Some love for DMRs?

I’ve used every DMR and the only real dud is the LMR27. The SVK 8.6 hits like a hammer two shots and done. But sure, if you’re trying to hip-fire a DMR and wondering why it’s not melting people, that might be the problem

Hip fire is more about the fact every other weapon you face is going to hip fire, so the ADS plus TTK make it hopeless. Makes sense but it’s just another weakness when there is so much emphasis on hip fire and cqc in this game. SVDM can be build into a hip fire gun but at the cost of everything else, while most other weapons don’t need to make any sacrifices.

SVK 2 shots with a very slow rpm, effective TTK is hopeless in nearly all ranges, does have some niche where it’s good but the point is that it’s marginal.

Think I remember every death to a DMR since release, that says enough.

I get what you’re saying, and yeah the TTK is pretty bad considering the damage numbers it just doesn’t feel right. The SVK can still two-tap if you land your shots, but DMRs aren’t meant to win hip-fire fights anyway; they’re mid-range precision rifles that reward accuracy and positioning. I also hate the weapon point system  it limits a lot of potential setups and kills creativity. Add the bad netcode and hit reg on top of that, and it just makes the whole experience feel worse than it should.

BF3 the DMRs were recon only so they had the 1.2x <15m chest multiplier, made the M417 a one hit kill on a larger target not just the head and SKS a 2 shot. They were way more all rounded weapons which could stand there own if you could ADS quickly and hit your target.

M417 also had 50 dmg per shot with nearly double the RPM vs the SVK.

I understand they aren’t ment for CQC but outside they aren’t much special if you just look how much they got neutered since BF3, considering how much better/easier every other weapon became since BF3.

I miss those days

Maps are to small.  Plain and simple.  However, play style of modern FPS gamers is also not great for DMRs or snipers in certain maps.  The kill mob that moves from flag to flag doesn't allow for enemy demarcation that can benefit holding a defensive point without getting overrun outside of a few kills.  

Hence they could do with a buff they are part of the game with the small maps and faster gameplay.

Even from BF3 to BF4 they neutered them big time, 30-50% more recoil, 100% more spread and losing the <15m 1.2 multplier, that trend continued slightly.

Maybe we get a new BSM-V down the line, hopefully.

I consider the SVK to be superior to the sniper rifles for any reasonable range.

If a gun like that had amazing hiptfire, it would be rather crazy.

I recomend trying the semi auto shotgun with slugs for getting the experience you seem to want from DMRs in close quarters

All DMRs should buff hip-fire accuracy.

I am not after CQC performance, not sure why people are getting that from this post, merely stating why in previous non hip fire focused BF titles they could still hold their own in CQC. So the fact the hip fire meta in BF6 is so big it’s another nail in their coffin.

Their overall performance with a worse TTK for any normal distance is what I am after. And I feel the SVDM is very close to being good all round DMR, it’s just lacking that little extra. I swap to AR and wipe the floor with it on all normal distances, TTK is just no competition. And the SVK is really a single purpose weapon, it’s only redeeming feature is the 2 shot everything else is super bad about it.

I had 18k kills with DMRs in BF3 as my top weapons and I PTFO’d did the CQC maps and even some competitive stuff with them, I know what could be but that was taken away.

And for some reason Dice keeps the DMRs from being competitive and I still don’t know why.

Only play conquest maybe for breakthrough they are slightly more useful dunno.