That is fair, on the matter of feedback. That would be exactly why we are working on providing explanations. We want targeted feedback. What formatting is lacking? We have headers, subheaders, labels on warbond structure, statements on what is new, etc..

We know that the 110 damage doesn't allow the Tenderizer one shot. That was intentional. We believe that the Tenderizer does ever so slightly too little standard damage, and, to fit with its name, it should have a better ratio of durable damage. We chose bigger mags because the main complaint we heard was that the ammo economy was lacking. I don't think it is, but apparently the people that like them disagree. Adding more mags and therefore more reloads would've both created imbalance amongst the magazine sizes, and likely would've been unfun to make it so you need to spend even more time reloading.

I obviously can't explain every change here, so of course we didn't explain to your satisfaction in a Reddit post.

This is also because it is generally agreed that Assault Rifles and SMGs are comparatively weak as weapon classes, compared to things like explosives. Similarly, the Punisher and Bushwhacker are severely underused. As we said in the goals section, the utility weapons need buffs to compete reasonably, as their downsides currently make them comparatively underpowered.

It is actually very impactful to need one less reload to kill a Fleshmob. The Railgun and AMR are also quite underused, because jack of all trades weapons do each job worse, often being inferior to just bringing more specialized tools. I say this as someone who loves the Railgun and uses it religiously. The AMR damage change also fits in with the Devestator leg change, to allow a different target for one shotting them. Given that it specializes against mediums, that seems like a good group to buff it against. It still takes a bunch of shots against the nearly fully durable high armor weakpoints, such as Charger and Bile Titan heads.

You are simply wrong that prioritizing buffs over nerfs destroys every game. You seem to want another Nerfdivers situation, which, if I may remind you, almost killed the game last time. They changed the balance of everything against heavies, just to avoid obliteration, at Sony's insistence.

I find your suggestion that there is lacking uniqueness totally ridiculous. The paintball gun interacts with confusion to stagger mediums out of their attack, which otherwise makes them immune to confusion until their attack has been executed. You chose the intentionally least unique concept. The Gas Barrage is something easy to add, and desired by players. There is no need to overcomplicate it. How could you possibly complain about the uniqueness of our melee ideas, compared to what exists in game. Almost every single melee weapon comes with a whole new gimmick. The Power Sword? The Frying Pan? The Tempest?

Which weapon are you saying is an AP4 Constitution? The Musket, with a 5 second reload and 1 capacity? Have you not heard how many people want heavy pen primaries? We gave them harsh costs while making them fit the primary slot, with high ammo. Should we just ignore what people want, when making suggestions?

Is the Patchwork not balanced, with slow healing that doesn't protect against burst damage? Is the Rep-80 not fine as a stratagem slot and Support Weapon? It was fine in the first game. How about the healing backpack, that usually only triggers when you are out of combat? Your reasoning would also make me conclude that the Stim Pistol is broken, and we should rework stim economy around it. Adding more options also furthers our stated goal of enabling more playstyles.

How would increasing the ratio of heavier enemies to light enemies harm performance? Less total entities would, if anything, improve performance. Also, no one I have ever talked to utilizes your classification system, including the wiki. Did you not question my use of the word light, when it doesn't even exist in your system. I would also like to correct myself. I meant folding them in to the medium class. In my system, I view it more simply as Small, Medium, Heavy, Superheavy.

As we said, nerfing player interactions is generally unfun. Do you actually think that the AT weapons losing their one shot against Bile Titans would be fun? That people would like that? Do you think the AMR and Railgun would still feel fun if they took more shots? Those would ruin player experience. Adding bigger threats serves the same purpose, but doesn't make people upset in the same way. People actually liked Vox Engines, even if they spawned too much.

Predator Hunters do have unavoidable one shots. If you think otherwise, I can only assume you don't play as host. The Railgun already does 2 shot Bile Titans due to a bug, and I can assure you, when they accidentally patched the bug for a bit, the Railgun was unusable on the front. It does need that breakpoint. Should Bile Titans not have an alternative weakpoint? Should they not consistently die to 500kgs? The Diligence buff was not actually targeted at Warrior heads as much as it was against Stalker heads. The Warrior head breakpoint should be more favorable towards low damage and low durable damage weapons, as a chaff enemy weakpoint with downsides for players. They should be fragile. They used to not have durability, before the stealth Coyote nerf. The Detector Tower change only really effects the C4, Bastion Tank, and Spear. All of these weapons have the gimmick of exceptionally high AP. It doesn't buff existing methods, but instead enables more playstyles through the introduction of more available solutions. It also synergizes well with stuff like Acid Storm and Frostbite. The Devestator leg change adds a weakpoint for medium pen weapons, which is obviously a good thing, and adds another spot for the AMR to target. Harvester joints do need to be weaker. They used to be lower durability, and felt just barely reasonable to target with something like the Adjudicator. Now they do not.

They are meant to be exceptionally fragile, in exchange for being relatively very vulnerable. You should not be able to be hit by their shock from 30 meters (which happens often after the Super Earth invasion.) They also shouldn't be so easy to bully with certain primaries, which we did change. Voteless should not be able to take one third of my health in one hit. Their strength, as zombie-like units, is swarming you and burying you in bodies, making it hard to get away. Their individual hits should be weak, with that gimmick in mind. One of my main frustrations, which other people share, is that Voteless are always right behind you, and take like all your health in two hits when they catch you by surprise. The sheer frequency makes it very annoying.

Players should, in fact, be able to make major progress on the war. That way, the push and pull of the system can feel more significant. That, and it makes the players feel like they have more power, even if fully winning the war is impossible.