Noticed alot of people are saying that the Flaylock has too large of a radius.

NO.

This damned thing has a splash radius smaller than ANY THER WEAPON.

The issue is the damage dealt. Theyre not aiming three meters away from you, theyre aiming AT YOU or AT YOUR FEET. This means that even with a radius of 1.5m they can still hit and deal damage.

Why do I say damage? Because they do more splash damage than ANY SEMI AUTO WEAPON IN THE GAME. That includes Large Missile Turrets and all Mass Driver variants. Charge times, projectile arches, etc were all put in place to balance these powerful weapons. The entire premise of why missiles now suck is because they do **** for splash damage (80? Seriously?)

Think about this... A Plasma Cannon has a splash radius of 3.5, larger than a Flaylock, but its strength is inits direct damage, not the splash.

Everyone keeps saying 'nerf the radius and RoF' but youre not looking at the big issue at hand. This is a close range weapon THAT CAN DOWN DROPSHIPS. I seriously doubt radius is going to stopa weapon that deals 650+ damage per magazine. CCP is going to nerf the radius because thats the feedback theyve gotten when its not the real issue. Do the research, compare to similar weapons and THEN propose changes.

CCP: This is not feedback, this is a corrective/educational statement.

the complaint was from the skill book +5% BR which should be a +3%, as a missile turret user from an ADS stand point BR is the way to go (I think a hammer should be dropped but not some sledge hammer where we have to buff it after), a >small< reduction to SD might help.

Funny you said about the Plasma Cannon...I actually hit someone the other day in the face.. but only the splash damage registered, even that i saw very clearly the splash animation. The same thing happen when i shoot someone at the legs..I have to carefully aim at the CENTER of the hit box to get a direct hit...

The two are cumulative. The radius wouldn't be so much of an issue if the damge wasn't so high, and vice versa.

One or the other needs a nerf. And since these are rockets, not grenades, I feel that reducing splash radius is the way to go. Especially when you consider that said radius increases by more than 100% from standard to proto.

No it isn't...on a dps level it's in line with other proto sidearms

The only difference is, it does it in bursts rather than over a longer period of time. Get used to it and adapt instead of whining...

Find me one other sidearm that does damage over a 2.5m radius and we'll talk.

Find me one other sidearm that does damage over a 2.5m radius and we'll talk.

So true, the splash is 90% of direct damage, that is crazy. Why even bother aiming for a direct hit where in you could whiff when you could just fart their general direction and get relatively the same damage.

If that's true then it's really bad, maybe even broken.

R'adeh recites the same mantra on every Flaylock board. You won't get anywhere with him.

Not if you don't have any rational counter arguments...which you clearly don't have because you're seemingly unable to use your brain to come up with counter tactics (of which there are many).

Explain to me again how a Flaylock isn't easier to use than a Scram or SMG?

::sits back, popcorn in hand::

Because it requires you to lead your shots way more. It's also way less effective at range compared to the SP for example. In CQC the SMG allows you to stay alive even if you miss a few shots. They all have advantages and disadvantages. I take it you never tested all sidearms at proto level

IN CQC the flaylock allows you to stay alive evenif you miss a few shots AND kill the enemy.

throwing out 500dmg in 3 seconds and having to do a 1.5 second reload hardly is a 'disadvantage' i am amazed people keep saying this. When flaylocks users die its cause they depleted their stamina bunnyhopping and cant angle their shots or evade in the same way, not because of a reload.