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Arrowhead is looking into how they broke the flamethrower (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] PunchingWood 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It wouldn't be such a big deal if instead they adjusted the heavy count.

I didn't only pick flamethrower because it's fun, but also because it felt like it was necessary. I had a bunch of rounds where we ended up with constant spawning of chargers at extraction, at some point it went over 10+ at the same time. It just wasn't doable without a reliable weapon such as a flamethrower.

Also it's quite annoying that they keep nerfing popular weapons instead of just making other weapons more viable and interesting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I agree on every point but the last: they fixed the Spear and (afaik) the HMG - both of which are viable, at least against bots IME; they buffed the POS and one of the turrets, and some things I've never used so idr&idc.

Not that I think having popular weapons nerfed feels nice nor is it always necessary, but every now and then they do buff unpopular things to make them (closer to being) viable.

[–] PunchingWood 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I thought the Spear was bugged for a long time? At least that's what I read, didn't really use it myself. It's definitely been improved since then.

And the HMG is the one that launched without the aim reticle I think? Which seemed like a weird design choice from the start.

I agree that sometimes they fix or improve weapons, but it seems like they more often than not nerf every popular/effective weapon, even after they said they wouldn't do it anymore. Hopefully they learn now, it's not a competitive game, so nerfing weapons shouldn't really be a thing, unless it's obviously broken.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I've never used the spear myself, but I heard it either was extremely unreliable or straight up crashed games.
When they fixed it, I couldn't find a lobby without one.

I'm with the other half: I don't remember what they did to the HMG, maybe they increased damage or lowered recoil, but nowadays I don't leave home without one.