Disclaimer: this is not a shoulder charge Nerf post
I saw the balancing the other day and I think the changes made to hunters was good. Coming from a hunter, the changes are overall pretty positive for all classes.
But one thing
The Nerf itself doesn't make me salty it's the logic that goes behind it and here's why
Shoulder charge: Kills on one hit
Throwing knife: Does not kill on one hit
Shoulder charge: Same damage on every part of the body (enough to kill)
Throwing knife: Increased damage on head (not enough to kill
Shoulder charge: Doesn't use a melee charge
Throwing knife: Uses a melee charge
Shoulder charge: One and done melee
Throwing knife: Melee with travel time and drop
So shoulder charge is getting one hit kills left and right, but when a throwing knife hits an enemy in the head, has incendiary knife on, and happens to be thrown at a low armor target, it gets nerfed so that it does less damage. Why? So boohoo it doesn't burn a low armor guardian to death on one clean precision hit
I thought gunslinger was a class that rewarded precision
Explain plz
Edit; for those that need clarification out of context, this is what was put out during the class balancing
[quote]The Throwing Knife was creating some frustration, especially with the Incendiary Blade upgrade, so we nudged the damage down slightly. This will ensure that low armor players can’t be killed in a single headshot (with the extra burn damage from the Incendiary Blade upgrade). [/quote]
Edit: I do understand that I'm comparing two very different abilities in this, both balanced in their own way. I think overall it was not a good decision to compare shoulder charge and throwing knives on the same level.
However, my opinion still stands that if a hunter is able to land a precision shot while equipping the incendiary knife the Hunter deserves to have their opponent burn out, especially a low armor target.
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Edited by The BEATDWN: 6/15/2016 11:25:10 PMI agree whole heartedly. I've seen hundreds of guardians crying for shoulder charge nerfs every day, and no one complaining about the knives. All of a sudden bungie's gift to the community is a nerf to knives??? I have been begging them not to call for shoulder charge nerfs because I'm fully anti-nerf but nerfing a class that didn't need it is ridiculous. My knives suffer because guardians that CHOOSE to rock low armor are dying faster then they'd like... bad move bungie