Buff Brain Burst Damage

[Doc Rossow]

Hi,

My friend and I play DT quite a lot - and we like it very much. It's a great game. The gameplay is so finely tuned, the melee and ranged combat is chunky and great. We're very happy with the experience.

But Brainburst really starts to become irrelevant at high difficulties. Even with the ability to target enemies at great range and behind cover, it just takes too long to charge to be effective. Sure you can kill targets behind cover, but one at a time. Sure you can target things across the map, but so can a good vet. Sure you can chunk an Ogryn's health, but a zealot can chunk them more.

If the new mortis mode has taught me anything, it's that brainburst could be way, way more fun. The 'targets 10' buff in mortis is SUPER fun for brainburst. So much that it actually makes it almost worth taking.

But it would just really help if the damage went up - especially at higher diffs. It should one-shot humans and muties, and 2-shot ogryn. It just doesn't scale well, and its long cast-time (or slow movespeed when holding a cast) makes it just less desireable than, say, a lasgun or voidstaff.

Anyways, please Fatshark, buff Brainburst. Thanks.

[BigJ]

It's meant to be used on specialists and will 1 shot them in 40 aslong as your peril is reasonable.

You have better melee/stave options for armored enemies, we don't need BB to be the only thing psyker does like back at release.

Cast slowdown can be ignored by sliding.

[DotNL]

brain burst is fine as it is

[Aaron]

Brain Burst needs an Perk to turn it AoE, weak against single Units but would be actually fun to use and blow up multiple poxwalkers heads with it

[Qau'lthir]

I'd like it if Brain Rupture had a modifier which turned it into the ability it is based upon: Crush.

Creating an area of effect centred on an enemy which pulls everything in and violently smashes it into a compact meatball would be... very, very cool.

[BurningTofu]

Originally posted by Aaron:

Brain Burst needs an Perk to turn it AoE, weak against single Units but would be actually fun to use and blow up multiple poxwalkers heads with it

I was thinking of the same thing. Kinda like from Shadow of Mordor. It would be so satisfying to see multiple heads just pops on proc.

[BigJ]

Originally posted by Aaron:

Brain Burst needs an Perk to turn it AoE, weak against single Units but would be actually fun to use and blow up multiple poxwalkers heads with it

We already have an aoe blitz for psyker, assail with cleave from peril. Or Smite.

[FromChaosTheory]

Brain blast is great. It also depends on what keystone your using at the bottom. If you are using the left keystone it takes a long time. However the middle Keystone is very quick. Also you said combat in this game is clunky? Where?

[Gamerzilla]

I too love brain burst, but being forced into a specific build to use it sucks. There is a REASON that weapon/crit builds all take the passive that auto-casts BB and dont use it directly, because it normally sucks ass. As OP mentioned, spending several second to BB something it is made for (like a crusher) and have it not actually die is not a great feeling.

[FromChaosTheory]

Originally posted by Gamerzilla:

I too love brain burst, but being forced into a specific build to use it sucks. There is a REASON that weapon/crit builds all take the passive that auto-casts BB and dont use it directly, because it normally sucks ass. As OP mentioned, spending several second to BB something it is made for (like a crusher) and have it not actually die is not a great feeling.

I get that but Psyker is already ridiculous. They already have the highest DPS in the game this would give them the ability to snipe anything across the map at anytime as well.

[Granite]

Originally posted by BigJ:

It's meant to be used on specialists and will 1 shot them in 40 aslong as your peril is reasonable.

You have better melee/stave options for armored enemies, we don't need BB to be the only thing psyker does like back at release.

Cast slowdown can be ignored by sliding.

Yeah, it's fine as it is, and if you run empowered psionics it's very powerful.
My only gripe is it could be tiny bit faster, cause I often tag my targets only for them to be quickly disposed off by my squad mates before I could pop them.

Originally posted by Aaron:

Brain Burst needs an Perk to turn it AoE, weak against single Units but would be actually fun to use and blow up multiple poxwalkers heads with it

There is this ability in Mortis Trials that pops up to 10 enemies close to your BB target.
It's hilarious.
Maybe more customization wouldn't hurt.

[Teonana]

Brainburst does not need a buff. It's insanely good - even without Empowered Psionics.

[Gamerzilla]

Originally posted by FromChaosTheory:

Originally posted by Gamerzilla:

I too love brain burst, but being forced into a specific build to use it sucks. There is a REASON that weapon/crit builds all take the passive that auto-casts BB and dont use it directly, because it normally sucks ass. As OP mentioned, spending several second to BB something it is made for (like a crusher) and have it not actually die is not a great feeling.

I get that but Psyker is already ridiculous. They already have the highest DPS in the game this would give them the ability to snipe anything across the map at anytime as well.

They have the highest AOE dps. That is not the same thing. And that is only with ONE build, which at most has minor variations. BB relies on you not getting hit for 3-8 seconds to kill one crusher. That is 1 pickaxe swing from an Ogryn. Do not spout BS.

[Dr. Merkwürdiglieben]

Originally posted by Aaron:

Brain Burst needs an Perk to turn it AoE, weak against single Units but would be actually fun to use and blow up multiple poxwalkers heads with it

It already kinda does that.

Just follow the Trail of Soulblaze Perks down the left path and Brainburst has AOE.
"Perilous Combustion",
"Brain Rupture" + "Kinetic Flayer",
"Wildfire",
"Venting Shriek" + "Creeping Flames".

[sinephase]

just needs to be faster IMO

[Mentok the Mindtaker]

Brain Burst would be amazing if they added something I would call Psychic Communion. Whenever two or more psykers are targeting the same target with Brain Burst, it fills the bar faster the more psykers working against the target.