I haven't been happy with the March Update for a while, really since it dropped, as a 6v6 player. 6v6 now feels as if it's balanced around 3v3, when they should arguably have separate balancing.
You increased player health, but then overdid buffing crit damage to compensate, meaning TTK feels near old Forsaken Luna's Howl/NF levels of TTK but with normal primaries without something like kill clip, several times I've felt like I've poked my head out and then promptly got it blown off without understanding what hit me until I see the death overlay.
All special weapons at the start of the update got a 20% damage buff to compensate for the health increase (again, why increase health if you're going to effectively negate it), except for glaives and special gl's. Fighting Lion also received a 20% damage nerf overall, due to the update starting with the special meter system, meaning it was technically double nerfed. Breach GL's could not even onetap with a direct hit with spike nades, and with the meter system they were effectively dead. (I am referring to gl's like militia's and ignition code, not wave frames)
Later you increased glaive damage by 20%, and special GL IMPACT damage by 20%, meaning there is still a 20% damage nerf to special GL's. Currently, with proximity grenades, a Breach gl will hit for 165 from what I've seen, since you cannot impact someone with a proximity grenade. 20% will only raise that to 198, still not enough to one-shot.
FL and Alethonym also do not do enough damage through directs that this will cause them to OHKO either, I simply want more consistency, as so often I'm finding that I leave players at a sliver of health because what should have been a direct wasn't because of netcode, or the explosion is limited because of random map geometry shielding someone from a blast and causing them to take less damage.
To be clear, FL should get either or, as I think both would be too much with it's recent volatile on-impact change.
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2 RepliesFrom what I collect on the forums, Breach Loaders were too popular in PVP. Maybe I'm delusional. Also, keep in mind, Fighting Lion is primary.