Does Flame-thrower need a weakness ?

DwavenhobbleDwavenhobble Join Date: 2012-12-14 Member: 175044Members
in NS2 General Discussion
<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 ?
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  • d0ped0gd0ped0g Join Date: 2003-05-25 Member: 16679Members
    edited December 2012
    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.
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  • EmooEmoo Ibasa Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11198Members
    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.
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  • SpaceJewSpaceJew Join Date: 2012-09-03 Member: 157584Members
    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. ^_-
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  • FunctionalFunctional Join Date: 2012-12-13 Member: 174998Members
    Yup, Skulk can take care of them surprisingly easy. Damage-wise, they're nothing particular. I think they only contribute in bigger fights.
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  • VolcanoVolcano Join Date: 2011-07-27 Member: 112496Members, Constellation
    you can't see a damn thing when its firing so there's a weakness
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  • ninjabusdriverninjabusdriver Join Date: 2003-09-03 Member: 20534Members
    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.
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