Gunhead. A cool concept poorly executed.

[Calgar]

Leave it to the develops to create a character that conceptually is pretty cool, but in execution just flat out sucks. The idea of playing a machine that has super human strength, speed, immunity to damage is cool.

What did we get? A character that has less speed than some of the human characters. A character with marginally higher Hp to Bag Man, that has no ability to heal, which negates the value of the higher hp. On top of this he has the same frailties as the human characters like the ability to be stunned by enemy fire and fall damage. The fact that his special gun is a massive threat magnet doesn't offset all the downsides and makes it something I don't use, when I already have 2 gun options.

I see people playing this guy more conservative than the human characters which just feels wrong for this type of character. Gunhead could really be cool if the developers aren't afraid to have him be a bit overpowered.

[Mints]

Not so sure about that "super human immunity to damage" bit from a conceptual perspective. They wear kevlar and boots. Judging by the backstory this line of Combat AIs are bare minimum input solutions to brutalizing Europan criminals and rioters with cheap and disposable robots. If anything they're even more screwed than the humans, because their "life" is worth practically nothing.

[Lord-Captain Mikorius]

It's probably a cheaply mass produced, and/or old obsolete model. It might be worn out too. I generally like Gunhead, but I just wish it could somehow repair, even just a little bit. Maybe an "emergency protocol" or something, that can only be used once per raid, idk.

[Mints]

Originally posted by Lord-Captain Mikorius:

It's probably a cheaply mass produced, and/or old obsolete model. It might be worn out too. I generally like Gunhead, but I just wish it could somehow repair, even just a little bit. Maybe an "emergency protocol" or something, that can only be used once per raid, idk.

I say let Gunhead use Glue Guns to regain temporary HP that degrades over time. That way you can Glue yourself before going into a fight and have a bit of a buffer.

[Lord-Captain Mikorius]

Originally posted by Mints:

Originally posted by Lord-Captain Mikorius:

It's probably a cheaply mass produced, and/or old obsolete model. It might be worn out too. I generally like Gunhead, but I just wish it could somehow repair, even just a little bit. Maybe an "emergency protocol" or something, that can only be used once per raid, idk.

I say let Gunhead use Glue Guns to regain temporary HP that degrades over time. That way you can Glue yourself before going into a fight and have a bit of a buffer.

its a pretty good idea, id support it.

[The River Acis]

Personally I think all that Gunhead needs to be 'decent' is to remove the stun.
If Gunhead was immune to stun, I wouldn't care so much that he can't regenerate.
It would be a tradeoff worthwhile to consider for certain high-intensity fights.

As is, though... He's just a liability, as he gets stun, and just dies.

[SpidersInABirthdayCake]

Let's not forget the gun on his head comes fully loaded for free. Could be good for naked speed runs.

[Suko]

The stealth system getting broken by the patch that debuted him is the main problem he has atm. The loudest character, in a world where enemy detection is overtuned and broken in a bad way lol. Taking Gunhead to Frozen Swamp, where there's constant drones everywhere, is actually hell.

[Jtn7]

the ever never ending trash bin of classes, and micromanaging how players should play, instead of letting them have fun and play.

[Obeliske]

Video on their release literally says they are "water bots" that have been retrofitted. You take an RC car like say a boat or a plane and retrofit it into a monster truck it's not going to do as well as one built to purpose. On top of that it's made out of junk parts by a scav in his garage. I don't really think it's what you think it is...

[Calgar]

Originally posted by Obeliske:

Video on their release literally says they are "water bots" that have been retrofitted. You take an RC car like say a boat or a plane and retrofit it into a monster truck it's not going to do as well as one built to purpose. On top of that it's made out of junk parts by a scav in his garage. I don't really think it's what you think it is...

How is that fun to play, especially versus the other characters that have clear advantages?

[chancepaladin]

Originally posted by Suko:

The stealth system getting broken by the patch that debuted him is the main problem he has atm. The loudest character, in a world where enemy detection is overtuned and broken in a bad way lol. Taking Gunhead to Frozen Swamp, where there's constant drones everywhere, is actually hell.

oh no ♥♥♥♥ that explains why everything's agroing my shaman . i thought i was losing my mind.

but yeah gunhead agros half the map , like a star wars clone wars clanker.
but ... he's really growing on me too. homeboy needs a silencer upgrade though. i think 4-man gunhead would be hilarious.

[Calgar]

Originally posted by chancepaladin:

Originally posted by Suko:

The stealth system getting broken by the patch that debuted him is the main problem he has atm. The loudest character, in a world where enemy detection is overtuned and broken in a bad way lol. Taking Gunhead to Frozen Swamp, where there's constant drones everywhere, is actually hell.

oh no ♥♥♥♥ that explains why everything's agroing my shaman . i thought i was losing my mind.

but yeah gunhead agros half the map , like a star wars clone wars clanker.
but ... he's really growing on me too. homeboy needs a silencer upgrade though. i think 4-man gunhead would be hilarious.

His head should have a silencer, but something tells me they won't do it.

[SpidersInABirthdayCake]

I think the devs intentions (total speculation here) was to have a terminator style character that has lots of combat advantages. Before Gun Head came along Bag Man and Mask Man were the combat classes. Now we have this terminator style character which I imagine at high levels will have a ton of health (he starts with over 2k hp at level 1) and be hell of a lot faster. Then let's not forget they bumped the level cap to 50 now so everyone will have more health and be faster but this guy comes with a free gun you don't even have to aim just look at the enemy and press q.

[Lestat2150]

Gunhead works really well for short, Nexus elevator speed runs. In and out in 4 minutes. Take a little damage but overall ok. Leave with 10k xp and a bag full of loot. It's designed specifically for those events. Pure support class.

[Afourz]

Just a «tank» class. In solo maybe lil useless. It`s for party.