How do you feel about the new hop-ups?
I'm personally not a fan of the Alternator, P2020 hop-ups. One of the things I love most about Apex is the fairly long time to kill. After the update, Apex feels more along the lines of a generic twi...
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I did some testing the days after this update.
The Disruptor Rounds Hop-Up lets the RE-45 and Alternator shine and put it in a spot that it's balanced close range gun fights.
They get countered pretty easily by other weapons like the R-99, havoc, devotion and shotguns.
For the Hammerpoint Rounds rounds, i think they are in a underused spot.
The Compatible weapons are rarely used and don't fit in the meta.
They are too weak to get used over other weapons but a small damage buff could change that.
Positioning incorrectly or making a mistake could make the difference between winning a fight or losing on with one of these Hop-Ups
I think those weapons are a bit overestimated as players haven't adjusted to the new play styles that come with these changes.
- @Zeelmaekers P2020 with hammerpoint is crazy powerful. Powerful enough to actually make it worth trading off your 2nd weapon spot for it because once someone doesn't have shields, you 3shot them in a second.
We're not seeing people adopt it as quickly as disruptor but those hammerpoint weapons are definitely good enough now and don't need a buff.
I'd say P2020 with hopup is more beneficial to the user in the hands of someone good. Disruptor is just a lot easier to use because it isn't situational.I would say the mozambique needs a further buff though.
Ask yourself this question,
If you HAD to run a shotgun as a secondary would you take a hopped mozambique or a peacekeeper?
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- @MandatoryIDtag Personally I'd take the bique if it was hopped up. I loathe the peacekeeper :P I'm in an extreme minority who would answer that question this way though.
@ZeelmaekersDo some more testing, because a fully kitted Alternator dominates an R-99 in CQC now.
A P2020 drops you in three bullets with the hammerpoint rounds. You drop their shields with the Alternator, switch to the P2020 to finish. It's pretty obvious that you're abusing these overpowered weapons.
@Zeelmaekers wrote:I did some testing the days after this update.
The Disruptor Rounds Hop-Up lets the RE-45 and Alternator shine and put it in a spot that it's balanced close range gun fights.
They get countered pretty easily by other weapons like the R-99, havoc, devotion and shotguns.
For the Hammerpoint Rounds rounds, i think they are in a underused spot.
The Compatible weapons are rarely used and don't fit in the meta.
They are too weak to get used over other weapons but a small damage buff could change that.Positioning incorrectly or making a mistake could make the difference between winning a fight or losing on with one of these Hop-Ups
I think those weapons are a bit overestimated as players haven't adjusted to the new play styles that come with these changes.I disagree with your point about the R-99, havoc, etc countering the alternator with disruptor rounds. I have faced off against people with these guns, while I have the alternator with hop up, and it shreds them so much faster than any other gun. It is honestly so OP right now that it needs a nerf. I get they wanted to make them better, but they just made it better than every other gun.
@SixthOTD wrote:
@Zeelmaekers wrote:I did some testing the days after this update.
The Disruptor Rounds Hop-Up lets the RE-45 and Alternator shine and put it in a spot that it's balanced close range gun fights.
They get countered pretty easily by other weapons like the R-99, havoc, devotion and shotguns.
For the Hammerpoint Rounds rounds, i think they are in a underused spot.
The Compatible weapons are rarely used and don't fit in the meta.
They are too weak to get used over other weapons but a small damage buff could change that.Positioning incorrectly or making a mistake could make the difference between winning a fight or losing on with one of these Hop-Ups
I think those weapons are a bit overestimated as players haven't adjusted to the new play styles that come with these changes.I disagree with your point about the R-99, havoc, etc countering the alternator with disruptor rounds. I have faced off against people with these guns, while I have the alternator with hop up, and it shreds them so much faster than any other gun. It is honestly so OP right now that it needs a nerf. I get they wanted to make them better, but they just made it better than every other gun.
Yeah a kitted alternator is seriously scary right now. Got taken by surprise how quickly my purple/gold armor was depleted several times before I began instinctively ducking behind cover any time i'm being shot at with disruptor rounds.
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