Charged bat issues

[Dazim]

While i can see the merit of the charged bat and use it myself i feel it needs to be changed in some way as half the players i see are just charging most of the time ruining point of bombs.

[Winrarz]

Hello,

We are discussing a change to the bat internally. Perhaps adding an overheat mechanic to it would suffice to get rid of the bat being used as a camp-mechanic or grouping up on other players with it.

It's definitely something we're monitoring.

[R0]

When most players are just sitting, charging the bat for that 1-hit kill, it makes for a very boring game. Doesn't feel like Bomberman when nobody uses bombs. :(

[Sir Seal The Slippery]

Originally posted by R041:

When most players are just sitting, charging the bat for that 1-hit kill, it makes for a very boring game. Doesn't feel like Bomberman when nobody uses bombs. :(

Thats because its NOT bomberman.
I like that this game has its own style.


Also...are we even playing the same game?
I see lots of people use bombs,they are all over the place.
Players who rely on their bat are a minority,and even those people switch to bombs all the time.
Killing people with bombs,needs you to be more creative,you cant just throw a bomb at someone who has experience,and expect to kill him that way.

Bat is very useful for the endgame,without bat kills,a game could last forever if 2 good people fight for the first place.
And really,killing people with a bat(or well,swords),is just more stylish than using bombs,let them use what they prefer.
Dont forget that youre slower while charging your melee attack.
You can get people to stop charging their attack if you throw a bomb that is about to explode next to them,so they are forced to knock it away or run.


PS:If people are camping with a bat,its mostly near the end of the game.
The map gets way too small,it would be suicide to run around,using bombs,if 3-4 other people do the same.
And if the last 5 survivors duke it out with melee weapons,thats still far from,,most people''.

[Dazim]

No one is calling for a removal of the bat but it think it would be better overall if there was a reason not to spam it late game and not to have 25%-50% of people in the mid game running around with it.

[Be Blue ! 👌]

I love the bat screw you

[Sir Seal The Slippery]

Even if its not about the removal of the bat,i simply cant confirm what you wrote.
Pretty much everyone uses the bat,yea,but everyone uses bombs aswell,you simply switch to whats more useful at the moment.
The way you wrote this,gave the impression that at least half of the players are always using the bat,and thats definatly not what i experienced when playing the game.
The most dominant weapons,are still bombs,and its safe to say that more people get killed by bombs than by bats.
Stunning people with the bat and then using bombs to trap them,is a legit move,same as for distracting them with bombs and then moving closer for a melee kill.

As for the endgame....i enjoy those 1vs1 samurai-like melee fights.
But even if they would add a cooldown or a,,overheat mechanic''to the bat,it wouldnt change anything about the endgame.
Instead of using the bat,people will hide behind walls,throw a few bombs and then hide behind walls again,hoping for someone to make a mistake.
With the bat,its at least faster.

[Dazim]

If you are saying the alternative to charged bat spam is playing bomberman im all for it those tense bomb exchanges are way more fun than either running from and baiting charged bats or doing the same and praying i have a better connection than they do.