Infectors WAAAAAAAAY OVERPOWERED

[Cyripax NeoPrime]

Infectors were useless in pve before the original nerf. Now theyre just completely unuseable crap. Ivunderstand in pvp they could be called op. But so is the shotgun and cloak. If pvp whiners keep nerfing guns in this game, then pve will be a total joke. And btw, only immunizers(anti-sniper) infectors can hit you from across the map. If we were all smart wed start a petition for seperate stats for pve/pvp. Its the ONLY WAY one side will not ruin the other untill this whole game becomes a joke. Because if infectors get nerfed qgain, hen they should just take them out of the game, and if they get then shotguns and cloak better damn well get a nerf hardcore.......see where this nerfing trend is headed. Everything will get dumbed down until its all laughable at best. Dont like it? Well then stop these threads. Because your adding to the downfall. The only option is to have seperate stats for both sides. Something will ALWAYS be overpowered unless everything in this game is balanced.....and no one seems to want that.

Learn to combat certain builds, there are ways to beat any op setup. But stop crying nerf. The end result is shyt

[Aztrial]

infector bullets have very low velocity if your paying any attention you can actually roll before they hit you..... there rof and mag capacity and low velocity balance them perfectly fine vs the higher rof and actual near instant velocity of nearly every other weapon

plus if your perks are set out for max dmg then yes the bugs will rofl all over you but so will anything in its intended usage capacity if you dont notice said person before they fire

You cant get any kills by rolling around wth lol.... by that time u would have cought a grenade and its not like u would dodge them all they lock on to you or something, i have kill ppl cloak just sprayed the area and once there hit u can see them, while there rolling there getting lit up and there goes my eazy kill.

[Adrena Chrome]

I try to be that way. But it seems so cheap when I can light up one person with my invader and run away while my bugs kill two more. But in the same instance I can pull out my orange longshot cannon with deadly cascade and maybe kill one guy before the other two get me. I don't know about you but I like blowing things up. Blowing them across the room with my shotty. Not waiting to see how many my bugs can kill.

I use a Immunizer and it definitely is OP, especially with Tier 3 attachements but i give a rats *** who kills me or with which gun.

[Adrena Chrome]

You are obviously talking to the wrong people. Because it's the noobs who called for the shotgun nerf that started this whole thing. I used to counter the infector with either shotty, or rocket. now the only thing left is the infector!! I don't want more nerfs. I want my shotty back. I've started several threads about powering up not down for balance. But no one listens.

Infectors were useless in pve before the original nerf. Now theyre just completely unuseable crap. Ivunderstand in pvp they could be called op. But so is the shotgun and cloak. If pvp whiners keep nerfing guns in this game, then pve will be a total joke. And btw, only immunizers(anti-sniper) infectors can hit you from across the map. If we were all smart wed start a petition for seperate stats for pve/pvp. Its the ONLY WAY one side will not ruin the other untill this whole game becomes a joke. Because if infectors get nerfed qgain, hen they should just take them out of the game, and if they get then shotguns and cloak better damn well get a nerf hardcore.......see where this nerfing trend is headed. Everything will get dumbed down until its all laughable at best. Dont like it? Well then stop these threads. Because your adding to the downfall. The only option is to have seperate stats for both sides. Something will ALWAYS be overpowered unless everything in this game is balanced.....and no one seems to want that.

Learn to combat certain builds, there are ways to beat any op setup. But stop crying nerf. The end result is shyt

[Aztrial]

Infectors were useless in pve before the original nerf. Now theyre just completely unuseable crap. Ivunderstand in pvp they could be called op. But so is the shotgun and cloak. If pvp whiners keep nerfing guns in this game, then pve will be a total joke. And btw, only immunizers(anti-sniper) infectors can hit you from across the map. If we were all smart wed start a petition for seperate stats for pve/pvp. Its the ONLY WAY one side will not ruin the other untill this whole game becomes a joke. Because if infectors get nerfed qgain, hen they should just take them out of the game, and if they get then shotguns and cloak better damn well get a nerf hardcore.......see where this nerfing trend is headed. Everything will get dumbed down until its all laughable at best. Dont like it? Well then stop these threads. Because your adding to the downfall. The only option is to have seperate stats for both sides. Something will ALWAYS be overpowered unless everything in this game is balanced.....and no one seems to want that.

