The Scythe and you. What does the Scythe need?

[Sentinel]

I like myself a beam weapon, but compared to the rest of the armament at your disposal, the Scythe lacks visceral feedback and hits as hard as a stiff breeze. So what do you all think can be done to make it competitive, or at least enjoyable.

My thoughts:
- Greatly increase the time it takes for it to overheat. The weapon demands that you hold on target for a long (sometimes tedious) amount of time before it kills. But this is pared with the idea that it overheats. It comes off as a weapon that hates you for using it. this is paired with the idea that it has infinite ammo, till you overheat it, then it very much has limited ammo. I'd much rather pay for a extended cooldown period if I let it overheat, then run into situations where I run out of heat-sinks and my weak "infinite ammo" gun turns into a weak brick.

- Add a special effect to make it feel like its doing something. The gun is supposed do be a low damage, hold on target weapon. That's its niche and is not going to change. But I think giving it a high stun chance or making it set enemies on fire would make it more effective while not changing its overall purpose.

[TcT Goth98]

I've been trying it. A shotgun sadly wins in EVERY situation between them.

[LaziBlue]

I think having better sound design for when the beam makes contact with an enemy would help this gun feel better to use, along with damage buffs or being able to ignore armor. A weapon that is almost the same but feels way more fun to use is the Shard Diffractor from DRG. I does way more damage than the Scythe and you get a satisfying sound for making contact with an enemy making it more fun to use.

[Xaelon]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Gravemind1:

Oh those weapons are coming this thursday?

Indeed they are. New Warbond on the 14th.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/553850/view/4113546867237761806?l=english

[Rilgar55]

What are people smoking? That ♥♥♥♥ melts automatons, even devastators go down pretty fast if you keep the beam in their heads. Its way better than other rifles.

[Mesond]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Xaelon:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Gravemind1:

Oh those weapons are coming this thursday?

Indeed they are. New Warbond on the 14th.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/553850/view/4113546867237761806?l=english

Bah. I'm only halfway through the first warbond.

[asura]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Gravemind1:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από asura:

Probably going to be obsolete come thursday.
We have a whole new group of energy weapons.

Oh those weapons are coming this thursday?

Pie day, yeah? 3/14?
Pretty sure it's Thursday.

[Slithy]

I'm pretty sure a magnifying glass held over a Terminide would kill it faster than the Scythe. So, for starters, it actually killing things reasonably quickly.