New Merc: Flamer

(SparkyShock) #1

Name: Daniel Fawkes
Role: Assault
Hp: 130
Speed: 380
Country; Austrailia
Age: 30
Quotes: “I know 451, but what temperature do people burn at? Oh, never mind, 'cause your dead!”
" I guess you don’t like seeing the world burn huh?"
Flamer loves his job. Not only does he get to play with fire, but he gets paid for it! Armed with a Flamethrower and a Gasoline Can, Flamer brings the heat.

Ability 1: Flamethrower
Cooldown: 50 seconds
Duration: Maximum of 10 seconds but switching weapons puts it away, reducing the cooldown time to a minimum of 40 seconds
The Flamethrower is Flamers favorite toy. Not only does it burn people, but after they are set on fire they remain on fire for 5 seconds, doing 8 damage a second. The flamethrower itself does 16 damage per second of continuous fire.
Ability 2: Gasoline Can (w/ match)
Cooldown: 30 seconds
Duration: Its effects last 8 seconds when thrown. Match can be lit for 4 seconds at a time.
Flamer throws a Gasoline Can at the enemy, soaking them in the liquid. They stay soaked for 8 seconds, giving him time to light a match (using the same key) and throwing it at them, briefly setting them on fire and hurting them for 60 damage. The match can be blown out if held for too long or if he is hit. While enemies are soaked, explosions and other fire can trigger the flame effect, doing there normal explosion/fire damage but also the 60 damage of the ability.

Weapons:
Primary- BR-16, Timik-47, and Stark AR
Secondary- DE. 50, M9, Simeon .357
Melee- Combat Knife, Kukri, Stiletto

This character is meant to be kind of a reverse Stoker. His fire is meant to be used offensively to push through a choke while being helpful to his teammates since he cant dispense ammo. Stoker is one of my favorites so i thought itd be interesting to see a merc similar in a few ways to him, but different enough to shake up the current batch of mercs.

(Demonic_Muff1n) #2

i don’t really see this character as potential to become a merc. Cause this merc is essentially rhino with his flamethrower, i mean rhino’s minigun would have a longer range than a flamethrower and the minigun takes down people really fast at close to medium range. A flamethrower however wouldn’t have that much range and would only really be effective at close range and also the dps isn’t all that effective. i mean if you want something at close range might as well take a shotgun and raise hell, shotguns can pretty much take down anyone between 1-3 shots. Also with the flamethrower as it’s not an actual weapon it would be hard to judge the range of it and get used to it. As for the gasoline can, it’s pretty much stoker’s molotov just in a different form is all. With all this into account this merc wouldn’t last long on the battlefield, cause he would easily be sniped and he goes down easily like any other merc, you’re gonna wanna make this guy tanky like rhino if he’s to stand a chance against anyone.

(SparkyShock) #3

Alright, thank you.

(Mr-Penguin) #4

This about sums up the usual problems with flamethrower mercs: they all invariably have to be Rhino with a flame weapon instead of a bullet weapon in order to be balanced.

Now, I had an idea for an assault merc with an incendiary/thermite grenade once… That’s a better route to go down if you want to burn people but not be Stoker.

(GatoCommodore) #5

i dont mind if the flamer projectile based like the incinerator in fallout new vegas

throwing up napalm instead of gas/liquid and it sticks to enemies