Shooters Need A Nerf

I dream of yellow items. I would save 2000 HP per game using nitro to dodge mortars and torpedoes... which is far more than any type of shield combo I can cobble together.

 

Yeah see thats pretty damn fast. I would run either an OB or nitro and use other 2 slots for tesla or frost. you can even run a shield or frost launcher.

 

Yeah well this is just the way it goes if you are a skilled player; you get matched up with players with items and boats outclassing yours.

 

I've been running tesla, OB, and frost blaster for a couple months now alongside a big torp. works pretty great. Only downside is survivability.

 

Btw, shooters definitely don't need a nerf, you can toy with them as speeders in later levels. Check this clip out: https://streamable.com/ds80t

 

That is just situational. Speeders can do this to other boats, although not as easily. Still really defense points could be reduced to 5 like enforcer. Really not a big deal imo

 

I can solo kill shooters sometimes if they are on their own. But they often have ~4K hp, so it takes me most of the game to chip them down with my weapons. Fixers and Enforcers are much easier to kill. Even defenders I find easier, because they actually need to stop firing occasionally. It’s almost surreal getting to fight a ship that can’t shoot you every two seconds.

 

Well according to the video link he posted. you are using the wrong weapons. that guys took down 7k hp dude with torp and blast and didnt suffer a hit. he was an idiot and died to a mine after tho. Maybe your build is meant for some other type of role. Don't expect your build to do everything thats not reasonable

 

Who u calling an idiot haha in my defense I hadn't turned the cam yet. But yeah I agree with this, unless you have high burst damage weapons you're better off not soloing these shooters due to stun chain nerf. Without big torp frost build you need high tier cannons using fire perks to deal quick burst damage.

 

In fairness the shooter was only 5.5k remaining. And he was able to take his time, and set up one of the most powerful attacks in the game (twice).

If he could do that every time, then he probably would have posted a version where he doesn’t run straight into a mine...

 

Put up a pole so we can (also devs can) see how many thinks the same way.

 

Well okay, but given the number of people who play shooter, I’m not sure it will mean much.

 

Still its worth a try.

 

I don't play a shooter but imo there should be no more nerfs. The skill of player with a boat can make any boat op. No one can nerf skills so that near perfect balance is not possible which will favour everyone. There will always be players who think other boats are op compared to their own. And there are some players on the bay who are skilled enough to make even rare t5 weapons on a speeder or shooter look op when compared to epic or legendary weapons.

 

I found out that speeders look op from a shooters perspective but when u actually try speeder it is a lot harder and shooters are easier. At the lower level there is not that much difference between ships and nothing should be nerfed but seriously the speeder could gain some hp. Shooters are easy to use and keep u constant. I am level 26 and could be at 1200-1500 infamy right now but since i am testing out my speeder(mk3) I am stuck at 700 ( 700,900 damage mortars are of no use on a speeder so have level 10 rare weapons on it now).. I know i can do better with shooter but i realised there is not really that much fun in playing with a ship that just has to keep shooting.
Overall a shooter played by a very skilled player might make it look op but really most people are not that skilled and a skilled player on a speeder can do the same if not much better.

 

There is difference between unbalanced and over powered. What we are trying to say is its unbalanced not op. Shooter is buy far unbalanced given more fire power, more hp, more defence and speed comparable to a fixer. True it doesn't have yellow slot but still speed of 1.46 max which is ridiculous. 5 weapons is what should be its only advantage nothing else.

 

Does anybody even have a shooter at 1.46. Mine is at 0.95

 

shooters have 1 slot point more compared to other ships, so there is one imbalance.

 

Mine is T3R turbo with 1.31 speed with max turbo it will be 1.46

 

Yeah, but, how much skill, exactly, does it take, to blunder around unaware, getting shot in the back for 40 seconds?