Javelin just killed the game.

(Gire) #1

As the title says…

(Mcdoogan) #2

Details please?

With out context you have no ground to stand on or persuade anyone on looking at the issue.

(Shenaynays) #3

its the first day of the release. everyone wants to play with the new toys. so merc stacking is gonna be a thing for the first few days, its always the thing with new content and with merc stacking comes the lovely side note of people getting annoyed at a certain merc.

On redeyes release way back when i remember everyone saying that redeye is gonna be the death of db and that they wouldnt want to play the game because of how much smoke there was. But look now things have calmed down and people dont seem to mind.

Let Javelin get settled into the game and then rethink what you said after 9 out of 10 people on a server are not playing her.

(TheStrangerous) #4

You might wanna try Brink, it’s F2P now :smiley:

(Flacke1) #5

you crazy man.fragger is more anoying than her

(Mr-Penguin) #6

The only issue I find with her is the splash radius, speed, and unpredictability of her rockets. Unlike all other fire supports, you really can’t tell if she’s aiming at you with her launcher or if it’s priming- which leads to near-undodgeable rocket deaths.

I’d reduce her rocket speed slightly and give her a laser or light or similar indicator that her rocket is priming. That way, you at least have a chance to GTFO before she fires.

(Mc1412013) #7

Lord @eox please close

(FalC_16) #8

yeah it is the first day hype…missile spam everywhere…gotta say its pretty dam effective though…feels like a portable nuke ^^

(blufflord) #9

Yes… killed the game…not like she can be tweaked, nerfed, or even reworked if need be. Phantom also “killed the game” when he was released, and so SD nerfed him for good. This merc is almost certain to get balance changes in the upcoming weeks. So just chill and instead of maky edgy threads try to write about how you would improve her balances etc.

(Boory Marks) #10

Umm… your basis?

(Sorotia) #11

@BooryDarthNader said:
Umm… your basis?

He got killed by a rocket a few times so he thinks it broke the game?

(KayDubz) #12

@Mr-Penguin said:
The only issue I find with her is the splash radius, speed, and unpredictability of her rockets. Unlike all other fire supports, you really can’t tell if she’s aiming at you with her launcher or if it’s priming- which leads to near-undodgeable rocket deaths.

I’d reduce her rocket speed slightly and give her a laser or light or similar indicator that her rocket is priming. That way, you at least have a chance to GTFO before she fires.

Gotta agree with this. Every other fire support merc is obvious when they will use their special ability (except maybe Stoker, but molotovs aren’t as lethal as air support from all the other ammo mercs)

Arty has a laser on the ground plus sound to warn enemies. Same thing for Skyhammer.

Kira has the shiny glow on the ground and a little sound I think before her laser beam comes down. Stoker can just chuck a Molotov at you, but direct hits aren’t lethal and you usually get away in time to heal.

With Javelin, all she needs to do is pre-fire click to shoot from behind cover, then peak out and blast someone. And if shes coming at me with the launcher on her shoulder, I usually run away because I have no idea when the Rocket is coming. Honestly, I cannot even really tell when shes holding the gun or her launcher…its not obvious during fast gameplay (hard to see)

With other explosive mercs you either aren’t going to die and be gibbed by one shot, or you can see the explosive coming. Fletcher has been nerfed, and most mercs can survive being stickied. Fragger has an obvious animation when hes gonna throw his grenade, PLUS it glows. And Nader direct hits don’t kill many mercs, plus those things glow and don’t explode right away if she misses.

Javelin needs to have something to warn players she is gonna shoot. Or else why wouldn’t most people avoid her in a fire fight?

(Jostabeere) #13

@BooryDarthNader said:
Umm… your basis?

The basis is most likey that SD made her too strong and coincidentally released a paid skin.
Every merc is either too bad or too good on release. She’s too good.

(Your worst knifemare.) #14

She stopped people complaining about Thunder so thats a good start.

(DirtyBuns) #15

Anybody else think SD are doing this to drive sales of Javelin? And then they nerf her later?

I mean… isn’t this like those anime episodes where: “Ooooh this new character appeared! WAOW! SO POWERFOOOL!” and then later they become just a side character who helps out and pretty soon their power is scaled down in future episodes - after all the kids bought the character’s collectible figure?

Just thinking out loud. :stuck_out_tongue:

(Cletus_VanDamme) #16

@DirtyBuns said:
Anybody else think SD are doing this to drive sales of Javelin? And then they nerf her later?

I mean… isn’t this like those anime episodes where: “Ooooh this new character appeared! WAOW! SO POWERFOOOL!” and then later they become just a side character who helps out and pretty soon their power is scaled down in future episodes - after all the kids bought the character’s collectible figure?

Just thinking out loud. :stuck_out_tongue:

Agreed.

#17

Please create threads containing actual context and reasoning instead of this one sentence which doesn’t serve anything.