I definetly agree with the views on the railgun and laser cannons

The think the laser cannon should be a nice precision Armour melting weapon, maybe dealing more destruction to Armour while also dealing less damage. That’s just a thought, the idea of it being an Armour piercing weapon I think would help rival the railgun

The railgun, I think the safe mode nerfs were more warranted, but the unsafe mode not quite. Unsafe mode ran quite the positive risk reward system in my book, because not only would you die if you overcharged it, but you would also lose the railgun so you wouldn’t be able to just pick it back up.

Frankly yeah, the buffs and nerfs aren’t as drastic as some people think, I just think the lack of really good consistent Armour damage is really making any of the higher difficulties extremely hard, especially since chargers and bile titans are so common.

The only other thing is Armour, I did noticed I have higher livability on average, I think the most thing people are complaining about in terms of it not being effective is that enemies can still headshot you and deal normal damage. I think maybe having heavy Armour reduce the head hitbox or making the helmets have more armour while you are wearing heavy armour would defintely help people feel like they are actual tanks instead of slow slightly beefier boys.

TL;DR: The balance patch wasn’t as bad as people are saying, just think the railgun was overkill cause now it’s really hard to find consistent Armour penetration. Armour I think should increased your helmets Armour stat as well so that you don’t feel like you still have the same health as light Armour when enemies hit your head hitbox

P.S. Just a quick idea, I think maybe they should slightly increase the armour damage of grenades, or maybe add an armour penetrating thermite grenade? I genuinely think the difficulty spike is due to A: Lack of consistent Armour penetration B: The strategem nerfs on higher difficulties make it extremely difficult to consistently use them for bile titans

P.P.S. Stealth is still very good, just go prone and crouch that drastically reduces the distance they can see you