BMG haters

[drackiller]

Don't listen other people. Just do BMG heal if you want to.
But don't use protectors, they really blind and do not do enough heal/damage. Protectors are useless. Stringray or just spanner are much better.

You made me LOL big time with your answer.
First you say to him to not listen to others and do as he see fit to do.
Second , because it bothers you he shouldn`t use the Protectors.
So in your mind, only the things that bothers you are the things that others can`t do. LOL

Shortly, annoy others because it doesn`t annoy me,,,just don`t annoy me

[Mathuu]

I really don't understand all the complaining about graphic and connection lag. I never get these things (PC NA) running a 2.5 year old HP laptop on ADSL that tops at 2.3mb/down and 1.0mb/up... Even when there's 20 BMG's around.

[ironcladtrash]

I really don't understand all the complaining about graphic and connection lag. I never get these things (PC NA) running a 2.5 year old HP laptop on ADSL that tops at 2.3mb/down and 1.0mb/up... Even when there's 20 BMG's around.

Consoles and low powered PCs have this problem. On PC everyone hates the visuals.

I hate the protector. On PC NA I offered a new player 100k scrip if he salvaged the protector he was using on me and promised to never use one again.

[Shotora]

best way to put it. one word

LAG

exsplination.

the bgm links to more then one person and depending on what type of system ur runing or how much ram u have it can jack up the lag of ur game by about 2% per person useing BMGs if u have 30+ people useing a bmg . ur system is pritty much. sol. and u are pritty much in a crit in the end. bmgs are a nice idea. but. over all useless. there better to be used solo in the arenas or areas of low traffic in high traffic areas. ...mmmm not so much a good idea to use them.

Sounds like an opinion to me as I've never critted out using them lol. I've only had 3 crits in entire time I've played this game you may think I don't play much but I'm sure my 1 month here and at 4656 rating might change your opinion about my play time aswell maybe you need upgrade your pc and internet connection?

I really don't understand all the complaining about graphic and connection lag. I never get these things (PC NA) running a 2.5 year old HP laptop on ADSL that tops at 2.3mb/down and 1.0mb/up... Even when there's 20 BMG's around.

I'm with you I been round bout a month and I play 2x as much as most people as hell I got the time to so why not. I've never hd connection issues much I might have had 3 critical d/c that was back when f2p lauched on weekends I'm on a amd athon x2 64bit windows vista UE x64 with just 4gb ram my video card is a amd/ati R265 (equal to 7850HD) I really dont have issues for such an ancient pc fps on medium setting 60fps stable I sometime see 30 in those huge events my internet is 20Mbit down and 3Mbit up (2.1mb/s-Down/300KB/s-up) So as one could see I'm far from having a good modern gaming rig setup these guys must be playing on 1998 IBMs or something lol

[Odessa]

Here we go. I used to have my BMG as a secondary weapon on all loadouts. Prior to the updates they were effective and appreciated. I will use it when clearing enemies out in lower TLs and at Afflicted Incursions. I *used* to use it for healing before DL5 hit and the threat levels/tougher enemies made them useless. If I want to heal, I use my Heal Stim. They used to be helpful and appreciated before the new scoring system made everyone an armchair medic as well. Six people with their finger on the heal trigger and not one of them does the job. They're not looking to heal, just get points.

In coop maps I have asked a few times if anyone wants me to keep a BMG handy. It's a courtesy to ask people since it impacts their game play and ability to play. No one wants it and I don't bother asking. But to fully answer your question:

1. The lag it causes makes me cringe when I see someone use it. Friends with iffy connections on this game are 100% certain to lag out after being hit by them at major arkfalls/sieges. Every.Single.Time.

2. They don't help. I've had four people blast me with various BMGs and still go down with a protector bubble (the worst of the lot).

3. As others have stated, they screw up perks and therefore hurt the cause by minimizing damage output at events.

4. The visual effect is blinding when used around people with Volge weapons. Without it's still annoying to not clearly see the enemies. I also end up having to log out and in when the visual sticks on me. Nothing worse than a blue haze around you or that G-d forsaken bubble.

