Flare gun nerf was a bit much

[dharknite]

I think high 500's or low 600's with the dot intact would have been fine. The pistol skill increase and the mods would put it on par or better then the shotgun shooting grenades.

If you are talking about the cluster shot (grenade shooting combat shotgun) you are probably right, the courier ( timed explosive shooting sawed off shot gun) is pretty much still a one hit killer. 1919x2 is no joke. I just decided to compliment it with a Toxic FRC SAW.

[Honved]

If you are talking about the cluster shot (grenade shooting combat shotgun) you are probably right, the courier ( timed explosive shooting sawed off shot gun) is pretty much still a one hit killer. 1919x2 is no joke. I just decided to compliment it with a Toxic FRC SAW.

Yep I mean the combat shotguns.

[b00mstick]

What are the stats on it now?
Was it nerfed even. f you already had one in your inventory?

[wearenotforthem]

Trion, why exactly did you nerf the damage of the flare gun by almost half, without compensating in some other way. Did the gun hurt in pvp, sure if you actually hit someone. It has a mag size of 1 (a few more with the proper mod), has a rather slow reload, fires in arch and travels fairly slow. Decreasing the upfront damage without increasing the dot damage, clip size and/or reload speed makes this poor marginalized weapon even worse. The crit multiplier decrease was a bit harsh, head shot with a small. slow moving, arcing projectile is not easy, why make things worse.

This patch managed to nerf a rarely used weapon ( among others) while not addressing guns like the combat and pump shotguns.

i never tried this gun before the update...... but its still amazing.

[nuarblack]

i never tried this gun before the update...... but its still amazing.

Yea I did try it out before the nerf and it was super OP. But last night I came across a really good one so I decided to give it a try to see it post nerf. At first I did think it got nerfed into the ground. But I adjusted my tactics and started dominating people with it. The dot I don't think was nerfed so you just have to learn to kite with it and re-apply it if they go to roll it off. Often most players are shotgun scrubs with such tunnel vision that they don't realize they are on fire anyway. Is it as easy as a shotgun, detonator, infector or BMG? No. But still effective if used right.