DarionLeonidas Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 I have looked through the Forums for various updates, but I can't seem to find anything on what happened to Assault Rifle. Specifically, "Auto Fire" seems to have been grossly nerfed, with a huge reduction in its spread/cone and barely half its former Range. I'm curious about the rationalization for this change, because "it was overpowered" simply isn't true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahkness Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 I believe they just cut the animation time on full auto and burn. Not 100% sure but o don’t think they nerf’d it’s dmg Kill Most ITFs! Defender Tank! dahkness11 - Twitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwitchFade Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Blaster version is the same as live, barring bugs. Sentinel version.... Is sad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheZag Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Due to the ammo shortage, all heroes have been asked to fire in a more narrow cone and at shorter range. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimpy2 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 My assault rifle blaster has positively silly range thanks to enhancement sets and incarnate abilities. I hadn’t used one in over a decade so I don’t know if anything has changed, but I can sit back and use all my powers at well over 100 feet. I get in trouble some times because I accidentally shoot someone clear across the room. I’ve been known to full auto one group and also hit the next. That’s a long way to throw a smoke grenade (I’m devices). Full auto can take out most minions it hits if I’m playing at level. LRM rocket, munitions mastery, has the same range as sniper rifle. It’s fun to ignite things way far away. It may have changed, I don’t know, but it is still a good set if you put some thought into it and have a tank that doesn’t mind you knocking back everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranebump Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Slotted KB to KD on all my AR powers that have it, giving my incarnate good damage and some soft control. Paired with Tac Arrow, so he has some support capabilities as well. Of my 50s, I play this one the most. Looking for SFMA content over multiple arcs? Search for the following under "cranebump." LONG FORM: Ordinary People [3 parts] Investigation of a series of thefts leads you deep into a vengeful plot that threatens all of Paragon City. Will you and Kings Row's "ordinary" heroes be able to stop it? Leviathan [5 parts] The assassination of a local politician with national aspirations sets off a media frenzy among everyone's favorite reactionary network, NewsAnon. Among their targets? You. Mobius [5 Parts]: Visions of past, present, and possibility collide, as you and the Autumn Wards unravel the mystery of the 7-year time gap. Fallout (3 Parts) When your initial investigation into a theft at a local S&L reveals a connection to its stolen tech, the drawn-down Autumn Wards bring you in to investigate. The Cage Series [3 parts]: The Iron Widow is back! Or...is she? Your vigilante philosophy is put to the test in this tale of shifting loyalties and outright deceit. The Bleed [3 parts]: Your investigation of arcane fissures in IP leads you to uncover a 100-year old secret shrouded in magic, blood, and betrayal. Noble Mettle [2 parts]: A Sky Raider raid on the Paragon Commodities Commission turns from simple kidnapping to a complicated scheme involving mercenaries, "Communists," economics, and chemistry.. One Shots: Of Guns and Asa Ronan; The Tenuous State of Grace; Garden of the Will; Gravity; The Book of Bond's; The Lost Girls; Injustice Systems; Wednesday’s Wyverns; Of ‘Dine and Men; Dark Legacy; Shadow and Silver, The Re-education of Westin Phipps, Potter's Field; Magnjficence; Squalls and the Comet, Turf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huang3721 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 (edited) In real life, assault rifles have hundreds of meters of effective range. My AR Blaster's maximum sniping range is 150 yards. That's barely 130 meters! Also, to add insult to injury, that guy misses pretty often! Edited July 17, 2021 by huang3721 whoopsie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega Force Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Which AT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminara Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 21 hours ago, DarionLeonidas said: I have looked through the Forums for various updates, but I can't seem to find anything on what happened to Assault Rifle. Specifically, "Auto Fire" seems to have been grossly nerfed, with a huge reduction in its spread/cone and barely half its former Range. Full Auto has always been a narrow cone (20°). The range (80') hasn't been adjusted, either. According to the patch note archive on the wiki, the only changes done to Full Auto, from Issue 0 onward, were reductions in activation time (from 6s to 4s (January 22, 2009), then from 4s to 2.5s (April 20, 2021)). The sentinel version's range is reduced (40'), but it also has a significantly wider cone (90°). 2 Get busy living... or get busy dying. That's goddamn right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZemX Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Luminara said: The sentinel version's range is reduced (40'), but it also has a significantly wider cone (90°). It's interesting. It actually ends up with a somewhat larger area and one could argue it's easier to hit a spread of enemies without having to stand off as far. But it also looks like compared to the other AT versions it's been nerfed a bit in scale damage to bring it in line with the other Sent 90s nukes. And whereas the radial nukes in other sets have an inner radius where everything is hit for extra damage, Full Auto gets its extra damage as a 16% chance effect on any enemy in the cone. I get where they came up with that number. The inner radius of the other nukes represents 16% of the outer radius area, but a Sent with a radial nuke and a packed spawn in simply going to do more damage now than an AR sent with Full Auto. It's only equivalent when the spawn is evenly distributed over the whole 25ft radius. Just add it to the list of somewhat baffling decisions that went into the current version of Sents, I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayboH Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 The last major revision buffed a bunch of abilities while nerfing Ignite. Full Auto was never all that damaging but it comes back fairly quick which is nice. Buckshot has never been a great power and is autoskip for me, I could see some grabbing it for a recharge proc perhaps. Flamethrower takes a really long time to deal its damage. Sniper Rifle is very prone to corpse blasting and I wish it was sped up a bit. Otherwise the set is fine in my opinion. Flint Eastwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Z Bubba Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 This thread made me crank up an AR/Nrg Sentinel. Seems much is different over there. For ST DPA, as per Mids at least, the best three are Dis Shot, Incinerator, Burst, so I skipped Slug. For AoE DPA, it's Buckshot, Flamethrower, Full Auto so I skipped M30. Ran her to 6 in Atlas then PLed her to 32. Hit 33 after first test spawn at +0/x8 so Full Auto is now 4 slotted. I did buy her 8 hours of all the amps at lvl 1 so she's got all those cheat buffs making her far more awesome than she really is, but regardless, she's a hoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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