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5 years ago

Lets talk about that Spitfire nerf

Do you like it?
Do you think it's too much?
Do you think it's too little?
Do you think they did it right?wrong?

In my honest opinion I don't like it. I think they did it wrong.
Instead of damage nerfing they should just introduce a movement penalty when using this gun even while hipfiring. It's supposed to be a suppressing weapon(or atleast I think it should be) so damage,ammo count and recoil should be focused for this part. And by introducing movement penalty this lowers the guns CQC powers a lot without affecting it's ability to suppress enemies. Another thing they should add is damage falloff and a much closer bullet drop to stop it from destroying snipers that are in long range.

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26 Replies

hayhor
Hero
5 years ago
@Daze623 I think it is ok. At least it is a real nerf unlike the bow.
MandatoryIDtag
5 years ago
Has there been another one? Cause I barely noticed a difference from last season
Daze623
5 years ago
@hayhor I haven't really had much issues with the bow(or maybe I do I just didn't notice it cause I didn't know I was getting hit by it lol) but the spitfire I had the most issue is that it's also so good at CQC cause of the hipfire mobility + ammo count.
Daze623
5 years ago
@MandatoryIDtag The damage nerf did hurt the gun a bit. It used to have a potential damage of 1045 but now it's down to 900.
MandatoryIDtag
5 years ago
Ah yeah....it can only kill 4 players per clip when used accurately now.
Game changer. XD
Can honestly say I hate the spitfire more than the bow.
Daze623
5 years ago
@MandatoryIDtag to be fair it is a suppressing fire weapon so if you don't respect it you should get killed. Plus if you're that good at tracking and recoil control I'm sure you'll be more dangerous running r301 than a Spitfire.
E9ine_AC
Hero+
5 years ago
@Daze623Im seeing less of them being used in arena mode i know that. So that's one step in the right direction at least. The hip fire on it is horrible. As someone who mainly hipfires that gun is one of my worse.
MandatoryIDtag
5 years ago
@Daze623 Oh i'm not sayings it's unbeatable it's just a weapon I find really aggravating to fight against especially with the sheer amount of people using them. Nothing scarier than 3 spitfires raining hell on you simultaneously lol. 😛
KelRiever
5 years ago
As multiple threads pop up about this, I'll copy/paste until one thread takes over:
Yes, guns which don't do damage, so people who are losing gun fights can feel, somehow, that they aren't losing because it takes longer to kill them. Super funtime.
I don't really care about the Spitfire nerf because always and forever, this game will have an OP gun...especially as all guns are nerfed. The less damage guns do overall, the harder and harder it is to balance the weapons. Respawn is doing it to themselves.
rockyboy1998
5 years ago
@hayhor I think the bow's nerf is sufficient, it now hits for 60 rather than 70.

The only thing I would have changed is the rate of fire. But lowering the amount of ammo is huge.

You can't have a bow hitting for 40 damage, it would make it pointless, but its a new weapon so I'm sure by the time they have sussed everything out it will be in a much better place.

I've stopped picking it up since the nerf to it, much prefer the longbow.