...those of us who play fair...

They are obviously OP. That being said I don't mind them much.... They should have some downside. That guy who said they are hard to aim is full of it. The problem is that you can pop off three rounds quickly and nobody sticks around for the third shot so who cares how long the reload is.
Personally I think they should do 25 points of damage per shot to the person using it. Anyone who has launched fireworks rockets from your hand knows how bad it hurts as they blast away.

takes 6 shots to kill alot of proto heavies.

4-5 for caldari logis,

4 for most other proto shield tankers,

2-3 for most armor tankers

It is true the flaylock has issues. Namely the dmg it does is additive. IE the direct dmg is added to the splash dmg which means with no weapon bonuses it does 480 dmg......it gets a -dmg% against shields but a +dmg% against armor.

It is true the flaylock has issues. Namely the dmg it does is additive. IE the direct dmg is added to the splash dmg which means with no weapon bonuses it does 480 dmg......it gets a -dmg% against shields but a +dmg% against armor.

Yes, translated, this is:

2 magazines for proto heavies
1.5 magazines for caldari logis
1.5 magazines for shield tankers
1 magazine for most armor tankers

It can only one shot scouts and badly fit militia suits...and even then, only if it hits directly. That's of course assuming that scout/militia is at full health. If he isn't at full health, he shouldn't be whining about a OHK.

Also, you need to reload after only 3 shots...and you need to hit with splash 3 times at least to kill anything decently fit. Direct hits are rare unless the opponent is a ****** who stands still or moves in a very predicable way...mostly because of bullet flight time. It takes a lot of skill to lead that gun correctly against non idiot opponents.

As for dps, while the flaylock's per shot damage is higher, dps isn't higher than for the smg or scrambler pistol for that matter. Again, the bullet flight time and small magazine are major drawbacks...and against well fit opponents who don't move predictably like idiots, the core isn't op.

You're asking for a nerf simply because you haven't figured out how to counter it yet...or your fit sucks. It's a PROTOTYPE level gun, it's supposed to be good. Have you tried the scrambler pistol at that level? Headshots OHK a ton just like the flaylock.

CCP this core flaylock is not a gun its an abomination; people are walking around with it and one shoting people without competition, it makes the game no fun to play and those of us who play fair and use other weapons just get left to rot in the flaylocks waste, Please lower the splash and direct hit damage or remove it all together, people are being slaughtered by it more than HMG's witch are meant to slaughter!

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These numbers are incorrect.

3-4 shots for heavies (3 if they are using dmg mods, 4 if they stack shield extenders)
2-3 shots for Caladari Logi's (2 shots if they have anything equiped other than 5x complex shield extenders, plates do not matter)
2-3 shots for all shield tankers
2 shots for all armor tankers.

Also remember minmitar assaults have 4 shots in a clip due to racial bonus, and the term magazine is misleading as most of the time the weapon is duel weilded and with switching weapons being instant now the true clip size is between 6-8 shots depending on if you are using a minmitar assault suit or not.

I got one sentence and addendum to all Flaylock defenders.

ITS A ****ING SIDEARM!!

Flaylock > Massdriver

This is not right. That's like if the scrambler pistol was better than the scrambler rifle,
or if the SMG was a better killer than the HMG..... oh wait.

Seriously, we need a fix in 1.3 for this... CCP, you cannot wait until 1.4 to put a fix in for the flaylock!