plasma pistol charge shot tracks very poorly even at medium range, I understand the weapon requires skill but player movement is too fast for it to be used reliably. The uncharged shot is also very inaccurate even at close range. Outclassed by every single weapon in the flight. very low utility with the poor tracking in charged shots and very poor accuracy uncharged shots.
Yeah I think it needs a rework. Out of all the weapons it is definitely the worst in almost any given scenario.
I can’t see many reasons I would ever pick it up now it doesn’t disable vehicles. I’m not sure if it still strips Overshield and shield, but if it does that’s literally it’s only use and it’s only decent at very close quarters as you say very easy to dodge mid range and beyond. I don’t think it should be a freebie as noob combo is annoying but right now it’s very poor.
To balance it I would make it have no lock on but much faster charge and release, so you need to track the target to hit them.
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> Yeah I think it needs a rework. Out of all the weapons it is definitely the worst in almost any given scenario.
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> I can’t see many reasons I would ever pick it up now it doesn’t disable vehicles. I’m not sure if it still strips Overshield and shield, but if it does that’s literally it’s only use and it’s only decent at very close quarters as you say very easy to dodge mid range and beyond. I don’t think it should be a freebie as noob combo is annoying but right now it’s very poor.
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> To balance it I would make it have no lock on but much faster charge and release, so you need to track the target to hit them.
The vehicle thing is a huge bummer. Perhaps the plasma pistol is really on there for PvE like campaign.
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> Yeah I think it needs a rework. Out of all the weapons it is definitely the worst in almost any given scenario.
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> I can’t see many reasons I would ever pick it up now it doesn’t disable vehicles. I’m not sure if it still strips Overshield and shield, but if it does that’s literally it’s only use and it’s only decent at very close quarters as you say very easy to dodge mid range and beyond. I don’t think it should be a freebie as noob combo is annoying but right now it’s very poor.
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> To balance it I would make it have no lock on but much faster charge and release, so you need to track the target to hit them.
Not that I’ve had much of a chance to try it (I unfortunately missed the sunday playtimes,) but the Plasma Pisto doesn’t stop vehicles anymore?
Biiiig oof
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> The vehicle thing is a huge bummer. Perhaps the plasma pistol is really on there for PvE like campaign.
True, even if it isn’t useful in multiplayer, it will always be the number 1 legendary campaign weapon!
The plasma pistol is effectively useless now outside of doing a noob combo. I found out the hard way that it doesn’t disable vehicles any more when I tried to use it to stop a hog and got splattered instead.