DUST Search - [request] Tired of the AR Spam

M3DIC 2U wrote:

Part of the reason AR seems OP is because folks have skilled heavily into it because the other weapons get nerfed/changed so much but the AR stays pretty constant. Also, every suit can use the thing so why not?

If you skill the other weapons into lvl 5 profeciency, they are just as effective and deadly, difference is that they typically require a different play style than the run and gun most FPS players are used to.

COD Black Ops was same way with everyone using the same weapons until folks figured out how to be effective with the others, then you'd see folks killing the masses with hipfired sniper rifles or shotguns or pistols while they tried to stick with the ARs there.

I loved the MD until it was nerfed, now it's fixed and I'm working my way back into them again. But my AR fits won't be erased because it's a stand by. Also, a MD in Skirmish on an open map is pointless so choose a weapon that fits the map and role you want. The all around weapon of choice will still likely be the AR... stop QQ'ing about it

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Revelations 514 Red Star. EoN. 96	Posted - 2013.07.31 18:55:00 - [1] - Quote M3DIC 2U wrote: Part of the reason AR seems OP is because folks have skilled heavily into it because the other weapons get nerfed/changed so much but the AR stays pretty constant. Also, every suit can use the thing so why not? If you skill the other weapons into lvl 5 profeciency, they are just as effective and deadly, difference is that they typically require a different play style than the run and gun most FPS players are used to. COD Black Ops was same way with everyone using the same weapons until folks figured out how to be effective with the others, then you'd see folks killing the masses with hipfired sniper rifles or shotguns or pistols while they tried to stick with the ARs there. I loved the MD until it was nerfed, now it's fixed and I'm working my way back into them again. But my AR fits won't be erased because it's a stand by. Also, a MD in Skirmish on an open map is pointless so choose a weapon that fits the map and role you want. The all around weapon of choice will still likely be the AR... stop QQ'ing about it This is simply not true. I have 0sp in AR's and can drop plenty with it. Matter of fact it does better than the SG that I have heavily skilled into, the SMG which many an AR user has claimed is OP, ect. You do not have to be skilled into many of the weapons. The difference between std and proto is actually very minimal for almost any weapon. However, if you want to say the grass gets greener later, it doesn't. At later levels the proto AR is actually even more imbalanced than the proto's of others, (we can use SG for example). The cost, CPU/PG is higher to use for proto SG than proto AR, but the proto AR has a higher meta level, (7-9), dmg, RoF, Ammo Capacity, Accuracy...... So what were you saying about skills being a factor? They are actually more balanced at std than at proto.....and even here the AR outshines. Not because it's "familiar", (seriously an AR in a game is familiar? is this even a real argument?). How many space age AR's did you fire before Dust? More than space age shotguns? If familiar is the reason, why is it not grenade 514?