Did Mastiff Get Nerfed?
I swear it's not doing the damage it did before.
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@NitromethaneAP Absolutely correct. I haven't kept up with this thread. So as I was just reading page one, my thoughts kept going back to Season 2. In Season 2, there were so many options that were powerful and effective that it didn't matter what you picked up:
- Peacekeeper with or without choke
- Triple Take with choke
- Devotion and Havok with Turbocharger
- R-301
- Alternator with hop-up (cant remember the name)
- Spitfire
- Prowler with select fire
- R-99
- care package weapons (Mastiff and Kraber)
In Season 2, it didn't matter where I landed. I was going to get a highly effective option. In fact, there were very few bad options that I would just pass up. The variety was outstanding and allowed me to simply enjoy the game without worrying about specific combos and effectiveness.
TLDR - nerfing one gun is not the answer. We need a variety of weapons brought up to it's power level.
- Peacekeeper with or without choke
- Triple Take with choke
- Devotion and Havok with Turbocharger
- R-301
- Alternator with hop-up (cant remember the name)
- Spitfire
- Prowler with select fire
- R-99
- care package weapons (Mastiff and Kraber)
In Season 2, it didn't matter where I landed. I was going to get a highly effective option. In fact, there were very few bad options that I would just pass up. The variety was outstanding and allowed me to simply enjoy the game without worrying about specific combos and effectiveness.
TLDR - nerfing one gun is not the answer. We need a variety of weapons brought up to it's power level.
Part of the issue imo is this constant rotation of weapons in and out of the care package. Mastiff should have stayed in the care package where it was highly powerful. LSTAR should have also stayed in the care package. They had to nerf them just to bring them out into the loot pool in the first place. I'm not sure they ever found a balance with them. Meanwhile, they replaced them with viable options like Devotion and Peacekeeper.
