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Feedback and Suggestions / Re: Remove Flamethrower

« on: February 23, 2015, 05:08:55 pm »

I have read the arguments here and on the steam community forums.  I don't think I come across very clear.  So please read this carefully:

The Flamethrower sucks.  It changes the combat in the game for the worse.  The game is better off without it.

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Feedback and Suggestions / Remove Flamethrower

« on: February 17, 2015, 08:26:23 pm »

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!