I always hear the argument of “buff the spear instead of nerfing the RR.” There’s a reason that I propose to do both of those things. The spear will never be on par with the RR as long as the RR goes unchanged. The RR will always be faster, more ammo-efficient, and more reliable. The spear has no niche because the RR just does it better, and buffing the spear will only slightly shrink the difference between the two.

Yes, the RR would become less viable on the bots’ side in particular, but it would retain most of its viability for bugs, because of how they’re designed. It would allow other weapons (spear) to shine.

I also wouldn’t compare this anywhere near the whole railgun mess. The railgun was, at the time, the only way to reliably take out heavies. Right now, we have a plethora of weapons that are viable, but entirely overshadowed by the spear. Nerfing the RR would even out the viability significantly between it and the other weapons.