Conceptually I really like the Flaylock, pistol. I mean it is kind of the Warhammer 40,000 Bolt Pistol, lobbing little rockets at people, but it just doesn't make a lot of sense. In a game where you have to score (virtually) a direct hit with a vehicle-mounted missile launcher, you have people forgoing the use of the weapon they should be using and just trying to gun people down with their pistol. Contrary to how that might seem from movies and video games where you might think, "he's so skilled!" they are doing it here because they really only need to get marginally close with the pistol, you know, within a few feet. I would have to agree that its current iteration is just not working so well.

Core Flaylock with level 5 Pro and Ops:
275.8 damage with 246.7 splash damage over 2.5 meters.

Mass Driver with level 5 Pro and Ops:
306.1 damage with 146.7 splash damage over 4.1 meters.

Proto missile launcher (small) with 15% damage bonus from skills:
523.3 damage with 261.6 splash damage over 2 meters

Proto missile launcher (large) with 15% damage bonus from skills:
583.1 damage with 119.6 splash damage over 3 meters


Anybody else notice some oddities here? Such as the mass driver getting more splash radius and more damage than large missile turrets? Or perhaps the flaylock having more splash radius than the small missile launcher while only dealing 20 less damage?

I am not saying there is something wrong with the Flaylock, I am saying the MD is not good enough.

Same deal goes with the Scrambler Rifle and Scrambler Pistol. Pistol>Rifle.

Don't nerf the pistols, buff the rifles.

Seriously, why?