Why are people mad about infectors?

[bigdirty]

Yah I'm speaking as a PS3 user where it's literally 75% of players using detonators. And there are plenty of them that one-shot. I know, I've had it happen to me where I've been chasing down a detonator dude and he'll turn and insta-kill me from 100-0 in a single shot. I'm not privy to what mods or actual weapon they're using, obviously.

I'm of the opinion infectors are fine as a hard counter to cloak. Cloak is hands down the top pvp ability and should have a counter to it.

[Tekrunner]

Yah I'm speaking as a PS3 user where it's literally 75% of players using detonators. And there are plenty of them that one-shot. I know, I've had it happen to me where I've been chasing down a detonator dude and he'll turn and insta-kill me from 100-0 in a single shot. I'm not privy to what mods or actual weapon they're using, obviously.

I'm of the opinion infectors are fine as a hard counter to cloak. Cloak is hands down the top pvp ability and should have a counter to it.

I doubt that you're getting insta-killed by detonator grenades. And if you are, you might want to rethink your build. Regular grenades can do that though.
A big boomer is actually a decent counter to cloak too. I sometimes lob a single grenade in corridors or around cap points to check if someone is here. The large explosion radius makes that a pretty efficient tactic. I've also had people try to run away so that they could recloak and regen, but completely fail to do as I kept them visible by throwing grenades one by one.

[ewishki]

A courier with shadow strike or overcharge will one shot ya in a heartbeat.

[Capattac]

I run with a Pulser and a Blast rifle. You will NEVER catch me using the bug gun and extremely rare use of the detonator. Yeah it bothers me that sooooo many players rely on noob guns but then I remember that unlike SOCOM, stats are not being tracked... So it doesn't bother me as much and I just say to myself "it's the ONLY way these players can get a kill"...

AND lets face it, at the rate this game is going dormant I'm just glad people are queuing up to play PvP or Shadow Wars.

btw. I also have an orange Fragnova: 3400mx dmg, 2300min dmg, 0.0 det... popping entire Cerberus crews with one of these always make up for others using their bug gun!

[squidgod2000]

Only seen a couple people with detonators (PC NA) and they never seemed very effective. As long as you're using Blast Shield you shouldn't have much to worry about unless they're getting lucky with stickies. If all else fails, stay on top of them and melee. Either you'll kill them or you'll both die.

[Tekrunner]

A courier with shadow strike or overcharge will one shot ya in a heartbeat.

Yes, it will. It's not a detonator though.

[mikeel]

Infector Newbs . Infectors are pretty much a pain in the butt most of us know that. They blind you to the point we're you almost can't see in what direction your firing.. It gives a player a clear advantage in the game over another player. They fly threw the air once they are fired which should not be... They seek out secondary objectives after they have killed their main objective i've noted this during my pvp experience. They provide no skill what so ever as any noob can kill some one or something with it. You can fire practically your entire clip at them to kill them but by then your dead. Players switch from noob infector to some other weapon when they know your chances are at zero for countering the problem by then your already blind because the infectors are allowed to fly from the gun. Which in case the infectors should not be allowed to fly out of the gun they should be made to run to a target. The bugs should be made smaller not that this will happen if they are still allowed to fly at their target. The bugs health should be drastically reduced if their allowed to remain the same size.

My Answer to the Infector is the Armada Rocket Launcher. Bounce around and Death from Above . In two your either on the run or looking to die. Grenade of your choice and in four to five your toast. Yeah its newbish but then so is using an infector .

[squidgod2000]

Infector Newbs . Infectors are pretty much a pain in the butt most of us know that. They blind you to the point we're you almost can't see in what direction your firing.. It gives a player a clear advantage in the game over another player. They fly threw the air once they are fired which should not be... They seek out secondary objectives after they have killed their main objective i've noted this during my pvp experience. They provide no skill what so ever as any noob can kill some one or something with it. You can fire practically your entire clip at them to kill them but by then your dead. Players switch from noob infector to some other weapon when they know your chances are at zero for countering the problem by then your already blind because the infectors are allowed to fly from the gun. Which in case the infectors should not be allowed to fly out of the gun they should be made to run to a target. The bugs should be made smaller not that this will happen if they are still allowed to fly at their target. The bugs health should be drastically reduced if their allowed to remain the same size.

My Answer to the Infector is the Armada Rocket Launcher. Bounce around and Death from Above . In two your either on the run or looking to die. Grenade of your choice and in four to five your toast. Yeah its newbish but then so is using an infector .

wtf did I just read?

[dreamon666]

wtf did I just read?

I only understood half of it too something about flying parasites and a flying gun

What i think he meant was that the bugs shouldn't be allowed to be shot out of the gun and instead it should be a gun that spawns running parasites.

[dominad]

The point is: Once the bugs pop up you pretty much are dead.
Not to mention that your shield regen gets delayed as well.

Not really I rarely die from an infector now just have to run away till the bugs go or shoot differently. Most of the users run away though so it works fine they don't kill often.