Subata Overclock Variety

[Elincia | Kursk]

After Season 4, I feel that the base Subata is good. A little static (Volatile Bullets for the Flamethrower, Blowthrough for the Cryo Cannon, Toxic Catalyst for the Sludge Pump), but in a solid enough spot that I'm happy with it.

However, I feel the overclock situation is a bit underwhelming compared to other weapons. The Unstable Overclocks are fine as-is, and serve a fun role, but looking at the full selection, there is only one basic stat change Overclock, that being Oversized Magazine.

As for the Clean Overclocks, the Subata has both Homebrew Powder and Chain Hit, which only the Bulldog has both of. And in the case of the Bulldog, its Homebrew Powder has a wider randomized damage spread and falls under Balanced Overclocks. I'm not saying Chain Hit or Homebrew Powder are bad for the Subata, but they shouldn't be the only options for Clean Overclocks. It leaves little room for options, compared to other weapons which have simple stat change Overclocks, and forces the Subata to be either "Just the Subata but it might deal more damage or hit another bug," "Bigger magazine" or "Radical change with heavier downsides!"

I'm just asking that the devs add maybe a Clean or Balanced Overclock that is just a couple stat adjustments (more damage, faster reload, more max ammo, all stat adjustments that are used much more frequently in other weapons' Overclocks), so there's a wider variety that isn't Unbalanced. I'd suggest either a flat damage increase Overclock, or a larger max ammo pool, as both of those stats are used in an Overclock on other weapons.

[Bookslayer10]

I could see a balanced overclock that could give the Subata reverse firing bloom like the mini gun, the more you shoot it the tighter the spread gets. Maybe combine this with really fast reloads but less damage, that could be a cool balanced overclock. I might use it instead of explosive reload.

Also, a clean overclock that just gives massive amounts of ammo, like 96 more rounds, for those who want a sidearm that they can just shoot forever without worry. Maybe it won't be as powerful, maybe you will constantly resupply over 50% secondary ammo, but you can rely on it to always be there.

[AyyDimitri]

I want M1000 Focus shot OC on Bata.
I want it to chain with the 2 round burst.
GImme

[Hotklou]

I will never say no to more overclocks (unless they're REALLY bad somehow), and indeed there are some weapons where the variety of overclocks we currently have access to feel a bit lackluster for some of its categories (clean, balanced, unbalanced). "Yes" to more overclocks for cases like this.

[Detective Useless]

Originally posted by AyyDimitri:

I want M1000 Focus shot OC on Bata.
I want it to chain with the 2 round burst.
GImme

Oh my Karl, that's genius

[Bookslayer10]

Originally posted by AyyDimitri:

I want M1000 Focus shot OC on Bata.
I want it to chain with the 2 round burst.
GImme

This

[Elincia | Kursk]

Originally posted by Bookslayer10:

I could see a balanced overclock that could give the Subata reverse firing bloom like the mini gun, the more you shoot it the tighter the spread gets. Maybe combine this with really fast reloads but less damage, that could be a cool balanced overclock. I might use it instead of explosive reload.

Also, a clean overclock that just gives massive amounts of ammo, like 96 more rounds, for those who want a sidearm that they can just shoot forever without worry. Maybe it won't be as powerful, maybe you will constantly resupply over 50% secondary ammo, but you can rely on it to always be there.

My personal idea was a "Desert Eagle" type of Overclock, where you cut the clip in half and increase recoil, but gain a substantial damage boost

[Bookslayer10]

Originally posted by LLM | Kursk:

Originally posted by Bookslayer10:

I could see a balanced overclock that could give the Subata reverse firing bloom like the mini gun, the more you shoot it the tighter the spread gets. Maybe combine this with really fast reloads but less damage, that could be a cool balanced overclock. I might use it instead of explosive reload.

Also, a clean overclock that just gives massive amounts of ammo, like 96 more rounds, for those who want a sidearm that they can just shoot forever without worry. Maybe it won't be as powerful, maybe you will constantly resupply over 50% secondary ammo, but you can rely on it to always be there.

My personal idea was a "Desert Eagle" type of Overclock, where you cut the clip in half and increase recoil, but gain a substantial damage boost

Meh, Explosive Reload already gives good single target damage without being boring. I'd rather something that interacts with a different system.

[GIRL]

Yeah Subata and all the "Gen 1" weapons' Overclocks are pretty mid. For christ's sake, the Minigun has 3 OCs that are all varying tiers of "more damage."

Homebrew Powder is incredibly boring and sucky, barely noticeable when it works but painfully obvious when it backfires. I wish they'd give us the +2 Corrosion damage back as a tier 5 upgrade and move the new corrosive-poison explode-y bullets concept to an Overclock.

[AyyDimitri]

I wish the subata could be the gun that can be tweaked with OCs to pretty much 'mini me' mimic other basic bullet guns special functions.
Since Auto is pretty much a half mag gk2...
Having some lok1 function OC could be funny.
Instead of chain hit, a budget Shocking Stubby, arcs to nearby targets trope...