Flare damage buff

[BlackenedPies]

Increase AOE fire damage of flare from 5 to 10. This would increase hull damage per shot from 19.5 to 26, and hull dps from 1.79 to 2.36. Very fair

[Kamoba]

But, flare OP!

Serious note: I can see why a flare buff would be good, but I'd sooner see the harpoon reload reduced.

[Hoja Lateralus]

I'd sooner see the harpoon reload reduced.

Can't agree with that.

Do we really need flares as (more) viable fighting option?

[BlackenedPies]

Flares kill too slow and it's better to not shoot flares at hull because it does so little damage and no fire stacks. I'd prefer a +125% buff but 25% is ok.

[Daft Loon]

Make gat-gat-flare-flare pyra a thing 

[Kamoba]

Make gat-gat-flare-flare pyra a thing 

Gunner on rear flare with stamina..
 might allow quad-fecta...

I'd sooner see the harpoon reload reduced.

Can't agree with that.

As it stands now the Harpoon is needed for a shit load of achievements, and no one uses it as it has very little effect or use, its reload time is ridiculously long making one harpoon by itself so ineffective it's painful.

[BlackenedPies]

Unless you're using a specific trifecta, flare is the only pyra side gun. If you're getting shot just have the main engi flare their guns. Best arcs and 2 second empty. Miss a chem = death.

Flares can quadfecta with almost everything on pyra if you turn slightly (85 degrees).

[Daft Loon]

At the extremes of silliness flares can get galleon quadfecta, squid and goldfish trifecta (double flare, double gunner) and junker quinfecta (main deck gunner and normal gunner manning a flare on each side).

IMO if the flare is to do any real direct damage it should be to balloon (which makes sense even if having it deal flechette damage doesn't quite) and only then if they nerf the fps damage.

[BlackenedPies]

I wonder what causes the lag for some people. I have no flare lag with my graphics at the lowest and 1GB VRAM.

[Squidslinger Gilder]

I wonder what causes the lag for some people. I have no flare lag with my graphics at the lowest and 1GB VRAM.

New weapon time...heavy flare repeater. It fires two dozen flares at once from a medium mount. 8GB VRAM requirement standard for GOIO .

[Daft Loon]

I wonder what causes the lag for some people. I have no flare lag with my graphics at the lowest and 1GB VRAM.

I don't suffer it myself but I've had one notable occasion where a flare mob lagged my co-engineer out of the game entirely and crippled my pilot giving the fire stacks a chance to start doing damage.

[Kamoba]

I'm not on the fastest rig in the world and only got Flare lagg during a Clan party.... But that was six ships all with flares...

[Hoja Lateralus]

Make gat-gat-flare-flare pyra a thing 

Gunner on rear flare with stamina..
 might allow quad-fecta...

I'd sooner see the harpoon reload reduced.

Can't agree with that.

As it stands now the Harpoon is needed for a shit load of achievements, and no one uses it as it has very little effect or use, its reload time is ridiculously long making one harpoon by itself so ineffective it's painful.

I'm a retard. I meant I can't DISAGREE with that. Sorry. Yeah, harpoon is basically wasted slot.

[Byron Cavendish]

I Thought that old 20 stacks made it viable. Still don't know why it was changed.