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I think you might be wrong about the all or none effect of flux nades, ive had instances of flux nades only doing partial shield damage when at the periphery but perhaps at the very very edge of it(like having a foot just inside breaking the border of the field), given their high level of damage its possible it goes unnoticed since even a poorly tossed nade with the radius is enough to strip away the entire shielding.

Dust Revelations 1:1

"Rock is overpowered, Paper is fine"
-Scissors

Its called the meta game.
If weapon A is really powerful and people use it a lot, and there is a weapon B that counters it, then people will start using weapon B to counter weapon A.
So the numbers using weapon A drop and then weapon C is brought in to take care of weapon B.
And it goes like that forever, it keeps the game fresh.

In EVE for example, if people started using armor all the time, then people would switch to explosive ammo, but then armor users focus resistance on explosive so the others resistances are weak.
Then they switch to shields because armor is being countered too much, and it goes on forever.
You see how it works?

Flux grenades, are supposed to disable infantry shields with a direct hit. They are working as intended. Armor tanking is a valid counter, so there is no need for the nerf hammer here. Just be glad they don't disrupt all electronics. Imagine your mini map disabled for 10 seconds, or armor reps stop working, etc...

What I'm hearing from the 'leet' Imperfects&co is that they should be allowed to run around in quick shield armor suits AND sit safely at objectives with large numbers all the while expecting their shields to be safe and their expensive suits and high KDR to not be at risk.

My point is the paradigm of this game is an order of magnitude more complicated than other stuff out there. Tactically, grenades make sense against more or less stationary targets. Shield tanks generally have an upper hand in a more mobile, skiddish, and skirmishy combat. Another aspect of Eve that isn't making it into people thick heads here is that things will have REAL VALUE. You can't think that just because you have the best gear you should be more comfortable than 'lame noobs'. In Eve, it really hurts when people lose in game assets worth the relative time an effort value of sometimes hundreds or thousands of real dollars.

When people really start to get the hang of real squad based approaches to things like having off grid scouts for spotting as well as sniping, and doctrinal approaches to combat rather than the brainless 'spawn>maneuver>engage>regroup' approach that is so much more individualistic , you will quickly start to have much more fun.

In Eve, a main thing that keeps the game exciting is that there are constant unpredictable and asymmetric threats to much of what occurs. People wrecklessly flying things worth billions of isk can be lost by others who leverage a few million. The key difference is that engagements are limited by size on either side in Dust.

A 2000 isk suit that can take out a 50000 isk suit with relative ease should not be seen as OP. That 2000 isk should should have at least a soft counter in your squad to keep high value assets from being so vulnerable.

If there is anything that is OP in this game it will be the UVT, as it will be likely that to compete at any decent level you will need that ability.

Im the OP, not an Imperfect, just find myself agreeing with a lot of them on their points. Next didn't say flux grenades were OP. Nor did i specifically ask for them to be nerfed. I simply postulated the idea that it should perhaps be considered and left the thread open to discussion. It seems everyone wants to bring their bias and not even look at the original post in its entirety. Sorry if you have the attention span of a gnat but when i write a thread i makes sure i use those pesky things called Data and Facts.

Fact Flux nades in their current iteration can wipe the shields off of every infantry no matter how tanked they are. I know because i use them in conjunction with MD. Im the one using them not them being used on me so a nerf HURTS ME. I wrote it not aware that their are racial variants in this game (or there will be) that will reduce the effect of flux grenades. I made the post with the data i had available to me at the current level of the build.

I didnt specifically ask for a nerf but rather variation on the flux nades that can be tailored either to infantry or to tanks. I thought it was worthy of discussion. You just saw flux nades in general discussion and assumed it was a QQ thats you're issue. If my post was vague or unclear then i take responsibility and that is my fault.

Yes flux nades are only limited to shields and yes they do a lot of damage so they can wipe entire squad shields which is fine by me i love it when i do and then wipe everyone out with MD fire. But the question is even if it limited to shields should it do that much damage, i think they need the high level for tanks but hence why not make a tank version and an infantry version thus creating more need for tactical awareness and loadout awareness instead a one size fits all shield destroyer.

I havent really used them as I wasnt totally sure of their function. The electronics portion still has me stumpd. Do they destroy deployables or do they turn off vehicle modules?

A few notes on Flux Grenades.
Used in the current playfield, where everybody is out in the open and rarely using cover, an entire discipline of tanking is rendered obsolete. It becomes an "armor-tank or die" game. And that will only stifle the "improve yourself your own way" that this game is supposed to support. Well, until the Locus comes in and brings you to near-death no matter what tank you chose... But that's another story.
The fluxes we use now should use AV behavior, not do as much to infantry, and affect armor to a lesser extent. Why? because EM damage hurts armor in New Eden, just against higher resistance.

As for infantry? Well, the Locus should be an anti-armor, explosive damage grenade. Infantry shields would resist the grenade, but an armor-tank will be creamed. a new Anti-infantry version of the Flux would do the opposite, taking down shield-tanks while letting armor survive.
The end result is that, when grenades start flying, both tanking styles are out of luck, as opposed to one having a chance over the other. The difference for the thrower is whether to start firing before or after.

Another way of seeing it...shields are projectile and explosive resistance. As far as shields go, the best counter to flux grenades is not having a bigger buffer tank, it's having a shorter time before your shield recharges.

Think of this shield tank in terms of damage it can take in a minute of skirmishing. Shield tanks jump into fire, apply damage, and jump out, recharge reload, and engage. When a shield reps at 25 hp/s normally after< 5s after damage or 10sec after exhaustion. For a 125 hp shield that could be seen at least 500 HP in a minute if exhausted 4 times. It could tank upwards of 750 HP in a min if you get out of battle before losing all shields. An militia armor tank at best will tank under 700 armor in a minute, while less mobile. It can do more with a logi, but so can anyone.

Regulators and rechargers improve this. A bigger buffer will defend against an alpha hit, but if you can take the first couple seconds of damage and avoid more damage these modules will pay off in HP tanked per minute than a buffer.