I’ve been finding that as of last patch people have been playing a lot of Thunder. I’m not one of those people who complain about everything SD does, and I like that SD is trying to improve Thunder. In the past he was just kinda a meh merc but this patch his nade seems really disgusting. It slows, blinds, and prevents you from jumping. It seems somewhat counterintuitive in a game where it’s all about movement to make a character that stops you from moving properly. Even if you aren’t standing next to the nade it slows you, which just seems a little too good. My problem with this change lies not in the blind or slow, but the duration and blast radius of the slow and blind. This is just my opinion and I’m not trying to be someone who constantly complains about changes in the game, but Thunder seems just TOO GOOD right now.
Does Thunder seem a little too good?
Too good? His grenade is doing what it should have done at release minus losing the emp. He needed the 170 hp, now all he needs is a damage/dps buff to his MK46 and they pretty much don’t have to touch him again.
I feel he’s a good fire support merc, for stunning enemies, so that other team mates can take care of them.
On the flip side, Fragger will just kill you without needing to flash you and risking getting gunned down after walking in. Thunder needs to compete with that.
I disagree he needed the HP
Fragger doesn’t need the HP he lost to do a good job, and I’d argue the same for Thunder, he needs SPEED to catch up to people hit by his concussions. He doesn’t need to be tanky, hell we don’t need tanky mercs period, Rhino is annoying as fuck as it is.
I think it’s funny how people think the thunder update broke him when he was already poorly broken on release. Thunder is one of my favourite mercs now. The concussion grenade actually feels like it’s working now.
the only aspect i’d argue was broken on thunder would be the stark on him, other than that, it seems to be in a really nice perhaps. Perhaps lessen the radius slightly, not sure.
I’m not saying that his nades now are not doing what they should do. I’m saying the duration and radius are too large.
I think it’s a bit too early to tell. I had the same sort of reaction. However, I’m a scrub so I’m holding my gudgement until the changes have been there for a while and see with the rest of the community feels.
Thunder is where he should’ve been.
The only thing I think should be changed is that the slowness doesn’t affect you as much if you are looking away from the grenade and we need EMP back
And also buff the damage for the MK
Eh, he’s OK now. Rather annoying to fight against, but at least the concs actually concuss now.
Hi guy im new to the game and currently i play Thunder, im not the player that can kill a lot in game (my aiming is poor 
) but with the flash it definitely help me especially when dealing with more than 1 player in front of me. Its good for me and i will use him as my main merc. 