5. Points over helping sigma. Most people who spam the BMG aren't there to help, they just want points without shooting anything. I still think they should remove or severely lower any points from BMGs at major events as well as nix having someone hit me with one point of health get drops. It may sound petty, but I think you should be the person shooting to get the points and drops.

Anyone who's been here since Beta and actively playing can attest that the changes to game play have made the BMG all but useless in major events. Personally I'd rather have someone use a low damage weapon to take some of the heat from an aggro'd enemy while I self heal than hit me with a blast of nothing. The Stims, spikes (although I never use the protection myself) and lowered recharge rates have taken the place of BMGs as being useful. If I see someone using it at a major event I literally run to another area in that event. Same with all my friends. I don't want the lag, it doesn't help and I don't want the visual effect blurring my line of sight.

Addendum (need coffee): They *can* be useful when playing during hours where the enemies outnumber the players. They are not a complete and total waste in certain situations. I just think the situations where they are needed are few and far between.

[Shotora]

I used bmg alot till i maxed its skill at 20 i rarely touch it anymore but i still need infectors and rl 7 more levels each i just run them 2 weapons with the bmg setup I think only time i actually switch to it when im in a bind in a incursion and my shields pop i switch to it get some defense back while on the move (and sometimes for others) (I don't fully heal myself or another i just do it to give some D back as doing it constantly sometimes hurts ppls perks ya know some perks increase dmg output with no shields) but i agree pretty useless I care not if others wanna use them but hate when I could use little fast shield reboot and 3 bmgers ignoring fact that I or others could use little help that part annoys me more then the graphics to be honest lmao bmgs as you can tell wasn't made to make you invincible else they heal for 10,000 instead of couple 100s it's just like healing in gw2 if any of yaz ever played it it's pretty much weak like here made for support rather than main it has it's uses here and there but for constant role it's a waste of time. Always keep in mind you may not like others using this weapon but not the users fault for way it was designed we all play differently and like different things like everyone tells me volge pistol is trash but every time i use it i come in first with score assists and kills so ok it's trash to you but isn't to me and not my fault that it is the game blame yourself for the dislike not the user whats that saying hate the game not the player lol

[hardy83]

BMGs are fine, but they definitely should have and need to tone down the graphics. At least optionally.
Same with Volge weapons.

[Mathuu]

Consoles and low powered PCs have this problem. On PC everyone hates the visuals.

Visuals don't bother me and I assumed I was using about as low end as it gets for a PC these days. Onboard video and all. My net connection is about as unreliable as it gets for ADSL being 13k+ feet down the line from ATTs hub box on 40+ year old flat copper lines.

[Clarity Page]

Nice thought but I'm Just going to list a few reasons as to why they are unpopular
1-they notoriously cause Lag
2-Blinding light making it harder to hit crits
3-Annoying noise
4-they don't contribute much damage in a fire fight so other players have to pick up the slack
5-score-hos use them to get high scores by getting loads of kill scores, wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't for point 4

[Shotora]

Nice thought but I'm Just going to list a few reasons as to why they are unpopular
1-they notoriously cause Lag
2-Blinding light making it harder to hit crits
3-Annoying noise
4-they don't contribute much damage in a fire fight so other players have to pick up the slack
5-score-hos use them to get high scores by getting loads of kill scores, wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't for point 4

1. Not the users fault (no proof they cause lag other than opinion I stated before I have never had lag issues from a bmg being used by some one or myself)
2. turn your bloom off (if you can't again not the users fault)
3. hey could always turn sound off still not the user of the weapons fault.(can't be no more annoying then someone standing next to you at a vendor emptying their clips lmao)
4. not everyone is or uses a bmg for this my entire time i used it to get it 1-20 in level did i ever use it to get score I was using it to level it up it was or leveled so fast in TL10 events when i was under 2K rating.
But to be fair if you are doing what you need to be doing during an event beating a bmgers score should be easy for you.....

I'm not taking sides should some one use it or should they not all I'm trying to be frank about is the fact of the weapon long as it is in the game it is going to be used by people so best just get used to it quit QQing over something that only the devs have control over.