nuke op saw lmg is massively op

[Deitus]

ided pls nerf lele xd haha shitpost

now that we have that out of the way, why does a burst-fire weapon with a massive magazine do 60 damage per hit? who thought this was a good idea?
>its expensive
18 tc is not expensive for something as damaging as a science railgun. even half the current damage is bad honestly but 60 damage per hit is absolutely ridiculous.

[ShadowDimentio]

All the nuke op guns pretty much instakill you, you're supposed to dodge not tank smart guy.

[subject217]

it does 45 damage per hit. HP ammo is 60 damage per hit but pretty garbage versus armor. AP is 40 damage per hit with great armor pen. also it's 18 tc for the gun and 6 tc per spare magazine. you're usually spending about 30 tc total on a SAW. furthermore, people using the SAW can't use anything in their side hands, which means they lose to a single taser, or disabler spam. the weapon is also too big to be held anywhere besides your hands, so you can't swap between it and something else. this post screams i ded and it seems very apparent that you aren't actually familiar with using a SAW.

[Deitus]

oh boy here we go again

All the nuke op guns pretty much instakill you, you're supposed to dodge not tank smart guy.

again im not sure if you're just shitposting or not (leaning towards yes) but ill humor this anyway: when you're running down long halls against a quick burst-fire gun that is very likely to put you in orange with the first shot and slow you to a snail's crawl, dodging will only get you so far in the best-case scenario. if it were a single shot then maybe this would be a valid argument but its very easy to cover a hallway with this kind of gun.

it does 45 damage per hit. HP ammo is 60 damage per hit but pretty garbage versus armor. AP is 40 damage per hit with great armor pen. also it's 18 tc for the gun and 6 tc per spare magazine. you're usually spending about 30 tc total on a SAW. furthermore, people using the SAW can't use anything in their side hands, which means they lose to a single taser, or disabler spam. the weapon is also too big to be held anywhere besides your hands, so you can't swap between it and something else. this post screams i ded and it seems very apparent that you aren't actually familiar with using a SAW.

its cute how you make all these assumptions about me but again, lets try to break this down.
-45 per hit is still a fuckton, and as stated before is likely to put you low enough to slow you and make you a far easier target.

-most crew dont wear armor, and even sec doesnt have the time to suit up in full bulletproofs before the ops already blitzkrieg'd from most op rounds i see. and even then there's 40 at best IS STILL A HUGE AMOUNT.

-the "just tase them bro" argument is about as good as the "just throw floortiles bro" argument; its a best-case scenario argument that barely squeaks by the theory level and completely falls flat in practice. even assuming the ops dont have countermeasures against tasers (adrenals, shielded hardsuits, etc) the tasers have five shots total with finite range while the saw has a massive range that is easily effective to be spray and pray even at a distance. disablers are even worse as they take multiple shots to even slow the op.

-ive actually seen the saw in action mutliple times from both using, receiving, and observing perspective, with the catalyst for this post being from the lattermost where i was observing a round where the captain was downed in 2 shots before having his body dragged off into space, in which both the captain and other victims in deadchat were saying how BS the gun was. on the using level, i've found rushing with the saw to be extremely effective for a quick win as its basically a long-range ambush shotgun and can take down and/or immobilize a hallway full of crew in quick order.

despite everything i say though this seems to have all the hallmarks of just becoming another "LOL DEITUS" thread while other actual "ided" threads get circlejerked hard enough that coders eventually buckle, so unless someone actually has any good input i guess ill just leave the rest of the thread open to the usual "deitus fwoosh alt lamo" / "YOU HAVE [x] NOTES BRUH" / "ided thread" / generalized not reading of posts before posting arguments that have already been touched on that most of the threads i make get.

[SaveVatznick]

Yes yes my minions, keep whining about the machine gun. Meanwhile, the sleeper OP grenade belt meta incubates, waiting for a SAW nerf.

Also Deitus, just make explosive lance.

[Deitus]

Also Deitus, just make explosive lance.

this is actual good advice but again hinges on whether ops can blitz fast enough / most people dont know how to make these

[kevinz000]

tfw the balance of tg became "the answer to something being op is use something more op" lmao

[PKPenguin321]

The whole point of the saw is that it's high commitment. You can't really do anything except use it while it's in your hands and it costs a fat chunk of TCs. If multiple people get the jump on you at once, you'll die and lose it. If multiple people are down the hall and you get the jump on them, they'll all likely die. That's kind of the whole idea. Next time run away and try to get the jump on him with a friend instead of running at him solo when he clearly has the range advantage.

[ShadowDimentio]

Next time run away and try to get the jump on him with a friend instead of running at him solo when he clearly has the range advantage.

Tfw op is too much of a brainlet to try running.

