Been playing a ton of the preview, more or less loving it so far, but i’ll get straight to the point: the Needler feels more powerful than anything else in the preview by far. Idk what the reasoning is for the design choices but combining a much faster Rate of Fire with much faster projectiles seems like a poor choice, given that it makes the needler easier to kill with than any of the power weapons we’ve seen so far, it’s also incredibly more powerful than previous version of the needler, the way it is rn i feel like it ought to be a power weapon…
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> Been playing a ton of the preview, more or less loving it so far, but i’ll get straight to the point: the Needler feels more powerful than anything else in the preview by far. Idk what the reasoning is for the design choices but combining a much faster Rate of Fire with much faster projectiles seems like a poor choice, given that it makes the needler easier to kill with than any of the power weapons we’ve seen so far, it’s also incredibly more powerful than previous version of the needler, the way it is rn i feel like it ought to be a power weapon…
You’re not alone. Also think the plasma rifle is too strong at medium range. Really just not a fan of how that gun functions. Basically all the guns could use tweaking IMO.
It feels more like an assault rifle that doesn’t miss. You can still strafe and dodge some, but but up close its like guaranteed death, bots will have more kills with the needler than anything else by the end of this.
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> Been playing a ton of the preview, more or less loving it so far, but i’ll get straight to the point: the Needler feels more powerful than anything else in the preview by far. Idk what the reasoning is for the design choices but combining a much faster Rate of Fire with much faster projectiles seems like a poor choice, given that it makes the needler easier to kill with than any of the power weapons we’ve seen so far, it’s also incredibly more powerful than previous version of the needler, the way it is rn i feel like it ought to be a power weapon…
Its a mid range beast for sure, but I can’t really get a fix on how its tracking works. It seems all over the place.
i mean a full mag will kill at least 2 people if you can time the amount just right which is great I think.
I don’t know, the only weapon so far I feel needs a tweaking is the plasma gun (Pardon my lack of remembering its name lol). The needler actually feels great to me! It reminds me of reach and 4.
During the Pre-Tech Preview on Twitch/YouTube they gloated how powerful the Needler was in this build. They mentioned that tweaks will still happen. Hopefully a finer balance will be had by launch.
Is it that OP? I could only play two games this morning but it felt really off to me. I found it difficult to get used to it. But maybe that was due to me playing on an Xbox One. Even on a 4K TV some reticles are just too hard to see in that version.
I like the new needler, but I was not getting many kills with it. The bots jump too much. Also, the needles need to be much brighter so I can see them - both mine and those of the enemy.
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> > Been playing a ton of the preview, more or less loving it so far, but i’ll get straight to the point: the Needler feels more powerful than anything else in the preview by far. Idk what the reasoning is for the design choices but combining a much faster Rate of Fire with much faster projectiles seems like a poor choice, given that it makes the needler easier to kill with than any of the power weapons we’ve seen so far, it’s also incredibly more powerful than previous version of the needler, the way it is rn i feel like it ought to be a power weapon…
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> Its a mid range beast for sure, but I can’t really get a fix on how its tracking works. It seems all over the place.
From what I can tell through gameplay, it won’t track at all if the reticle is blue, so you have to make sure you’re keeping your aim centered on them the whole time you spray them down.
Honestly I found every time I used the needler it sucked lmfao, But when others used it on me I was getting shreaded.
now the plasma carbine was insane. 1 burst to fully take out shields. 1 burst would also take down a full overshield to 1/4 of regular shield.
I’m not really sure about this but I had the feeling the needler also did steady damage before the super combine happened, I swear I killed damaged bots on multiple occasions without needing the combine.
was hard to test without pvp but if so that would make it even stronger. In general the needler felt powerful although tracking seemed a bit random, crazy TTK on hit though and that nearly instant reload… wow
Its placed like a mid-tier weapon but it kills like a power weapon. It’s basically a guaranteed kill at close range. Either make the weapon harder to obtain on the map or nerf it
I thinks it’s op as well. Too much tracking and to quick of a super combine.