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6 years ago

Flatline is the 2nd worst weapon after that Mozambique

this gun is still crappy even with level 3 attachments. bad range , and bad bullet drop , bad recoil . everything is bad about this gun. EA_Blueberry: Slightly edited post title to be mor...

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iBlockHead

6 years ago

@Anlbrd hipfire at me while I actually aim at your head or body, whos dying faster?

Saying its better than half the guns for hipfiring is a flat out lie. I would get better results firing from the hip if I was using any other gun aside from snipers.

The only place it currently has is staying on the floor where you found it or picking it up to hold your 3 extra attachments like the Alt before season 2.

Anlbrd

6 years ago

@iBlockHeadDepends on the range to be honest mate. You're likely to score exactly the amount of headshots you need to win with the Flatline in its current form by hipfiring at most of the ranges you'll find in something like a Skulltown drop. Whilst being able to keep your run speed so people can't get around the corner and away from you easily.

Its still not a gun I'll carry through endgame, but early game and for close range there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Opinions are like a-holes though, eh? 🙂

iBlockHead
6 years ago
@Anlbrd Just because you have one, doesn't mean its right and that all should be ignored.

You gotta understand that it's selling point should not be that it fires from the hip decently fine and therefor, it somehow makes the whole gun fine where it is. Its an AR, not a sub. It should be useful at mid range as much as it is in close range.

Also wdym depends on the range? anyone with a brain would know if someone was firing at you with any other AR or sub while aiming, you're going down much faster and first before you break the other guys shield.

If you had one good game with it, awesome, good for you. I've downed a squad during season 1 with the Moz alone, doesn't mean it was in a good place.
- Anlbrd
  6 years ago
  @iBlockHeadI'm only talking about what IS re: the hipfire thing. I'm not talking about what SHOULD BE because of it being an AR/SMG. At the end of the day it's just pixels to me for this discussion, you could take away all visual evidence of the gun so we were firing from invisible weapons when it comes to me talking about balance. I think the numbers you can put out from hipfiring give it a specific place in the pantheon of weapons.
  
  Is it the best? No. Is it good enough to kill someone else with so you have the pick of their weapons after? In my experience - definitely.
  
  I don't think that every gun has to be as good as the rest in every situation. So long as something just ISN'T viable (Naked p2020 before the chance of a hopup existed) in almost all fights - it has a place to me.
  
  Would you make the Hemlock fully auto? If we put a barrel stabiliser on the Flatline that's what we're talking about.
  [edit] Incidentally - have any of you tried using it on singlefire? No one has mentioned it yet.
  - iBlockHead
    6 years ago
    @Anlbrd Hemlock single fire is better than burst.
    
    If you meant have we used the Flatline in single fire, thats still garbage. you shoot once and the barrel is already pointing at the sky trying to hit a flyer for you.
    
    The gun needs a buff one way or another, there's no question about it