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Jaraxlle:
I fell in love with this game the moment my crew and I got on our ship and played our first game.  It was the most fun we have had in a new game in ages.  All of that started to crumble as soon as we got out of the novice section and we started fighting crews ranging in the levels all the way up to 39 in our very first match.  Until this match we had a blast every game!  Win or lose, we felt like it was because of how we performed.  It was on us. 

This match introduced us to the flamethrower, and since this match, we have seen every team abuse the flamethrower.  All of the great fights we had before were now over.  It brought the game down to two kinds of fights.  Ranged "sniping" or rush the enemy ship and see who kills who with the flamethrower first.  I don't care if this problem only exists at certain levels. 

If any aspect of the game is impossible to balance, if it makes new or newish players wonder if they want to play the game or not ((keeping in mind that the most players I have seen active=1700, and this game is better than that)) then I suggest we remove the problem as if it never existed, and cauterize the wound for any players that relied on this technique for the wins.  Let the game be played the way it was intended!  Intense fights between ships and teams of ships!  The flamethrower will not be missed!

Replaceable:

--- Quote ---"Use the Chemical Spray Luke"
--- End quote ---

Flamethrower can easily be countered in one of 2 ways really. Out ranging them as mentioned.
Or putting on chemical spray before a fight- and keeping it maintained.
With chemical spray, flamethrower does nothing. It's damage is laughable.

Which is exactly what you'll be doing next time you hard counter the flamethrower.

But yeah all the veteran players take chemical spray it's far superior. Highly recommend you try it before you complain flamer is OP.

Indreams:
Although, you do have a valid point.


At the moment, Flamethrowers either wreck your ship or slightly warms your ship.
There's a high necessity for good balance change.

And Matchmaker isn't quite perfect. But you shouldn't feel too bad about being match made with 39+ veterans. That means you've proven yourselves to be quite competent.
Don't feel too bad about being stomped by them either. Many 39+ veterans play competitive, or have played 1000+ matches. It's logical that you will get stomped. In fact, I often get stomped by them.


Just a heads up, its hard to read a forum post when its all large and bolded. I understand your frustration however.

BlackenedPies:
As a vocal opponent of the flamethrower, I wouldn't like to see it removed. But:
If your ship is chem sprayed, flames are useless. If you aren't, then you die with no chance whatsoever. I refuse to use it because it's pointless- it's either an auto kill or does nothing.

The problem with the flamethrower is how easy and effective it is to use. It has excessive range, arcs, and clip-reload ratio. It's the easiest gun in the game with no skill requirement. In pub matches it's just a cheap win and there's no reason to not bring a flamethrower.

To Jaraxxlle and all other players, I deeply regret to inform you that there is no interest from the community to balance the flamethrower. I simply don't understand why.

Dutch Vanya:
I don't think the flamethrower is a fun weapon either. To shoot or get shot by.

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