Like I said in other threads and my own thread on the subject, the current Gallente AR just needs a faster dispersion increase rate in order to require it to be fired in long bursts to stay accurate.

As well - and I'm not surprised at this, since this is CCP's first shooter - there is another issue.

The dispersion rate resets the moment your release the trigger. With the way the DS3 triggers work, this means that you can quickly release just enough pressure and then depress the trigger again to allow you to burn through an entire magazine while remaining completely accurate.

This is similar to how pulsing your trigger rapidly in Halo 3 would result in winning any AR v AR battle against someone who just held the trigger down.

The dispersion rate needs to have some kind of time-based falloff such that you can't feather the trigger to stay accurate without slowing your rate of fire.

i dont see the ar being op in any way..its ineffect at range well the rapid fire one is any ways u rnt going to hit much...


its goood at close to mid range and the duvolles some so op because of the damage mods that playerrs love putting on them...

then we have the assualt suits have more hp than heavies problem...

Thanks for putting the quote here! Was about to do it myself.

I imagine the AR would seem like it had no balance issues at all if it weren't for the ability to do exactly what I described in my post to perfect effect.

Compare a GEK to the Advanced Scrambler rifle.
They are near an exact match DPS wise.

They both barely rise in DPS between the levels.
Obvious bias is obvious.

Assault Scrambler rifle.
He used Assault in his example.

Assault variant takes a clip and a half to overheat, and even more if it's a Amarr assault.
It might as well not be there.

Personally I do not care for d legendary.
He suggested giving HMG's the same damage as AR's, and also reducing dispersion, basically making any weapon besides the HMG pointless

So yeah, he's not a balancing master.
He couldn't even get his facts right.

I agree.
However, his suggestion of giving every bullet 34 damage is as ridiculous as it gets, and why I don't take any of his posts seriously balance wise.
I think HMG bullets slowing you down is the answer.

Hero I'm sorry but your are still wrong. Your still not accounting for damage versus shields vs armor. Additionally saying that canceling weapon reload speed is an important factor in making a weapon better than another is silly.

I've said it before and I'll say it a million times. Your comparing specialist weapons to a generalist weapon. The AR functions well in every area but in specific areas the other weapons really out shine it. Sure the AR can kill a shot gun scout from far away but a laser can do it better and a shotgun will ruin an AR user in CQC, just as an example. If you think the game should not have a generalist weapon that is an entirely different argument but saying a weapon is OP simply because it works well in most situations as opposed to great in specific ones is failing to see the larger picture.

Recently I've been seeing the breach AR quite a bit actually which is funny since it is just this side of useless.