The problem aint the gun, its how absolute trash any form of armor is, and how big the bonus' are to explosives.
Meanwhile only a flux can hold a candlelight to explosive damage multipliers.

Another reason right now, is all these "don't want to aim" nuggets just got their little toy broken, and they want explosions.

Yes, the only difference is you have to aim with a AR. Such a unskillful weapon, having to aim directly at your target to hit it. CCP fix.

Is this still really going on? LOL Pathetic let me guess. CCP will nerf the MD AGAIN and make it UNUSEABLE AGAIN. It will be GÇ£fixedGÇ¥ AGAIN but worse than it is NOW than people WILL STILL CRY and call OP just because it CAN KILL YOU. WhatGÇÖs next? Nova Knifers beware you will be next on the fail CCP nerf train. This is really annoying me so much, everyone crying about OP just because they get killed by a weapon. ItGÇÖs pathetic as hell, leave the weapons the way they are. The way I see it is that people want to make to every other weapon less effective then there weapon. And at this rate everything that kills somebody will get nerfed. Nova knife, Mele, IGÇÖve even read that milita AV gear is GÇ£OPGÇ¥. Seriously leave the fking game alone. Quit acting like kids just because you got out smarted, and I swear if people say GÇ£it isnGÇÖt fairGÇ¥ they are so fking dumb. Is it fair when a tank spawns in a ambush full of people who didnGÇÖt have their AV suit on? No, is it OP no. Is it OP when people set uplinks above roofs? No, is it OP no, itGÇÖs called tactics. Is it fair when a scout suit gets killed by just about anything in the game and really have nothing to show for it? No, is it UP yea lol. So really quit crying, itGÇÖs pathetic. Most of the time when I use my Mass Driver people run in the same spot. IGÇÖve also been owned by Mass Drivers but mainly because insteads of moving in one direction I basically dance in the same spot when in fact I HAD TIME to GTFO. But ofcoruse you want the game fair right? Than make every gun have the range the AR, make every gun have the same skill requirements of a AR. Make every gun have the same ammo count of a AR. Maybe just maybe people wonGÇÖt cry OP. Seriously HTFU quit acting like bytches just because a gun did better in that given situation. People act like their ArGÇÖs are shotguns and they rush in like dumbazzes lol pretty sad. But eh I guess I'm OP because you think you have the right to call me OP. But IMO, the AR still holds a far greater advantage than the MD. I own a AR at lvl 4, I own these weapons as followed:
Assault Rifle level 4
Mass Driver level 3
Forge Gun level 4
Heavy Machine Gun level 4
Nova Knife level 2
Scrambler Rifle level 1
And everything else is from the elite pack, so you canGÇÖt say one gun is OP and expect me to keep quite because I use most of the common guns in Dust. I know them; I know theyGÇÖre advantages and disadvantages. Seriously, with mass driver you have to be more alert. You have to think about several things such as: Elevation, surroundings, range and positioning of the ARC. It isnGÇÖt a straight shot gun like the AR. I donGÇÖt care what these people say; they think itGÇÖs easier to use a Mass Driver than a Assault rifle? Pff, most of them are trolls who say that. Anyway no matter what people will bytch and CPP fail devs will go for it. Im tired of it and IGÇÖm not gonna spend anymore money on this game just because itGÇÖs pointless using anything that is not a Assault Rifle. Shyt itGÇÖs even more pointless to spec into anything other than the Assault Rifle. Why? Because everything is GÇ£OPGÇ¥, if it kills you and itGÇÖs not an Assault rifle itGÇÖs obviously OP according to half of this fail community filled with useless dumbfks. And I was going to buy a other elite pack but honestly IGÇÖm having my doubts about this game and the community itself. Anyway let the troll begin I guess?