Flamethrower vs Chargers

[Everesu]

Its quite effective, but I find the time to kill varying wildly. Anywhere on the Charger I should aim specifically?

[Bash Arkin]

They have limb damage, so you gotta make sure you're hitting the same spot or you start depleting a different limb instead.

[Luciole]

Anywhere. There is no difference.
And yes, it's very effective , much more than the ubiquitous railgun , specifically for these kind of bugs.
Also, you do not need to spray continuously . Burst shot is better .

[Bad_Lieutenant]

There seems to be some controversy at the moment over weapon effectiveness depending on the hosts platform.

I myself have had occasions where flamethrower has cooked chargers fairly quickly (surprisingly) and others not.

I've tried aiming the thrower a bit lower to cook em underneath more but not done any extensive testing to confirm this.

I love flamethrower though. Not to everyone's taste mind.

[Bill Waggoner]

Originally posted by Everesu:

Its quite effective, but I find the time to kill varying wildly. Anywhere on the Charger I should aim specifically?

It's not really efficient, especially in 7+. You can do it, but....throw 3-4 impact grenades at them and it'll do the same job way quicker in a pinch.

Aim for their faces/limbs. It will bust the a$$ too.

Same for automaton tanks. Get a bit of elevation and chuck them at the roof.

[Bad_Lieutenant]

One thing I do wish about flamethrower though is that it would clear bug nests.

[𝕍 𝕆 𝕐 𝔻]

Not had any luck with flamethrowers against Chargers. But 2 railgun shots to ONE of the legs to break the armor, and few shots extra with whatever your preferred weapon, is the quickest and easiest way to deal with a charger by yourself.

[Everesu]

Originally posted by R O A R:

Not had any luck with flamethrowers against Chargers. But 2 railgun shots to ONE of the legs to break the armor, and few shots extra with whatever your preferred weapon, is the quickest and easiest way to deal with a charger by yourself.

No hate, i just dont want to play the railgun sometimes.

[Zeddy]

It's focusing on the same limb consistently.

I swear chargers have some kind of super armour at times where they take greatly reduced damage if any at all. Most consistently happens when they're stuck against geometry.

When done right charger goes down in less than half a tank and it feels faster than a Railgun. Problem is you're stuck moving slowly in place for the whole time while firing it, while most of the time to kill for Railgun is running at full speed reloading the second shot.

[Luciole]

Originally posted by Everesu:

Originally posted by R O A R:

Not had any luck with flamethrowers against Chargers. But 2 railgun shots to ONE of the legs to break the armor, and few shots extra with whatever your preferred weapon, is the quickest and easiest way to deal with a charger by yourself.

No hate, i just dont want to play the railgun sometimes.

Understandable. The flamethrower is effective despite what people say.
If you use it right in front of a charger , it will melt it in a couple of seconds no matter where you aim ! So long as your flame hit most of the body of course.
The real problem the range of engagement is very close because the damage fall off is insane.
Imagine using a shotgun with half the range for optimal damage, it's very dangerous to use.

On the other hand the burn damage doesn't care of the range . So : burst close, run, burst close, run .

[BigBallinChester]

Originally posted by Bill Waggoner™:

Originally posted by Everesu:

Its quite effective, but I find the time to kill varying wildly. Anywhere on the Charger I should aim specifically?

It's not really efficient, especially in 7+. You can do it, but....throw 3-4 impact grenades at them and it'll do the same job way quicker in a pinch.

Aim for their faces/limbs. It will bust the a$$ too.

Same for automaton tanks. Get a bit of elevation and chuck them at the roof.

impact grenades won't even touch a charger

[Dain_Ironfoot]

Originally posted by Bad_Lieutenant:

One thing I do wish about flamethrower though is that it would clear bug nests.

Agreed, as long as you spray it down the hole a couple of seconds it should destroy it.

[Everesu]

Additionally, an armor ability that makes you immune to fire damage would be pretty cool. Wouldn't even be that strong

[Zeddy]

Originally posted by Crasus:

impact grenades won't even touch a charger

Two impact grenades applied to the leg will have the same effect as with Railguns. Busts the leg open so you can finish it.

I don't blame you for thinking it doesn't work because everything works inconsistently on them.

The game's imbalance is less "there is a lot of bad gear" and more "chargers have the most random hitboxes in videogame history".

[Mostly Objective Gaming]

focus a single limb, they die if they loose one.

[Luciole]

Hitboxes are fine (mostly). The problem is hit registration due to lag.
Sometime you think you've hit a specific spot but actually the game registered somewhere else because of the delay.
Sometimes you can even hit multiple hitboxes with a single shot if you have a lot of lag.
It was very common after launch, now it's much better.