It's nothing more than a panic button. A goddamn panic button.
It requires literally ZERO skill to kill people with it. You simply press a button and everyone around you dies in less than a second. Once the animation has been initiated, the only way to stop it is if you have a super, three rocket launchers, or a dozen shotguns already aimed at the guy. No other super activates that fast, so unless you have one already active, and are aiming at them, you've got pretty much no freaking chance of stopping it.
What the hell are you supposed to do? Stay away from all titans at all times just in case one might have it ready? Killing a Titan before he has the chance to press the button doesn't work, as he'll simply have it ready the next time he respawns. It's simply not feasible to kill a Titan after the button's been pressed unless he's already severely wounded.
Why the hell is it that whenever this is brought up on the forums, everyone jumps to its defense?
The striker subclass is supposed to be unstoppable, I get it. What I don't like is how no other class has a super that's that goddamn effective. No other class has a super that, once activated, guarantees that everyone around you will die unless they either happen to have a super capable of killing you already active, or they have a fist of havoc that they can also use to survive the explosion.
I know that these forums has a severe allergic reaction to the word "nerf", but I really think that Fist of Panic deserves it. At least make it so that in PVP it requires a second to charge before detonating, making their window of vulnerability slightly larger.
"Press a button to instantly kill everyone around you." is OP in the crucible even amongst supers. It simply can't be countered by anything because once it's activated, you've got less than a second to react, which is not enough time to do anything capable of stopping it.
Either give us a more time to counter it, or give the other classes a super each that is equally unstoppable.
[b]To everyone who will inevitably side with the super and insult me in the comments below, I genuinely want to know how you can justify this. Every super has a bane, a weakness, except this one. GG has no armor and can easily be shut down, WoD can be countered by simply staying away from the bubble or blowing it up with another super, Stormcaller is easily noticable and thus gives players a chance to react and flee from it. Fist of Havoc has no weakness. If you're in range when it's activated, you will die.. If you disagree, I challenge you to explain a reliable method of not dying when you're in range of an incoming panic fist.[/b]
Seriously, the only ways a FoH could actually NOT kill people is if they somehow belly flopped off the map, chose to waste it when there were no enemies around, or if they chose to belly flop at someone who already had GG aimed at them ready to fire. Also if someone reacted by activating their own belly flop so the armor would protect them, but that's assuming they're a titan and also have a ready-to-activate FoH.
All of the above can be avoided with even the slightest bit of competence and should not be considered "weaknesses" of the super.
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While I can understand the frustration from dyin from any super, I have over time adjusted play styles to different supers when I hear them directionally AND based on [i]what[/i] I hear or see they are. Nova bomb can be considered a "panic" defense when you don't see your opponent out of view when aimed at the ground, as a hammer of sol, and same goes for rockets when you are over shielded and may be able to take the proximity damage vs your opponent who is closer to the point of impact. If I [b]had[/b] seen this post yesterday, I would've simply compiled several clips (about 12 of them from the last 30 games) when activating the slam was simply gunned down by heavy ammo in mid air, or hit in the back by two guardians with shotguns while a third got the final shot with a last word hand cannon etc etc... It's not unstoppable. And while I understand your feedback and can empathize with your point of view I have to disagree with the nerf aspect. Thank you for showing respect to the players who use the Titans by not calling them anything, and focusing your feedback on [b]the game[/b] and [b]not the people playing it[/b]. Your feedback was respectful and I can disagree, but respect you despite disagreeing. So I disagree with your nerf request. And I respect your feedback. Hang in there bro. Keep a shotgun handy. When you start taking Titans out mid slam you'll see you can do it, just look for the charged super indicator and be ready. It's doable. Peace.