[ShadowDimentio]

tfw the balance of tg became "the answer to something being op is use something more op" lmao

Teamwork is the most OP thing in the game

[Bluespace]

>throw dead body at op
>it knocks the lmg out of his hand
>he brought no other weapons so now he’s useless
>laughingassistant.gif

[DemonFiren]

remember when the saw was noob bait?

[CPTANT]

SAW is fine. uses both hands, can't be put in your backpack, expensive and eats through ammo which is also expensive.

[oranges]

it's a crowd control weapon, you are not supposed to run into it

[Arianya]

It's me, I'm the op with the SAW who ends up accidentally killing their own team because of help intent swapping space just after I click to shoot at some sec brainlet.

[Dr_bee]

Man who runs into heavy machine gun fire dies: More news at 11!

[DemonFiren]

lmg =! hmg ffs

[Aloraydrel]

*runs into highly geared military man with SAW*

Why I die?

[somerandomguy]

*runs into highly geared military man with SAW*

Why I die?

*solocharges deathsquad*

Pulse rifle op plz nerf

[iksyp]

ops who don't use surplus rifles exclusively don't deserve greentext anyways
also, it's not hard to dodge, bullets are slow as fuck anyways

[DemonFiren]

ops who don't use surplus rifles exclusively don't deserve greentext anyways
also, it's not hard to dodge, bullets are slow as fuck anyways

red army ops would be nice, though
nothing but moist nuggets, nagant revolvers and frag grenades
no armour, only ushankas
no borgs, only bears

maybe this could even work if you gave them greater numbers

[onleavedontatme]

Another quality Deitus thread

[John_Oxford]

its been that way for years

git gud fag

[cedarbridge]

Just throw floor tiles at him lmao

[Deitus]

...generalized not reading of posts before posting arguments that have already been touched on that most of the threads i make get.

so i can officially predict the future now

damn im good.

[PKPenguin321]

...generalized not reading of posts before posting arguments that have already been touched on that most of the threads i make get.

so i can officially predict the future now

damn im good.

...he said, failing to read my post

[Deitus]

...generalized not reading of posts before posting arguments that have already been touched on that most of the threads i make get.

so i can officially predict the future now

damn im good.

...he said, failing to read my post

Next time run away and try to get the jump on him with a friend instead of running at him solo when he clearly has the range advantage.

All the nuke op guns pretty much instakill you, you're supposed to dodge not tank smart guy.

again im not sure if you're just shitposting or not (leaning towards yes) but ill humor this anyway: when you're running down long halls against a quick burst-fire gun that is very likely to put you in orange with the first shot and slow you to a snail's crawl, dodging will only get you so far in the best-case scenario. if it were a single shot then maybe this would be a valid argument but its very easy to cover a hallway with this kind of gun.

gee wilikers batman!

>thread gets made abloobloo ided to lings
>gets changed
>thread gets made abloobloo ided to clock cult
>gets removed
>i make thread pointing out a heavily powerful weapon with few tradeoffs from multiple standpoints
>LOL DEITUS

so this...is the power...of shitposting...
maybe armhulenn is right, i should try learning coding so i can just pull a kevinz and nerf anything i die to myself.

[Ayy Lemoh]

In my opinion, you lost the respect people would give you in this thread when you wrote "oh boy here we go again"

Yet again I'm not you so maybe it was necessary, I guess.

[PKPenguin321]

Deitus, I'm not saying you need to just dodge, I'm just saying to run the fuck away. No shit if you try to pull up on him while dodging his shots you'll lose.

The weapon is not over powered. It has drawbacks. It's fine and not in need of change.

[SaveVatznick]

Meme lance them. Problem Solved.

[Deitus]

In my opinion, you lost the respect people would give you in this thread when you wrote "oh boy here we go again"

Yet again I'm not you so maybe it was necessary, I guess.

its frustratingly yet exceedingly common for people to not read what i post in favor of rehashing arguments that ive addressed multiple times before or outright shitposting, so you can imagine why i would say that.

at any rate it seems im outvoted here so unless the other people who agreed with me in chat the other day wanna post too ill just leave it open for more shitposts

[SpaceManiac]

tfw the balance of tg became "the answer to something being op is use something more op" lmao

Teamwork is the most OP thing in the game

this but unironically

[onleavedontatme]

common for people to not read what i post in favor of rehashing arguments that ive addressed multiple times before

Have you considered that they read your post and simply find the way you "addressed" their arguments unconvincing.'

Preemptively arguing something doesn't automatically win the argument.

[Deitus]

when they dont acknowledge that an argument was even made in the first place and instead just say the same thing with no other context its a safe bet that they didnt read it.

[oranges]

every single argument you made was predicated on the basis that it should actually be possible to run at someone wielding the nukeops most effective anti crowd weapon, helping to balance the 50vs5 situation they're in.

That is wrong, when there is a guy wielding a SAW you retreat and sucker them into a trap or a nice corner filled space that renders them ineffective

[Arianya]

ided pls nerf lele xd haha shitpost

its cute how you make all these assumptions about me

despite everything i say though this seems to have all the hallmarks of just becoming another "LOL DEITUS"[...]

oh boy here we go again

so this...is the power...of shitposting...

