Does Flame-thrower need a weakness ?

Dwavenhobble

<div class="IPBDescription">A quick question based on some observations and checking</div>So Flame-throwers.

Great on infestation structures. great on hydras. Remove clogs very well. Sap energy from aliens. Remove spore clouds etc.

Ok so they fire a little slower than other weapons and have a more limited range but essentially their counterpart grenade launhcers have two counters in the form of Whips which can throw grenades back and clog walls which are more resistant to explosive damage.

So does there need to be some kind of rebalance on flamethrowers to make them less universally useful than grenade launchers ?

d0ped0g

Its weakness is low dps and range. I think its fine imo, but there may be others that disagree. It's not a very powerful weapon, but a situational one.

Emoo

They aren't really that great against lifeforms. Just attack them them like you would an LMG marine. I've seen plenty of lone skulks take out FTs even with jetpacks.

SpaceJew

Now that whips can apparently hit a flamethrower jetpacker on top of a hive it's lost a little of it's luster for me, but flamethrower is great at supporting Exo's if you've got a welder to boot. By itself it's pretty weak sauce, in groups it can fend off skulks but not much else.

It also keeps crappy Exo's focused on something other than Cysts and small structures. ^_-

Functional

Yup, Skulk can take care of them surprisingly easy. Damage-wise, they're nothing particular. I think they only contribute in bigger fights.

Volcano

you can't see a damn thing when its firing so there's a weakness

ninjabusdriver

Being 25 pRes and easily counterable by skulks is a pretty considerable weakness. The flamethrower isn't weak, but it's definitely more of a niche weapon.