So let me start this with saying I enjoyed the build because it was fun. Just want to get that out of the way before people pile on. FYI i have min maxed AR build and LMG.


Lets talk about SMG's. Like most players that smashed through to the end game looking for highest dps best pvp/pve builds the community seems to gravitate into builds posted online due them being efficient. Thus was the case with the SMG life build. I farmed all the pieces and had a blast playing with it. Honestly I used it more in PVE because it was fun not having to sit in cover and being able to move around falls into my play style high risk high reward.

Then the latest patch dropped. Lets change Safegaurd and put a 20-30 seconds internal cool down on it which i get it was pretty op with SMG's which I do agree. But wait there is more they also nerfed the spec that allowed you to constantly have your mag full. But wait there is more they also nerfed all the attachments so they only way to even keep this build some what viable was to put all offense into crit chance and even then this build failed to compare to LMG/SMG builds due to the damage output.

Even after all the nerfs I kept tweaking the build to make it viable and fun because I enjoy risk/vs reward. I found a way to make it work and even managed to create a way to beat out AR/LMG builds by messing with rate of fire SMG's. At this point pretty happy that I was not happy about the changes but made them work,

But wait there is more........

PTS realm

Berserk now requires 11 offense and they cut the damage by 50% they at the same time made the nerfed the SMG talent by %50 damage and require 5 or less offense and the backpack require 4 or less offense now gives %50 healing for 5 seconds and its on a 20 second cool down. Who is going to use this crap backpack now why not just delete the talent from the game. THESE ARE NOT SLIGHT CHANGES YOU TOOK A BUILD THAT WAS ALREADY BASICALLY DESTROYED AND POURED GAS AND BURNED IT. It would have been easier to say hey we are removing SMG's from the game because as developers we just don't enjoy them.

What happened to we are not going to make sweeping changes on a whim what happened to were going to listen to feedback from the community. Was the community screaming after the last patch hey smgs are still to op in pvp please make them worse then shotguns. Dev's do you even play your own game. I pretty much play exclusive in the DZ at this point because its better for farming perfect rolls NO ONE IN THE DARK ZONE EVEN USES SMGS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE AR'S LMG'S BEAT THEM 9 OUT OF 10 TIMES IN PVP AND PVE.

Next patch LMG build what did they tune %5 less damage thats it the only change. SMG chest 50$ nerf SMG gun %50 nerf backpack %1000 ner because who cares about healing for 5 seconds with 20 seconds of down time.


I get that safeguard was used alot because it was fun and worked in alot of different instances. Instead of slamming every piece of the smg build why not say leave the backpack the exact way it was and put a internal cool down on the gloves which the only people that use them are SMG's. IE .25 or .50 cool down after landing a crit now the smg mag heals for i dunno 20% instead of 50%. Small change big impact.

Why not change safegaurd back to its original status and state upon reloading lose safe guard bonus. The only reason it was op was because of SMG if SMGs dont have infinite bullets which you already took care of by removing that from the spec and reloading removes the buff until you get another kill the entire problem is solved.

Last rant so all of the time i have spent building perfect rolls even after you broke the build once which i was like eh i can still make it work you completely break the skills. Not a little completely break. So all the time farming god rolls and you take an item with no requirements add 11 and then make the other require under 4. You literally told people hey you like that gear you farmed for that gear you spent hours and resources rolling and min maxing hey guess what its pointless now and doesn't even work together.

Thank god I knew you would do this and built a MIN MAXED LMG/AR build which before this patch destroyed SMG in every way.

The moral of this story is stop nerfing everything because players are enjoying it or its slight overpowered. Make slight changes to actually test crap. Don't be like anthem have the foresight to say hey we know people min max in our game maybe we shouldn't just make all the gear they worked for 100% invalid now because of the requirements slight changes would have made more sense aka 6 offense for the chest 6 offense for the smg skill which honestly would have been work already.

PSA- The backpack was used in more then just SMG builds so it affected every one but taking 150% over 20 seconds with no cool down to %50 healing over 5 seconds with 20 second cool down is not even a change just remove the item from the game.