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10/14/2016 4:29:03 AM
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Primary weapons need to be buffed
I honestly only get killed by four weapons.
-high rof pulse rifles
-The Last Word
-shotguns
-snipers
High rof pulse rifles cause massive flinch, and also have a quick ttk.
When TLW bullets decide to register, it's probably the best primary in the game.
Shotgunners have a ton of tools at their disposal to make them a nightmare to deal with. (Titan skating, No Backup Plans, Juggernaut, Stormcaller melee, invisibility)
Snipers are a one hit kill weapon, but they have unlimited range. Why wouldn't you use one?
Conclusion: Primaries were powerful in year one, but now they're only good for taking down your opponents shield before they shotgun/snipe you.
I don't want a Call of Duty type Crucible where it's about who gets the first shot off, but I want primary weapons to be the [u]primary[/u] source of kills.
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12 RepliesEdited by kellygreen45: 10/14/2016 11:33:27 AMNo doubt. I've been saying for over a year that primaries in the game are underpowered, but I got a lesson last night in just HOW underpowered they are. Was doing this weeks Shaxx bounty, and part of it requires you to get 50 primary kills in Clash. But for some reason I kept getting dropped (despite an K/D of 1.08) in the Tryhard Division. Trials Emblems. Weapons and armor everywhere. ..and let me tell you. When you go up against players that good, is when you really start to see how inadequate the game's primaries are. ...and how difficult it can be in this game to kill a good player with a primary weapon. They can close on you so fast, that you're primary is absolutely not up to the task of taking them down. If you successfully flank someone, half the time the prolonged TTK gives them plenty of time to simply run away. So what happens is that people just basically use their primaries to team shoot opponents....but use snipers, shotties and other special weapons and abilities for the 1v1s. In one match I went 2-and-13 (and just barely managed to avoid going full-tilt).....and I think I died to a primary weapon TWICE the entire match. Everything was shotguns, snipers, and supers. Half of the damn deaths were to supers alone. Yeah, lots of opportunity to for "interesting counterplay" there.
