I'm pretty sure twins splash damage was intended to be only a nerf

Striker is dank

Someone's pissed :D Damage is fine, the only thing it can one-shot is wasps and hornets on a near-direct hit. Explosion size could use a nerf but idk. Would be nice if the visual explosion more accurately depicted the actual area of damage though; right now much of the explosion is invisible. The whole POINT of Magnum is to counter campers and the "peekaboo" strategy, where people just hide behind cover and pop out to shoot, then duck back in while they reload. Try backstabbing them. Since they can't rotate the turret you could see if you can somehow pin their hull so they can't turn around. If his camping spot is too secure to backstab him, you can get someone to Magnum the Magnum :P After all, Magnum DOES counter campers.

I rarely actually lose to it, it's just really annoying when it just blasts off 60% of my HP out of the blue.

It's almost as if Smoky's range of min damage (the closest distance at which it starts to deal minimum damage) isn't 2 times greater than that of Hammer.

I think the point of Magnum not being able to turn is to prevent it from being able to quickly retaliate when being backstabbed or flanked, which I agree it shouldn't be able to do since it's a long range sniping weapon and quite a good one too.

The way that magnum can let off a little 20m shot is kind of annoying, since it's actually pretty effective at killing mid-range and close-range stuff.

Aren;t you gonna get sniped

I never said remove the crit. You would still have a critical hit that deals 30-50% more damage than regular. You would simply not be able to snipe across the map with it.

They hit me at that moment

Just because it goes away for me doesn't mean it goes away for everyone. lol no. Smoky's regular shots have an effective range far beyond that of Hammer. Also a lot of people say that Smoky is great with Assault Ammunition. That literally just proves that Smoky doesn't even need a crit to be good.

Meh. They still would've taken significantly more damage since the titan boi would be free to whip around and retaliate much faster

Yes, a small nerf to less-than-firebird damage

You have to consider how much more damage Firebird and Isida would've taken in that same situation though. (Also why did he turn 270 degrees couldn't he just turn 90 degrees the other way :P)

Freeze never needed a buff. Probably a bunch of Freeze users were using it wrong, and when they failed they complained about it being underpowered.

What's the best Railgun hull for each M level?

I know where it comes from; it's not hard to trace back a stream of fire or an isida beam. The issue is that usually by the time they're that close, it's too late. I'm asking about how i can avoid getting into this situation in the first place, and if i do get in this situation, some tips for trying to get out of it (or at least leave my mark)

But that means you also cant see anything 15m away either

How tf do you defend from backstabbing? It's the most frustrating thing ever, everything's all fine and dandy, and suddenly some close-range weapon comes up and BAM im done for. No time even to fight back; if i miraculously do get a shot off it's not lethal.

Yes. That is the problem. Freeze should not be able to do this and expect to win.

Doesn't matter how good your aim is, you won't have a choice but to stand still if they get you from the back

Well I already see M0 and M1 Freezes doing this.

Freeze SHOULD lose to Firebird and Isida in head-to-head combat because it can also do something they can't do: backstab and take no/very little damage in return.

If you attack them from behind with Freeze, it doesn't matter if they do 9,999,999,999,999,999 DPS, they cannot touch you. THAT is why Freeze should do the least damage of all close-range weapons.

Nearly all of these people are at least 3-4 ranks above me. Some are even 5-7 ranks above. That's ridiculous. Please tighten the rank restrictions for being placed into battles. You should not be able to join or be placed in a battle if anyone in the battle is more than 3 ranks higher or lower than you. I'd certainly be glad to wait a bit longer to be placed if it means I won't get placed into unbalanced games like this. (and if i try to leave this and join another game i just get placed right back into this one)