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[Lightfoot]

Heavy Gauss Rifle unusable with so short a charged period. Why even bother putting it in the game? I thought my controls were bugged at first.

[Vxheous]

Lightfoot, on 07 August 2017 - 12:08 AM, said:

Heavy Gauss Rifle unusable with so short a charged period. Why even bother putting it in the game? I thought my controls were bugged at first.

You can always use 1 point in weapon tree and extend gauss charge when using Heavy Gauss, just for your muscle memory

Edited by Vxheous Kerensky, 07 August 2017 - 01:03 AM.

[Lightfoot]

Vxheous Kerensky, on 07 August 2017 - 01:03 AM, said:

You can always use 1 point in weapon tree and extend gauss charge when using Heavy Gauss, just for your muscle memory

Sure, but you shouldn't need to Skill up a weapon to make it have basic functionality. That should not become a balance point.

[Davegt27]

I noticed the same thing
but PGI knows all this already

[Lightfoot]

It's just too much nerf. Really cheapens the game. I am thinking RACs are more powerful than any Gauss and isn't a double shot of UAC20 15 more damage? Somehow MWO elevates the Gauss to the Gom Jabbar of mech weapons, but in reality it's just a mech rifle.

[Vxheous]

Lightfoot, on 07 August 2017 - 08:13 PM, said:

It's just too much nerf. Really cheapens the game. I am thinking RACs are more powerful than any Gauss and isn't a double shot of UAC20 15 more damage? Somehow MWO elevates the Gauss to the Gom Jabbar of mech weapons, but in reality it's just a mech rifle.

Not sure how it's nerf as that's the way the weapon was released. Nerfed would imply that the Heavy Gauss had better properties at one point.

[General Solo]

Cant have people throwing around 25pts of pinpoint willy nilly

[Lightfoot]

Vxheous Kerensky, on 07 August 2017 - 11:10 PM, said:

Not sure how it's nerf as that's the way the weapon was released. Nerfed would imply that the Heavy Gauss had better properties at one point.

Mechwarrior 4 had the Heavy Gauss working fine with the same properties and no charge-up and MWO's Gauss didn't have a charge-up until June 2013. Charge-up is NOT canon BattleTech, where in the Gauss weapons have no charge phase, so it is always a nerf. RACs are better anyway if you can aim so the charge-up Gauss seems like a farce, more now than ever before.

[Vlad Striker]

Heavy Gauss must not have charge-up as I convinced.

[mad kat]

I thought it would be a great weapon for my Grid Iron......sold it after three games.

What utter trash!

The light Gauss rifle that replaced it has since proven to do more damage, more consistently.

Edited by mad kat, 14 August 2017 - 03:35 AM.

[Gas Guzzler]

Eh its one skill node. What I don't like is the reticle shake garbage, that is what needs to go ASAP.

[TheFallOfTheReaper]

Screen shake needs to increase for racs, gauss should be a single shake

[Ooman]

100% Agreed.

Heavy gauss has such a short range and short charge that it almost impossible to use. The charge hold is even shorter!

The screen shake is fine.

The charge up time is fine.

The charge hold is too short.

The range is questionable.

A brawler weapon range with an unreliable fire rate (due to having to charge and recharge without firing, sometimes multiple times)....best to stick with a UAC 20 or AC 20

[Dee Eight]

Lightfoot, on 08 August 2017 - 08:25 AM, said:

Mechwarrior 4 had the Heavy Gauss working fine with the same properties and no charge-up and MWO's Gauss didn't have a charge-up until June 2013. Charge-up is NOT canon BattleTech, where in the Gauss weapons have no charge phase, so it is always a nerf. RACs are better anyway if you can aim so the charge-up Gauss seems like a farce, more now than ever before.

This is NOT mechwarrior 4.

[Pearnicious]

Also, MW4's online multiplayer was horribly unbalanced and obnoxious. An extremely bad example to compare to, and illustrates how weak your argument is.