OP I'm no expert but maybe if you shitpost and otherwise seem to not be serious you shouldn't be shocked if people put less effort into your threads. Just my 2 cents!

[Deitus]

every single argument you made was predicated on the basis that it should actually be possible to run at someone wielding the nukeops most effective anti crowd weapon, helping to balance the 50vs5 situation they're in.

That is wrong, when there is a guy wielding a SAW you retreat and sucker them into a trap or a nice corner filled space that renders them ineffective

the argument ive been trying to make this whole time is in the case where you are running FROM the ops, not towards them; everyone knows that its all but a suicidal move to rush the ops even without the saw in the equation. what im trying to say is that the ops will be running at you continually if you carry the disk since they have the pinpointer, and eventually you're going to be in a situation where you're in long area of some sort where the ops can burst fire down it to cover the entire area, making dodging extremely difficult. im trying to think of a way to convey my thoughts but this is the best i can think of right now, ill try and think of a way to clarify it later

ided pls nerf lele xd haha shitpost

an attempt to defuse the ided posters before they start since its a staple in any thread discussing nerfs. it didnt work.

its cute how you make all these assumptions about me

they made assumptions about the reason i made the thread so i called them out on it since it happens often.

despite everything i say though this seems to have all the hallmarks of just becoming another "LOL DEITUS"[...]

it did have them and it has become one

oh boy here we go again

see previous posts

so this...is the power...of shitposting...

yes, shitposting and people not reading posts before replying did a good job of at the very least partially derailing the thread.

OP I'm no expert but maybe if you shitpost and otherwise seem to not be serious you shouldn't be shocked if people put less effort into your threads. Just my 2 cents!

i put effort into my threads and arguments, people choose not to read them and instead rehash arguments that have already been talked about.
kind of like yours.

[Anonmare]

Can we revert the chest rig and re-add the military belt

Military belt had gorgeous aesthetics with the tactical turtleneck tbh

[Davidchan]

Military belt had gorgeous aesthetics with the tactical turtleneck tbh[/quote]
The chest rig has an interesting aesthetic with the hardsuit even if it obscures the hardsuit's aesthetic. No-one wore the turtleneck with the belt without the hardsuit to cover it up. But if there was a role without a hardsuit, I'd be all for bringing back the lipstick red belt.[/quote]

Clearly we need cutter pods, 2-3 man boarding vessels that smash into escape pods or outhull of the station and allow the nukes to board without hardsuits. Needs an agent ID to launch.

[Xeroxemnas]

Honestly though something is wrong when buying an LMG with armor piercing ammo is far more effective than getting a marauder despite the huge TC investment for the mech.

[Anuv]

Why are explosive lances a thing? They're even more OP than the LMG.

[Deitus]

they're op, yes, but 1) most people dont know how to craft them and 2) they require time to make (unless you're carrying one around for whatever reason) which can conflict with the speed that op engagements tend to start and end.

or you could pull an asher clarke and kill 3 ops with one grenade launcher you got from space ruins

[Anuv]

They're explicitly in the weapon craft menu, and anyone can make them from tool storage in 30 seconds. The fact that they can take down a shielded suit is dumb.

[Davidchan]

I got to watch a lance kill a slaughter demon in 1 hit so yeah they need some looking at. The LMG could maybe use a speed debuff while carried but damage wise it's in a good spot for what its meant to do: Kill idiots standing in the open.

[Dr_bee]

I got to watch a lance kill a slaughter demon in 1 hit so yeah they need some looking at. The LMG could maybe use a speed debuff while carried but damage wise it's in a good spot for what its meant to do: Kill idiots standing in the open.

They are bulky, have an obvious sprite, and require access to chemistry or a metric fuckton of bananas to make. They are strong but thats because they require prep-time. They are balanced, if you dont like dying to them, dont hang around people with the obvious fucking lance sprite in their hand or on their back.

[Anuv]

You can make them from materials in tool storage and a soda machine in 30 seconds. You don't need chem or bananas.

[Dr_bee]

You can make them from materials in tool storage and a soda machine in 30 seconds. You don't need chem or bananas.

improvised explosive lances are shit compared to the godlike potassium/water instakill sticks.

The explosion stun should probably be removed from improvised explosives anyway, or at least from explosions under a certain threshold. Right now RNG can fuck you over from a teeny tiny explosion even if you are a nuke op in a hardsuit.

[Anuv]

I just ended a >10 minute wizard round with a single IED lance I made in 45 seconds. So yes, severely remove their damage and any stun

[Xeroxemnas]

Stimpacks are probably even worse.

At least for ops they shouldnt be available

[Qustinnus]

it's a crowd control weapon, you are not supposed to run into it

that reminds me of this image and honestly its probably the tactic of the average TG player