Yo dawg, I heard you didn't like being killed in half a second by Assault Rifles, so we added some more Assault Rifles for you

How come when the Flaylock pistol was rampaging in Dust, people cried and CCP acted

now we have Scrambler rifles hitting obscene amounts of DMG, clearly FOTM
seen as everyone and their mother has spec'd into it

yet....

CCP seem to have not noticed ......

Any opinions on this ??

Now we have Scrambler rifles hitting obscene amounts of DMG, clearly FOTM

Because if they nerf my PERFECTLY BALANCED SCR I will personally...

1) Obtain your IP Address
2) Call your ISP and acquire your physical address
3) Pay a visit to your physical address
4) Ask if TheD1ck is you
5) Punch you in the face

I lol'd.

I find it hilarious that a weapon hailed as perfectly balanced for months after release is picked up on as a viable weapon, so therefore it must be nerfed.

How come when the Flaylock pistol was rampaging in Dust, people cried and CCP acted

now we have Scrambler rifles hitting obscene amounts of DMG, clearly FOTM
seen as everyone and their mother has spec'd into it

yet....

CCP seem to have not noticed ......

Any opinions on this ??

Flaylock... nerfed? Even with the reduction in blast radius, I can still OHK people with my fully skilled flaylock pistol. The real secret is that if you fully spec out and practice enough with just about any weapon in this game, then it can own people when used properly. That is the point of any weapon after all.

Flaylock... nerfed? Even with the reduction in blast radius, I can still OHK people with my fully skilled flaylock pistol. The real secret is that if you fully spec out and practice enough with just about any weapon in this game, then it can own people when used properly. That is the point of any weapon after all.

Damn,

Looks like the general population are ok with it

If it's true that its not changed since Uprising then,
chances are this is caused by AA

either way , scrambler rifles are killing unbelievably fast and it should be looked at

How come when the Flaylock pistol was rampaging in Dust, people cried and CCP acted

now we have Scrambler rifles hitting obscene amounts of DMG, clearly FOTM
seen as everyone and their mother has spec'd into it

yet....

CCP seem to have not noticed ......

Any opinions on this ??

i skilled into scram on day one. you know why? because there are no other long range rifles in the game thats why. now how is that fotm again?

How come when the Flaylock pistol was rampaging in Dust, people cried and CCP acted

now we have Scrambler rifles hitting obscene amounts of DMG, clearly FOTM
seen as everyone and their mother has spec'd into it

yet....

CCP seem to have not noticed ......

Any opinions on this ??

Because the flaylock was clearly broken, and the Scrambler rifle was one of the few weapons recently that CCP actually delivered in a fairly balanced state.

Now recently its seen a spike in popularity, certainly, but it has not actually changed or gained any power (save for the range buff in 1.7) . The perceived power of the weapon has far more to do with the (now declining) popularity of shield fits, which the scrambler rifle absolutely wrecks. All in all though - scrambler and assault rifles are both very solid, competitive weapons.

All that to say - correlation =/= causation. People cried over the Flaylock because it was actually broken. CCP fixed the Flaylock because it was broken, not because people cried. And now, word is spreading that the Scrambler rifle is actually good and thus victims are complaining more (which they do about any weapon they frequently die to whether its OP or not). If the complaints about the Scrambler had been consistent all the way back to Uprising 1.0 it would be one thing.....but the community accepted that it was fine at the time, and for the most part it still is.

As far as the future goes - too early to tell. CCP will watch how all this plays out with the new rifles, but Scrambler rifle users need not fear the nerfbat for the immediate future. Just because people are crying about it does not mean CCP recognizes it as a problem. If they do, I've missed a post or comment somewhere.

Funny how scramblers have been the same since Uprising, but the QQers are only complaining about it now

Funny how CCP changed the scrambler rifle operations to allow a faster cool down rate to get more shots off without over heating; compared to the original reduced charged scrambler shot time which after lvl 5 operations let you charge a shot within 1.5 seconds instead of 2 seconds. Funny that!

But you wouldn't know that would you because you skilled into the F.O.T.M

How come when the Flaylock pistol was rampaging in Dust, people cried and CCP acted

now we have Scrambler rifles hitting obscene amounts of DMG, clearly FOTM
seen as everyone and their mother has spec'd into it

yet....

CCP seem to have not noticed ......

Any opinions on this ??

Because the flaylock was clearly broken, and the Scrambler rifle was one of the few weapons recently that CCP actually delivered in a fairly balanced state.

Now recently its seen a spike in popularity, certainly, but it has not actually changed or gained any power (save for the range buff in 1.7) . The perceived power of the weapon has far more to do with the (now declining) popularity of shield fits, which the scrambler rifle absolutely wrecks. All in all though - scrambler and assault rifles are both very solid, competitive weapons.

All that to say - correlation =/= causation. People cried over the Flaylock because it was actually broken. CCP fixed the Flaylock because it was broken, not because people cried. And now, word is spreading that the Scrambler rifle is actually good and thus victims are complaining more (which they do about any weapon they frequently die to whether its OP or not). If the complaints about the Scrambler had been consistent all the way back to Uprising 1.0 it would be one thing.....but the community accepted that it was fine at the time, and for the most part it still is.

As far as the future goes - too early to tell. CCP will watch how all this plays out with the new rifles, but Scrambler rifle users need not fear the nerfbat for the immediate future. Just because people are crying about it does not mean CCP recognizes it as a problem. If they do, I've missed a post or comment somewhere.

the only thing that needs nerfing to tone down scrambler rifle power is the nerfing of a specific fitting.

the scr alone on its own works pretty good for me on my cheap core skill specced into mlt fits.

i dont actually think the gun with nothing but base stats unspecced into is op it self.

id say its just the higher tiered fits that may need to be toned down a little.

now with the stats incorporated into the scr with a certain amarr dropsuit and all the cooldown skills maxed out u can fire the semi auto version for an extremely long time. and get off several extremely powerful charge shots as well.

i only see a few possible fixes without breaking the weapon and making it useless though.

one possible fix could be reducing fire rate to some where around the current tac ar.
and possibly increasing dispersion for it but its a laser weapon and the second option might make it less effective in cqc but it just doesnt sound like something a laser weapon would have.

and sadly armor doesnt feel like it helps vs the scrambler rifle.