the sterilizer is a glorified fart sprayer.

[Woldy]

its just not worth using the support weapon slot for something so unremarkable. it needs a serious rework, cause this just aint it. same goes for the drone.

[MagikarpMagi]

Pair it with the laser dog, and you can easily hold down a breach.

[Lyrdian]

i really like having it on my team personally, watching the bugs go psycho and kill each other is almost as good as the flamer for the simple CC act while the rest of us mop up a different direction. Do i think it could use slightly higher DPS or something else to set it further apart from the flamer? Yea... But both are usable imo.

[Woldy]

Originally posted by Lyrdian:

i really like having it on my team personally, watching the bugs go psycho and kill each other is almost as good as the flamer for the simple CC act while the rest of us mop up a different direction. Do i think it could use slightly higher DPS or something else to set it further apart from the flamer? Yea... But both are usable imo.

just bring the gas grenade or orbital strike and you get the same resulst without having to put yourself in harms way.
its not only about DPS, its just its use, its very niche and doesent fit a handheld weapon. the toxic effect works well with the grenades and orbital, but not when shot from a diver.

[Woldy]

Originally posted by CritMasterFlex:

Pair it with the laser dog, and you can easily hold down a breach.

or i could just toss a gas grenade on top of the breach while i shoot 100 bullets at whatever crawls out. or you know. burn it.

[MagikarpMagi]

Originally posted by Woldy:

Originally posted by CritMasterFlex:

Pair it with the laser dog, and you can easily hold down a breach.

or i could just toss a gas grenade on top of the breach while i shoot 100 bullets at whatever crawls out. or you know. burn it.

All viable. You bought the whole game, play the whole game

[NorowaretaTenshi]

Gas isn't straight for damage, it blinds and makes enemies wandering around - instead of flamethrower which is pure damage

[Kormit the Frag]

you're supposed to fire in short bursts just to apply the debuff, then switch to something like the primary flamer.

[Woldy]

Originally posted by NorowaretaTenshi:

Gas isn't straight for damage, it blinds and makes enemies wandering around - instead of flamethrower which is pure damage

i know, but the blind is not long enough, wide enough or useful enough to bring it in gun-form. i tried using the sterilizer for a while but there was not a single situation where i'd rather have that in my hands, than a regular gun.

[Hand's Hermit Permit]

It would be alright, it's just the effect is too short for how close you have to get and losing the support slot when you could just throw a grenade. It needs a longer poison duration, or for at least holding the stream on an enemy for a long time should mean they're poisoned for longer.

[VIRUSOID]

dont like it - dont use it
i will continue to have fun with fart sprayer

[HeyBooBear]

it all comes down to play style preference.
have you ever tried playing a dedicated flame loadout? it's a totally different playstyle emphasizing trails of fire and DOT damage.
its not as fast pace as the traditional loadout but it offers a unique and some find fun and rewarding.
the sterilizer takes it to another level of DOT and CC.
some people wanna be a hunter, others wanna be a warlock.

[Tetriandoch]

Yeah, I don't see the point. You can CC enemies at very close range.
Or you could use a flamethrower and straight up kill them. Death is the best CC, after all.
Although I have to admit that seeing braindamaged bugs punching eachother doesn't get old.

[voidCaster]

Originally posted by Woldy:

the sterilizer is a glorified fart sprayer.

I wasn't going to buy the new warbond, but now I am.

[StaunchStache]

The Sterilizer is really close to being a very fun and unique support weapon, but just doesn't cut it at the moment. It could use some improvements to make it more than a flamethrower that trades damage for crowd control.

Here's a list of what would be nice to have:
- Longer-lasting effect so you can spray a group of enemies and then switch to your primary to finish them as they're helpless, rather than have to constantly reapply the gas effect;
- Longer range so you don't have to be in the thick of it to contribute to the fight;
- A lasting AoE gas effect, leaving a gas cloud after a sufficient amount of ammo has been spent. Would help with the aforementioned short effect duration.

[dat_potatoe]

It needs a buff. It's a little irritating people feel the need to defend it.

Like, the Gas Grenades and Gas Orbital are great. I have no notes. Those do the job of CC well and they make sense because you can kill stuff *while* they are taking effect, they're fire and forget.

The Sterilizer, you have to actively not be killing things in order to be spraying with it. The effective range is way shorter than how far you can toss a grenade or a gas orbital. You are better off just killing things outright than spending large amounts of time just spraying enemies with it....enemies who, due to its short range are likely to just break through and lunge at you anyway.

You can't even puff and switch because the gas wears off almost immediately.