Cuz... hornet + RFM.

Not as good as it was. But much better than you make it sound. My alt account still finds it effective at long range under the right circumstances - especially on distracted targets. By the time they realize they are being hit a lot more bullets are on their way. AND... you can use suppressing fire since your bullets still travel to area where target might be. They poke their head out and swallow a lot of lead.

For all non-Legend accounts this is terrible. Most low-mid accounts are not even playing - and if they do they end up playing against others with 5-10 ranks greater. END IT.

It has 50% "weak damage". That's the best "weak damage" you can get. Equal to smoky and Thunder in that regard and better than ricco or twins or hammer.

If that's true how do I consistently get put on the team with crap players. The Legends on the other side seem to do fine and pull their weight.

Alt account rank = Marshal keeps getting placed in battles with mostly Legends. Wow do I get put on the crap teams. With a GS = 7408 I'm up against GS of 9300+ and keep finishing Top-3 - on the Losing team. Those Legends I'm playing with should be embarrassed (if they are not actual mults).

It can only one-shot a heavy hull. Oh... wait... ?

NO. It is not new. It does not need more range. Hold the power key longer and raise the barrel to 45 degrees. And it does plenty of damage - can one-shot a light hull. A heavy hull with DD.

And target was equipped with defender drone + a 50% module and sitting inside a Titan dome - oh and it was also re-spawning.

Hornet is the most popular hull in the game? How many more can buy it? I completely agree with you on MatchMaking. They have implemented a horrible version of it. It's one of the worst things about TO.

From mk6.10 to mk7.20 the difference in damage for turrets is ~ 13%. Same for Hulls armor. Not too high for you to overcome - and not all your opponents will even have that. Many will have mk7.2 to mk7.10 or even mk6. If you keep advancing NOW you are hurting your crystal to experience ratio because of summer "experiment". You want to advance slowly like cosmic suggested. You asked for suggestions and we have given them. We can't make you follow the advice - BUT - what's the point of asking for it if you won't follow it?

You will always come across players with better equipment. Not much you can do about that. mk6.10 is not THAT much worse than mk7+. In addition to upgrading to mk6 (it WILL be better than you have) you can also adjust strategies. Camp more or cap more - you don't have to beat other players with brute force. Dictators are a great source of battle-score and ensure you have supplies active a lot more often.

Hornets have no problem killing hunters...

My default set-up is Shaft/Rail/Gauss. One-shots are the worst. If one of those not present and I think of switching (garage in 6.5 min battle sux) the I put in Magnum or smoky

No it is not. Just the opposite in fact. But it seems the Devs keep wanting to introduce OTT P2W features - which are slowly ruining the game. Pretty soon it will be no-lifers and buyers vs each other. I have a feeling the buyers won't like that and will stop buying then quit.

Here's your issue... "Therfore you can't upgrade to Mk7+ without tankoins," "you" should be "I" in that sentence. It's YOUR specific situation this applies to. I already answered your post. Upgrade some of your mk5 items to mk6 - otherwise you wasted crystals on all those mk5s (You have a LOT). Also upgrade modules to mk6 - starting with Rail, Shaft, Thunder and Gauss. Don't buy drug kits - just do daily and weekly missions - that should give you enough supplies.

330 + 35% = 445. It's really not that much now - especially since it gives up the Critical.

You still seem confused. Don't sink any more crystals into drones now - wait until you have mk6 or even mk7 items. You will need them later. You have lots of mk5 items. Instead of buying a kit upgrade a couple combos on sale - one long-range and 1 shorter range. And make sure to upgrade a medium hull - they are the most versatile. Would also be beneficial to upgrade your modules to mk6 - start with Falcon and Eagle so you are not one-shot so often.

I'd go with Viking over Hunter for vulcan - even though it does not get OD as often. I guess it depends on what your goal in that specific battle is.

Why should assault rounds get nerfed? It gives up the critical for extra impact. Least-used smoky augment. I have it and have not used it for over a year. Yeah - smoky is not really a good candidate for that augment. best ones are campers like Gauss. Damage yourself to pump your damage output and stay camped with DA or even Defender.

For smoky WIKI is off by a factor of 100 ... it's 330, not 3.30. Same thing for Hammer - off by a factor of 100.

You answered your own question in your post.

Ding-Ding-Ding. 33% more health on Titan makes a big difference. And vulcan sucks up close so that is not the best combo for Hunter.

Sure - but it seems to be insignificant, and it's top speed is not affected. They've ruined the game with immunities.

This is what I meant by "No". You can't buy mk7+.