Lemmy explain to you how Plasma actually works. First of all it's exteremely slow and vulnerable. The time it takes to charge a single shot you can get enough bullets from a bolter to get you killed. Second of all you don't stand a chance in melee even if your other guys are around. You are always the primary target of everyone. So whats with all that PCOP bollox? Naturally everyone assume that 3+ kills is op or something, but no, you can get that with a grenade. So what else? Well probably they don't like that someone killed them miles away? Yes, sounds right. But you have like 2 seconds to move out, and if you don't blame only yourself. So what is plasma really good for? It's a natural counter to HB and such. Cause on harkus for example people stand on rails, you can't do shit about it (unless you try lazzers, but it's really silly weapon). So plasma is the only counter to that really. What is plasma bad for? Basically everyone else. If you can strafe you can avoid the ball. It's not that hard as you think, so ltp a bit before crying op. Can you do vehicles with plasma? Sort of... cause it takes forever to down one. And anyone spawning from that vehicle will be on your neck instantly. I've also heard a lot of people complaint about AOE. It's really not that wide an area, around 3 meters I think. But well if you get AOE down it would only help PC, cause you know what AOE is the main reason I die in melee... lel
You don't need a full charge to OHKO AoE people. Good PC players can quick-fire with it, especially the Master-Crafted/Relic version with faster cooldown. Then there is the fact that you can keep it charged by juggling with the attack button and thus always stay ready for a shot without penalty, on top of that you can keep moving, other heavy weapons CANNOT be used effectively at extreme range without bracing, so it's kinda unfair. There is no arguing that the PC is to strong right now, it's like implying that Hunter's Mark was fair because it needed to reload after a kill.
You can't really strafe to dodge the ball because any PC user with half a brain will shoot the ground bellow you and not try to hit you in the face with the ball as much as it would be funny. But i agree with your points though and don't really think PC is OP, the only reason i focus PC on a melee blob is to avoid him charging up his shot and blowing up the ground bellow us denying me of all that sweet sweet dev XP.
It's just simply not fun to have no way to defend yourself. One shots in close range or lascannons you probably should have seen coming and you deserved it. One shots from A point to B point with consistency on killing groups and sometimes straight into spawn points(which is another issue entirely) is frustrating and makes me not want to play the game. not to mention it stuns if you happen to live...then zap zap zap the autofire mode gets ya.
Yes, i said you ltp a bit. You will get it eventually. You can't really run away from a bolter like that. BOLTERS OP! NEFR BOLTERS NAW!
Right now while "infinitely" charging you can't really do shit cause you crawl. Also it doesn't cool down while charging. It cools really slow as well. So just lay off of PC. Melee ppl are getting more kills than any PC atm.
If you create a movement penalty for it, I would like a movement penalty for the Dark Reaper as well. I believe the charge time for that weapon is faster than the Plasma Cannon, can one shot a player with an AoE.
