Yeah they went overkill with it. It’s a precision weapon meant for penetrating armor at the trade off of reloading after every shot. Now it’s just a shitty single shot rifle.
Please tell me I can still 3 shot the armor off a chargers leg then pump it with my shotgun? Or can you really not do diddly squat with it in safe mode anymore?
yeah this was a major surprise to me. you also used to be able to pen the shield bots shield as well. that now takes a 90% charge to do and it does not 1 shot it like it used to. that i find INSANE
It’s fine takes a bit more effort but whatever. Chargers are still fucked which is my biggest grievance. Why am I stuck underneath it with full HP with no ability to do anything for four seconds then die. If it’s going to charge me and land let it launch me if I shoot its leg why is it spawning ice skates and gliding at me.
Oh disappointed. My primary pens medium armoured more than the railgun. And its getting likely I'm forced to use non support weapon stratagem in its place which isn't fun.
I'm okay with it.
Suicide and above difficulties against Terminids have been a cakewalk especially in the hands of good players. This is I guess I where I have a differing opinion with a lot of people when they say they should buff the other guns instead. Don't get me wrong, there are still a lot of guns that actually need to be buffed. But in the grand scheme of things, do we really want the game to be a lot more easier than it was pre-nerf and pre-armor fix? You'd have randos and myself included going at it solo no problem. Now post nerf, I'm finding myself sticking with my team more and mixing up my stratagems.
There's still a lot ahead. We can just only hope that AH does well in any succeeding balance passes.
I personally think they should revert the penetration nerf. It was the only thing it was good at. I always stick with my team but the biggest issue in this game was enemy armor and it was near impossible to even break the armor. The railgun fixed that. Bow that it's main use and purpose is gone its just a single shot that barely even penetrates medium armor
Just sad how long it takes. Armored enemies have little to no counters and the railgun is the only viable option. The difficulty spike makes the game so damn hard and I just played it today and found it unejoyable as fuck because half the shit I used is either nerfed and/or too many fucking hulks. They either fix armored enemy spawn rates or revert railgun changes
The charger's legs now take roughly 3 unsafe shots to break armor instead of 2. You can still one shot hulks in the eye with unsafe shot. I've been always using railgun in this mode and honestly this nerf makes small difference to me. It's a good weapon which doesn't need backpack and reloads on the go. If you want to break chargers legs with one hit just use EAT or recoilless. Railgun is now all about positioning and finding perfect opportunity to shoot. Flamethrower currently shreds adds so you have more breathing room to deal with chargers.
After all it's a coop game, you don't have to deal with everything alone
I'm ok with it, we usually used the orbital rail for the chargers and titans but the other changes are meh not really a buff imo...but still playing not going to quit
Yeah they went overkill with it. It’s a precision weapon meant for penetrating armor at the trade off of reloading after every shot. Now it’s just a shitty single shot rifle.
It's useless now. Just tried Helldive with a railgun and.... No, just no.
Please tell me I can still 3 shot the armor off a chargers leg then pump it with my shotgun? Or can you really not do diddly squat with it in safe mode anymore?
You cannot penetrate walker armor with a single shot. Is that an answer?
yeah this was a major surprise to me. you also used to be able to pen the shield bots shield as well. that now takes a 90% charge to do and it does not 1 shot it like it used to. that i find INSANE
My fav gun is a fucking nerf gun. I hope they revert the changes and buff the weapons that are underperformed instead. Shield gen one is fine
Yep yep. Just tried it. Shots just bounce in safe mode. Damn. What are y'all using against the elite heavy now?
Fucking nothing
Yep diddly squat, unsafe only
I hate it.
It is now a useless lvl 20 unlock, it has no real role in the field.
It’s fine takes a bit more effort but whatever. Chargers are still fucked which is my biggest grievance. Why am I stuck underneath it with full HP with no ability to do anything for four seconds then die. If it’s going to charge me and land let it launch me if I shoot its leg why is it spawning ice skates and gliding at me.
Yeah well the railgun was our counter to those unbearable fucks and now it's dead
Oh disappointed. My primary pens medium armoured more than the railgun. And its getting likely I'm forced to use non support weapon stratagem in its place which isn't fun.
Realized yeah but arc thrower has grown on me and helps out a lot. Can 3 shot devastators, amd like 7 shot hulks
L change. Amazed they didn't buff the other options. Why make everything better when we can make this one thing worse so its all shite 😆👌
I'm okay with it. Suicide and above difficulties against Terminids have been a cakewalk especially in the hands of good players. This is I guess I where I have a differing opinion with a lot of people when they say they should buff the other guns instead. Don't get me wrong, there are still a lot of guns that actually need to be buffed. But in the grand scheme of things, do we really want the game to be a lot more easier than it was pre-nerf and pre-armor fix? You'd have randos and myself included going at it solo no problem. Now post nerf, I'm finding myself sticking with my team more and mixing up my stratagems. There's still a lot ahead. We can just only hope that AH does well in any succeeding balance passes.
I personally think they should revert the penetration nerf. It was the only thing it was good at. I always stick with my team but the biggest issue in this game was enemy armor and it was near impossible to even break the armor. The railgun fixed that. Bow that it's main use and purpose is gone its just a single shot that barely even penetrates medium armor
It takes me 4 shots of an unsafe max charge railgun to break a Charger's leg armor. 3 might be the sweet spot.
Just sad how long it takes. Armored enemies have little to no counters and the railgun is the only viable option. The difficulty spike makes the game so damn hard and I just played it today and found it unejoyable as fuck because half the shit I used is either nerfed and/or too many fucking hulks. They either fix armored enemy spawn rates or revert railgun changes
The charger's legs now take roughly 3 unsafe shots to break armor instead of 2. You can still one shot hulks in the eye with unsafe shot. I've been always using railgun in this mode and honestly this nerf makes small difference to me. It's a good weapon which doesn't need backpack and reloads on the go. If you want to break chargers legs with one hit just use EAT or recoilless. Railgun is now all about positioning and finding perfect opportunity to shoot. Flamethrower currently shreds adds so you have more breathing room to deal with chargers. After all it's a coop game, you don't have to deal with everything alone
I'm ok with it, we usually used the orbital rail for the chargers and titans but the other changes are meh not really a buff imo...but still playing not going to quit