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Community Manager

7 years ago

Weapon Spotlight - Kraber & Mastiff

Legends of the arena, Last week we discussed the Prowler and Devotion. If you didn't get a chance to join that discussion you can still ping us your thoughts on those two weapons here. This week t...

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PlzBuffMozambiq

7 years ago

@EA_Blueberry Q: How do you feel they stack up against other weapons in the ring? If the Mastiff or Kraber are available, which weapons would you rather keep over them and why?
A: Longbow is better than kraber. The longbow is more forgiving on missing shots, because of the much higher fire rate, decent damage, lower bullet drop. In a competitive match, I think most would agree with using a more reliable, forgiving weapon that doesn't rely on hitting one shot and waiting forever to shoot the next shot. For hitting clips and creating cool videos, the damage on the kraber is nice.

Mastiff and Peacekeeper rank the same. The damage on both are balanced with the general meta of the game. However, the mastiff might "seem" harder for people to aim because of the interesting default reticle. I think it could use a default sight, because blind-firing that shotgun is almost a waste unless you truly are up close.

That's my 2-cents.

EA_Blueberry

Community Manager

7 years ago

@PlzBuffMozambiqu

Do you think a reduced reload time on the Kraber would make it more attractive than the Longbow?

PlzBuffMozambiq
7 years ago
@EA_Blueberry Yes, if the time between each shot on the kraber was lowered, it would be more practical for competitive play. I also believe that not all guns need to be designed for competitive play. Some genres of shooters have guns that are never used because they weren't designed for the competitive meta.

But yes, if you the Kraber to enter the competitive meta, one way is to lower the time delay between each shot.
- Cabowse
  7 years ago
  I always feel like I miss shots with the Kraber that would have hit with weapons like the longbow. Is the bullet travel time different? Having to go back out of the scope to load the next bullet can be a little disorientating, would prefer for them to stay in sight and the reload happen automatically.
  Mastiff is such a brilliant gun I love it! Taken so many names with that bad boy!
  - Anlbrd
    7 years ago
    I love both these guns. My only feedback is that its a shame to eliminate kraber drops from mid/lategame carepacks. For squads without a pathfinder or octane that last minute kraber can turn a game around in places like repulsor/watertreatment/airbase.