gets free ones therefore anybody knows how to use them and skilling into them is a rather smart move if you want to use your free starter gear for a while.

2. Mimic weapons. The exsitence of these makes it praqctically unnecessary to skill into other weapons.


Solution to 1: bring in all racial variants and alter the starter fits with the racial assaultrifles

Solution to 2: get rid of the mimic weapons or move them into seperate skilltrees and gave every Assault rifle thier niche

Also I believe point one is the more important one...