Rebar gun is too underpowered

[vodolaz095]

I think it should be 2 times more powerfull, but have much longer reload.
Consider case, when you struggle for green slug against 2 armored beasts.
Each beast needs 2 shots to took it down. I cannot say i'm good at 3d shooter games, so i can only score maximum 1 hit, than i have to smash them with XenoBasher.

I think it will be more interesting, if you can score one of beasts with single shot, than you can either evade (while reloading) or melee second one.

Or, if you manage to sneak to beast (but i think its impossible, since armored beasts has no eyes, they probably smell or hear player's character), you can score it with single shot.

Same with fire spitting beasts. I think it should be possible to one shot lesser one.

Also it would be cool, if classical wild west style 6 bullets in barrel revolver would be added, with ammo made from caterium, black powder and iron plates or cooper sheets.

[Lapatong]

idk ... it's seems ok for me. Battling with underpowered gun, pretty fun for me.

[Master]

Seems ok for me too

[Lasagna]

I mean rebar gun and rifle both kinda suck equally, at least rebar ammo is easy to make.

Xeno-basher and Novalisks are all you need.

While I'd LIKE them to improve combat with better balance between weapons, a few new weapons, new enemies,ect... this is a factory building game first and foremost, so development time should be focused on improving that aspect above all else.

[Aven]

I think it's a bit overpowered personally. None of the smaller beasts really pose a significant threat even with the 5 damage Zeno Zapper. The Rebar Gun's 15 damage allows you to kill them faster and at range. Combined with some Blade Runners and/or a bit of cheese, you can easily kill the larger varieties of creatures as well.

[Veeshan]

That'd be a bit OP for me. I just played my first 50 hours and found the gun to be rather well tuned for its place in progression. Really big help against the low level beasties but basically a pea shooter against the beefy guys. You NEED either a inhaler or to get them trapped on the terrain just for a single one. And not really viable against spiders or fleas unless you're MLG FPS player :)

[Deadly Peanut]

imo, Rebar gun is pretty balanced. combined with extreme mobility of BR, the obvious downsides of Rebar gun is compensated. combat against critters is not complete cheese, but is not overly difficult as long as you move constantly.

i am VERY happy that critters don't re spawn... if they did, they'd quickly become an annoying chore in areas you need to move through regularly

the only change i'd recommend in Rebar gun is to make the ammo stack to 100 or 200, and that's a minor suggestion for convenience sake

[Maehlice]

Each weapon has its own strengths and weaknesses, and I think it's balanced in that way. Only the last weapon you unlock is a one size fits all kind of thing.

If you want to use the rebar gun to kill everything, don't forget you can just build foundations anywhere to get out of range or to hide behind.

[Dark Phoenix]

Remember, the rifle exists later on down the tree.

[EntreNous]

All of the weapons seem under powered to me. I don't even waste my time with them. I just tank and bash the !@#$ out of everything.

[Anatolius]

Nobelisk also doesn't deliever much damage unfortunately.
I just bash them senseless, it's faster anyway.
Why caterium though? Also why iron? Should be steel.

[Lasagna]

Xenobasher + chug inhalers (though you can usually get away with berries even for the super monsters) is the optimal strategy for every fight. Rebar gun isn't BAD per say, it's justt hat it and every other weapon are lesser than the glory of xenobasher.

Rifle is the real weak one, it's barely any stronger than the rebar gun but is a major PITA to make ammo for AND is after it on the tech tree.