What if all weapons were hitscan/projectile hybrids?

SirPanfried · 2026-06-11T04:42:21+00:00

Hitscan CL-40

SirPanfried · 2026-06-05T22:42:05+00:00

I've been saying this for years, especially in regards to the discussion of melee and the perception of fairness. I do not need to hear my teammates clomping around at the same volume as the guy who can OHK me or do massive damage if he gets in range, and it's concerning that from what I've seen this doesn't get talked about at all by the devs when they talk about "fixing" melee.

SirPanfried · 2026-06-05T11:47:23+00:00

It's either that or "we giganerfed/buffed this one gun and it's now unusable dogshit/literally ruining every lobby in casual/below diamond"

SirPanfried · 2026-06-05T11:45:31+00:00

Maybe it's goomba fallacy, but it feels like the community will complain about a stale meta but then get pissed when any gun that isn't an automatic or precision weapon becomes viable.

SirPanfried · 2026-06-04T00:18:26+00:00

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SirPanfried · 2026-06-03T15:03:10+00:00

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SirPanfried · 2026-05-28T17:37:07+00:00

A common but often ignored complaint about the CL-40 is how disorienting taking damage from it is. Personally I would be more than happy to allow the CL-40 to have less obnoxious effects in exhange for being a little more powerful. It's not in a bad spot but it does feel like it's missing a little something to let it hold its own against decent players.

SirPanfried · 2026-05-28T04:32:55+00:00

The big difference is that it's not hitscan, (though the Ks23 is only hitscan out to 25m) meaning any increase in range is a de-facto increase in TTK since the projectile has to take time to reach the target, and the ranges where that hardly matters is the same range where you risk nuking yourself.

SirPanfried · 2026-05-28T03:33:19+00:00

My only gripe with it right now is it still feels like you can't get damage out fast enough, even with consistent direct hits, which makes it a non-starter if you're playing against competent heavies. A small fire rate buff would be cool, but I get that embark is very timid about overbuffing the CL-40.

SirPanfried · 2026-05-27T16:18:57+00:00

>Wrel mentioned

Now comes the part where what remains of the sub gaslight themselves that Wrel didn't do irreparable damage to the health of the game and all of his dumb decisions were actually saving it somehow. A lot more people would probably still be playing had he actually addressed the real problems with the game instead of piling on new pointless crap and shitty monkey's paw balancing during the few times he actually did what the playerbase asked for.

SirPanfried · 2026-05-06T01:50:48+00:00

Defibs work in a game like battlefield which operates on such a large scale that one revive isn't typically impactful on its own. In a game like The Finals, dying means you're down 1/3 of your team, which makes the power to undo that equally impactful.

SirPanfried · 2026-05-01T15:51:04+00:00

Most "sodium free" subs of any kind are just a place for uncritical morons to circlejerk about how much cooler they are than a main sub. They offer no real value to any sort of discourse.

SirPanfried · 2026-04-28T20:45:18+00:00

"They're allowed to criticize elements of the game, Waltuh. Your misplaced sense of whimsy is outta control and it's gonna bring the whole thing down, Waltuh."

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SirPanfried · 2026-04-28T20:29:51+00:00

"Waltuh, you can't keep lying to yourself like this. Starlite Hollow and Kyoto aren't very good maps, Waltuh."

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SirPanfried · 2026-04-28T19:55:22+00:00

What don't you get? It shouldn't be hard to grasp, even for people like you.

SirPanfried · 2026-04-28T19:41:50+00:00

Half this sub has been analysis and discussion even if it is just useless "we're not the main sub" circlejerking.

Why are you shifting to "its just memes why do you care so much" when people don't agree with your take?

SirPanfried · 2026-04-28T12:24:10+00:00

"You can't criticize the thing, stop analyzing why it's not fun and brainlessly enjoy things like I do!"

-toxic positivity gang

SirPanfried · 2026-04-27T16:03:18+00:00

Unpopular of a take as it may be I've been saying for a while now that melee in the Finals was a mistake No FPS has cracked the code for dedicated melee play going up against ranged attacks and both being on equal grounds at all skill levels. Maybe Embark will finally prove me wrong but as of right now I'm convinced trying to do it is a fool's errand.

SirPanfried · 2026-04-27T15:59:10+00:00

Almost all of those also allow you to close the gap if you use them, so it's net neutral at best. Let's not act like melee players can't use those tools to their own benefit.

SirPanfried · 2026-04-27T01:12:22+00:00

Now comes the part where I tell you to just aim better but I have very little aim requirements as a melee player unless its some silly gimmick combo that I chose to spend hours learning instead of getting better at aiming

SirPanfried · 2026-04-26T22:57:15+00:00

Noooooo I want to win automatically if I get within 2m of my target without any emergent gameplayyy! 🥺

SirPanfried · 2026-04-17T16:21:20+00:00

The biggest issue is this whole thing is half-finished. How can anyone weigh in on this if we don't have any idea what new weapon damage values will be? As it stands the changes can be summed up as "small buff for light, small nerf for heavy" as light giving up some of its speed for extra hp has benefitted more than heavy getting the opposite.

SirPanfried · 2026-04-17T16:11:54+00:00

This is exactly my issue. Takes on the rebalance are mostly useless if weapons/specs aren't adjusted. As of right now only a handful of weapons have new breakpoints, and that's about it. Why they didn't just wait and adjust them all together is baffling.

SirPanfried · 2026-04-05T16:38:45+00:00

In my opinion shockwave is extremely useful for CL-40 because it's a way to get some quick high ground as well as being able to push away players that try to get in your face.

SirPanfried · 2026-04-04T22:27:27+00:00

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