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Leo_the_Lion25's avatar
Leo_the_Lion25
6 years ago

L-STAR needs a slight nerf

L-STAR as a normal loot pool weapon is perfect but it a little overpowered. Maybe the best close ranged weapon in the game ignoring the broken Peacekeeper.

The L-STAR can shoot 25 bullets before overheating or you can tap it to keep shooting it without overheating or reloading.

The problem is people be spraying it and I cannot see with the BIG RED ORBS flying in my direction. The muzzle flash gets me killed or the person using it killed. Not only that but 18 damage for a spray hipfire blinding weapon is broken. The Sprifire and Devotion hipfire doesn't blind players as you can still see and shoot them back.

L-STAR could use changes like:

Lowering the damage down to 16 might be helpful as well. 

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10 Replies

  • Garlannnd's avatar
    Garlannnd
    6 years ago

    Agreed , the muzzle flash on the L-Star is way too much. It makes it near on impossible to see your target and for the user to see theirs, making gunfights a spray fest.

    Obviously if this is intended and deals more damage because of it then reducing muzzle flash will also need to be paired with reduced damage. 

  • Robo_The_Man-Bo's avatar
    Robo_The_Man-Bo
    6 years ago
    @Leo_the_Lion25 I agree! I think they should just make it look like energy ammo does, or at least, tone down the brightness of the shots a ton! Seriously, that and the charge rifle with their unnecessarily bright shots have turned my enemies invisible when I'm looking right at them!
  • OldTreeCreeper's avatar
    OldTreeCreeper
    Hero+
    6 years ago

    Funnily enough, first match this evening I was lucky enough to pick up an Lstar and a Sentinel and loads of energy ammo. To cut a long story short, lost a squaddie on the way, 4 kills, small circle, jumped a barrier and mowed down the last 2 of the remaining squad with the Lstar. Finished Kill leader with 6 kills... Champion squad. Lovely.

    I use a 2 or 3 hcog sight with the LStar to give it much more accuracy up close, 3 this evening!

  • Leo_the_Lion25's avatar
    Leo_the_Lion25
    6 years ago

    I just dropped 6 kills and 1600 damage with the wingman and L-Star combo. What I did was land 2-3 shots off my wingman and switched to the L-Star spraying them without a thought of overheating lol. 

    Good loadout for kill grinding. 

  • Robo_The_Man-Bo's avatar
    Robo_The_Man-Bo
    6 years ago
    @OldTreeCreeper Another, very OP trick you can try is crouch walking as Rev and hip firing with the L-Star, it tightens the spray like crazy and you're crouch walking fast enough that the enemies hardly ever hit you. I crushed a purple armor dude doing that early game (all I had was white armor), plus they don't hear you, so they're not prepared when they come around the corner!
  • pr0spectt's avatar
    pr0spectt
    6 years ago

    Agree, bump. Fire rate is way over done. you cant see crap when the round are coming in.

  • Ecks520's avatar
    Ecks520
    6 years ago

    @GarlannndYou don't need to see your target. this gun is way OP its basically a spray and pray gun that completely shreds through any armor close quarters. If they decreased the muzzle flash this gun would be the most powerful close/mid range gun in the game. It needs to be nerfed honestly. I don't understand why they take the devotion and make it a care package weapon only and make this thing one of the most common guns to pick up, low use rate? Same reason they buffed the living * out of Gibraltar? It honestly ruins the game because it takes no skill to use it.

  • Leo_the_Lion25's avatar
    Leo_the_Lion25
    6 years ago

    I haven't been annoyed lately by the L-Star because of the Muzzle Flash changes. They also added a Red Dot to the L-Star and Prowler which made it easier to see people you aiming at. The Muzzle Flash doesn't blind me anymore is another plus. 

    My thoughts on the L-Star kind of changed ever since the muzzle flash changes. Not going to lie. 

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