Lets talk VS and their issues.

..exactly. i don't see any issues except clearly zoe , neither ppa (surely it's controversial vs. the non-bullet-drop & anti-spray-faction ..us vanus, but there's just a difference to handle now , that's it) 'nor spiker. bout' the camo change ..well , tastes are different as usual as like the weapon models , me myself don't like the new hood , but that's not the end of the world. oh ..& i have good fun with the manticore atm , simple as that. ...magrider , such mobility ..what a versatile joy to sneak & ambush your foes in almost every (for most of the others unreachable) terrain. there's so much potency inside , as an example with prox. radar/stealth , turbo , av/ai-nose-gun (zoom it far away!) & walker/ranger/halberd you're a soloing fortress , there's a lot of creativity inside.

i wish this was something the devs could source out to modders...the content that been created, i think, has been phenominal...then pay the modders upon completion...new weapon models, animations (for the more skilled modders)

...I guess I'm the only person who actually likes the arc on the Magrider's primaries.

As a Magrider driver, it does need a bit of help as a front-line assault vehicle. It requires so much space to move around to be effective that it's just not practical in about 70% of fights (which are bottlenecks, yay continent design). Otherwise it's fine as-is. The Saron isn't lacking or overpowered. It's less effective than an Enforcer at range but has the advantage of being able to dump a whole magazine into a target in a short space of time, giving very nice CQC burst DPS. It's also the most fun to use of all the vehicle weapons in the game. I love the CoF mechanic.

Not sure what I make out of this. Do you suggest that SOE should nerf an entire faction, if said faction overperforms on a specific server? What happens then on the other more balanced servers, or those that said faction is the minority?

No I don't suggest anything.... The forum has tackled this issue plenty of times whenever 2 clashing sample pools are directly compared. I see no reason to do anything beyond that. Back when VS couldn't even muster more than 25% of the population on connery, they'd still be winning 1/3'rd of the alerts. They weren't massively buffed after that until the original ZOE released. So if you look at the long term, I'd say it proves that demographics easily overcome the echo chambers. To me it just screams maintain the status quo.

What do i see! You define glitter, spandex and lazors(swag)! Most op vanu trait!
You are not worthy of Vanu !

Shotgun Slug Velocity: Actually this was fixed some patches ago, now the speed is the same as the other factions. It's still pretty sad that instead of balancing a faction trait they just equalized everything though.

Assault Rifles: I dunno, the only complaint I have here is that the Corvus, as accurate as it may be, does still too little damage. 163 on a gun that has almost the same fire rate of the Gauss SAW is ridiculous, it should be at least 175/180. This is one of the few weapons that should be balanced outside of standardized damage brackets.

No-Drop Trait: I agree that it is badly implemented but I don't agree that it should be just removed. I'd much rather see it implemented on everything (Magrider cannons, slugs, etc...) and balanced accordingly.

Aesthetics: Agree 250%. VS aesthetics are by far the worst of the entire game. All animations and weapons models are incredibly lazy, I can't believe that Higby had the guts to call this a "AAA game coming to PS4" when an entire part of the art design process was skipped during development. It doesn't help that T-Ray's horrid art direction and apparent love for glittery, My Little Pony-style aesthetics which have nothing to do with a military sci-fi game basically made the VS the "joke faction" (although luckily this has been toned down recently).

Magrider: Before we discuss it further, a freelook mode for 1st and 3rd person needs to be implemented, just like the other tanks get natively.

I would KILL to have no bullet drop on things well suited for suppressor/SPA like the Blitz or Cyclone.
(Cyclone especially! The drop on it with SPA and a suppressor feels as if it's just shy of crossbow drop, it's painful.)

Magshot, NC1, Mercenary

well, i feel better with VS default variants (especially in cqc), and i don't understand why people don't like Beamer - nice pistol.

I don't see why you would want no bullet drop with a cqc weapon lol, in fact the drop on cqc weapon help a lot when you aim for the head, it negate vertical recoil.

I would love to snipe with a buckshot shotgun too. Alas, it's a close quarters weapon and I accept it's nature.

The drop on any weapon with normal bullet speed speed profile (550+) is insignificant at distances lower than 75m. Aka, you don't need to compensate at all.

ZOE and PPA are clearly OP, fear the VS.

VANU's are OP, NERF THEM! Highby pls! ;(

The best thing about being a 100 VS is I can go play TR...

Trust me, nothing gets you over the Orion like a Carv...

You get plenty of drop with a suppressor on any VS weapon, you sure you've played VS?

My only regret at this game is that I picked Vanu as my faction two years ago.

However, I'm only 100K XP away from BR100, despite being a terrible FPS'er and compounding my problem by choosing the faction with the worst guns in the game. If any player ever needed that crutch of having the most powerful weapons, it would be me.

However, after I reach BR100 I plan to switch servers to one much closer to my own location, and start the whole process anew. And this time, you can be certain I'll be picking either the blue or red team.

You will be surprised how well works polaris + alasresight + 4xscope + silencer.
On close you hip fire on long distance you create clouds of bullets
This weapon is lot more accurate then Rhino.

If it is new feature then there is no bullet drop on silenced weapons.
Only shotguns and sniper rifles have drop. With or without silencer.
Now silencer on shotgun
Not to mention that shotgun drop was added due rivers of tears of opposing faction.