Chargers are a joke now

[N*rd]

Their armor is now not much more than a meme.
A simple headshot with EAT, RR is instakill.

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• Read carefully I am talking about them beeing easy to kill not their spawnrate.
  
• Anti-Tank does not necessarily imply one-shot-kill.
  
• They are meant to be a challange.

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[Malidictus]

Originally posted by N*rd:

They are meant to be a challange - not this kind of joke.

Citation needed. We have anti-tank weapons. Chargers are effectively Bug Tanks. Anti-Tank weapons killing tanks makes perfect sense to me.

[Mitzuriki]

I mean i 1st game chargers get oneshot ANYWHERE with RR and a headshot from EAT(2 shots if you just shoot anywhwre)

I can take this change. Now difficulty 7-8 are a lot more bearable for me. Bile titan can stay as what it is

[Khloros]

Originally posted by Mitzuriki:

I mean i 1st game chargers get oneshot ANYWHERE with RR and a headshot from EAT(2 shots if you just shoot anywhwre)

I can take this change. Now difficulty 7-8 are a lot more bearable for me. Bile titan can stay as what it is

TBH it feels like 7,8, and 9 just got dropped by a difficulty.
an 8 now feels like a 7.

[Maj. Crimes]

Hulks require 2 EAT shots without aiming at a particular spot. Comparing the two, i think the Charger going down in one hit seems quite balanced to me.

[N*rd]

Originally posted by Malidictus:

Originally posted by N*rd:

They are meant to be a challange - not this kind of joke.

Citation needed. We have anti-tank weapons. Chargers are effectively Bug Tanks. Anti-Tank weapons killing tanks makes perfect sense to me.

Anti tank does not Imply 1-shot kill - your logic would imply a EAT should kill any Armored enemy with one shot.

Cooldown of EAT is really low aswel so you could kill now a 8 stack within a matter of seconds.

[Voodoochile]

What we learned from the "Skill Issue" JESTERS:

It's Okay to 1SHOT strongest enemy as long as the DEVS say it's Okay.
LMAO

[NuCleaR DIveR]

Nope. Anti tank weapons like, G 18 and eat 17. Works as intended right now. Like in first Helldivers.

[Voodoochile]

Originally posted by Malidictus:

Originally posted by N*rd:

They are meant to be a challange - not this kind of joke.

Citation needed. We have anti-tank weapons. Chargers are effectively Bug Tanks. Anti-Tank weapons killing tanks makes perfect sense to me.

A Rail Gun is basically a futuristic version of an APFSDS round from a current day tank, which is GUESS WHAT? PRIMARY ANTI-TANK WEAPON OF TANKS. WHOAH?!!

But that wasn't alright, was it? Cause Devs said it's not Alright :D

[skirich]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDtlWgQZ8IY

[Raffleman]

Yay rocket Bois got their much needed buff, now give me back my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ RG

[Gilthu]

Originally posted by N*rd:

Originally posted by Gilthu:

Yes, they fixed things. Whether they overcompensated and its going to be an issue is yet to be seen, but its a step in the right direction. Chargers were anti-fun in higher difficulty because they would drop 5 on your at once and the only ways to deal with them involved slower weapons.

Jea now there are also fewer of them. - Thats a good change

I think they are not anti fun - once you learn their pattern they were quite an easy challange to deal with.
They were meant to be a miniboss - but now they are weaker than Stalkers, Hiveguards or the big warriors.

Originally posted by |⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️|:

Stfu i'm not going back to fighr 12 of these anymore

Thats not even a point I am making, bro.

They are anti-fun because they would spawn 5 of them, and they were heavily armored which meant that the majority of guns bounce off of them. Fighting a single charger is fun because you got to think strategically and deal with a giant bull charging around, but when its 5 and you have limited options to deal with them it becomes a pain.

IMO, anything short of a bio-titan or hulk that has armor needs to be looked at carefully. The charger had full tank armor which meant that almost everything bounced off of it which is poor gameplay experience. IF they were just bullet sponges unless you target their weak points then it would be a different experience but seeing 5 chargers that are immune to damage from you except from a fake weakspot on their back was just annoying. I think just the bullets pinging off harmlessly is very anti-fun because it means you are having zero impact.

Bile Titans are these huge giants that should be intimidating and crazy, so them having bullets bounce off is okay because its a "Oh DAMN I need to get better firepower or use a strategem" moment. Personally I think if they had just nerfed the numbers it would have been okay because dealing with a single charger is fun, but we will have to see.

[Kan3da.]

Originally posted by Luna:

Originally posted by N*rd:

Their armor is now not much more than a meme - a simple headshot with EAT,Recoil is instakill.

A simple headshot with a dedicated ANTI TANK weapon kills the Tank? I am flabbergasted.

Yeah, because Anti Tank Weapons kill tanks reliably. You got that from your 12 year tour in call of duty and netflix special operations education i guess.

Check the M1 Abrams actual stats for a bitter wakeup on your smart but actually max stupid line.

[Tam]

Thanks developers, now oneshoting some bug with ANTI TANK 1 usage launcher looks logical.

[Hoki]

"EAT17 oneshots chargers now. its op
railgun got nerfed. everything sucks."

the steam forum is showing again that its a living meme

[Malidictus]

Originally posted by Voodoochile:

A Rail Gun is basically a futuristic version of an APFSDS round from a current day tank, which is GUESS WHAT? PRIMARY ANTI-TANK WEAPON OF TANKS. WHOAH?!!

I wasn't in favour of nerfing the Railgun, though. My opinion on the matter was that leaving the Railgun alone and improving the performance of dedicated anti-tank weapons to reliably one-shot tank enemies would have been enough to counter-balance it.