Learn to combat certain builds, there are ways to beat any op setup. But stop crying nerf. The end result is shyt

I could care less if everthing in game was nerfed if they took out shotties i would just use AR (no one can outaim me) ive cought ppl in mid air im going to always be beastly aslong as there is some skill involed and with tht infector there isnt. the only way pvp will be a joke to ppl is because u all want eazy kills. the fact of the matter is if everything is on par with everything PvP cant be a "joke" skilled players will win and that all there is to it. im a pretty good player and i dont see a way around tht infector ****. deathmatch not so bad, capture and hold.... its rediculous. and if u doubt plz let me know im willing to show you lol

[Anaxes16]

How is being completely invisible justified as skill based sneaking?
Have you ever played a skill based sneaking game like Splinter Cell?
You say nerf it because its highly effective and tons of people use it. You say don't nerf shotgun/cloak even though it is highly effective and everyone uses it.
How about instead of being silly you just challenge yourself with weapons that are not popular and quit crying.

agreed, Just play the game.

[fang1192]

Infectors were useless in pve before the original nerf. Now theyre just completely unuseable crap.
Because PvE is so difficult. /sarcasm.
Ivunderstand in pvp they could be called op. But so is the shotgun and cloak.
Which is why we want to balance cloak and wanted shotgun balanced as well. 2 OP builds is not variety.
If pvp whiners keep nerfing guns in this game, then pve will be a total joke.
It already is.
And btw, only immunizers(anti-sniper) infectors can hit you from across the map. If we were all smart wed start a petition for seperate stats for pve/pvp. Its the ONLY WAY one side will not ruin the other untill this whole game becomes a joke.
No argument here other than that might lead to confusion. PvE is a joke.

Because if infectors get nerfed qgain, hen they should just take them out of the game, and if they get then shotguns and cloak better damn well get a nerf hardcore.......see where this nerfing trend is headed.
I so love the slippery slope argument.

Everything will get dumbed down until its all laughable at best. Dont like it? Well then stop these threads. Because your adding to the downfall. The only option is to have seperate stats for both sides. Something will ALWAYS be overpowered unless everything in this game is balanced.....and no one seems to want that.
Balanced =/= dumbed down. 2 OP builds = dumbed down. PvE = dumbed down.

Learn to combat certain builds, there are ways to beat any op setup. But stop crying nerf. The end result is shyt
Nice censor bypass. Let me just counter a homing weapon that spawns tracking bugs and DoTs my shields against an opponent who suffers no mobility penalty, and when i can barely aim because a giant growth is blocking 1/2 - 3/4 quarters of my screen.

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[Mostly Slow Joe]

Yes infectors are OP there is no doubt about it, but your posting in the wrong forum.

You will get a better palaver there.


PS.
to the people who dont think infectors are OP, stop lying to yourself.

And if you still dont Believe it, wait until you can duel each other 1v1. I will use an infector, and you can use any other weapon you want and we will see who wins? if anyone is up for the challenge send me a PM when the duel option is available

Someone should also do this on the US server, show these infector nubs the truth when duel is available...

Trouble I have with this statement and the topic is you are lumping all infectors into this "oped trash".Its only the Invader that is Oped , the outbreak isnt killing anyone the incubator isnt killing anyone.....

Infectors list
*infector
*Afflictor
*Outbreaker
*Innoculator
*Incubator
*Invader <----The one really killing everyone.
*Immunizer
*Canker

It seems people are saying they are dieing from far away? No the invader only has a short short range and even the bugs only have a ranger on 20 yards.

What seems to be happening is someone is switching guns on you in the middle of battle and you just can not tell becuase you have no idea about Infectors...The gun that has a bug ranger of 40 shoots slow as hell no way thats killing you unless you are just bad at pvp or have no shields on.

[Aztrial]

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LMFAO!!! this post had dying lol xD true though

[Lupis Volk]

Ok i know there are prabobly many more threads like this one.. Infectors are in serious need of a good nerf.. first of all they hit u from like half way across the freaking universe and they kill u in like 3 secs, and on top of that you dont even really need to aim. The homing range for tht weapon serious need to be cut in half. Atleast with the shotgun your oppnent actaully have to sneak up on you and to get kill, with infector ppl just spray, "no skill" "no aim" and gets kills like wth... and whats even the point of a sniper rifle if ppl have those OP infector.... that thing is bacially a homing automatic sniper rifle with the power of a SAW.. it ruins PvP and yes i used it i went 15/0 before i was killed, its no fun to even get kills with and its ruining PvP.... for me atleast

Must be a cloak/shotgun user. Infectors/decoy are the most easy cloak/shotgun counter. go play CoD if you want truly unbalanced guns.