Her Syrette syringes only purpose to heal is awfully bad, not only is it super hard to hit anyone, regen is already in the game making a healing gadget absolutely useless. The only use for her gadget was taken away, never have I seen use for giving a teammate an extra 25hp.I would have mained her... People on this forum that I talked to might knew I had Maria as my profile picture on here. But I guess that's over, she serves absolutely no meaningful purpose anymore and I see no reason to play her. Way to make the supportive specialists worth to play DICE...I bet most people that complained either didn't play or even encounter any scenario where her reviving teammates with her gadget was "too op."I'm calling it right now, she is going to be by far the least played specialist in her current state in Battlefield 2042.

I agree, this is a terrible idea. Her pistol should still be able to revive but just cut the range massively so she basically has to be standing right on top the person. At least then she could revive on the run. But now she's exactly the same as all other specialists but with a stupid healing gun, which as you say is pretty useless because you heal pretty quickly anyway.

Nerfing Maria's gadget is a really, really awful idea.

51 Replies

HankBizzle
5 years ago
I agree, this is a terrible idea. Her pistol should still be able to revive but just cut the range massively so she basically has to be standing right on top the person. At least then she could revive on the run. But now she's exactly the same as all other specialists but with a stupid healing gun, which as you say is pretty useless because you heal pretty quickly anyway.
Trokey66
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Have I been through a time warp and missed the Beta?
Noodlesocks
5 years ago
@Trokey66 wrote:
Have I been through a time warp and missed the Beta?
They updated the specialist page. They changed the medic specialist's syringe gun to simply heal a player instead of reviving them from a distance.
Game isn't even in beta and Dice Sweden already busy nerfing things.
SirBobdk
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Having specialists with names and history is an awfull idea.
OPR_Chroma
5 years ago
@HankBizzle Exactly what I thought about. If its the range people are worrying about, make it shorter (even though it was already short af). Removing an entire part of her ability to rebalance is insane.
CyberDyme
5 years ago
@Trokey66 wrote:
Have I been through a time warp and missed the Beta?
Yeah, we had one sweet useful girl in the game. And now she is gone...
ninjapenquinuk
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@OPR_Chroma Its not insane if during testing it was found to be too OP. I do get the point that the syringe is now seemingly pretty weak, but that doesn't mean an OP and game wrecking mechanic should stay in
Noodlesocks
5 years ago
@ninjapenquinuk wrote:
@OPR_ChromaIts not insane if during testing it was found to be too OP. I do get the point that the syringe is now seemingly pretty weak, but that doesn't mean an OP and game wrecking mechanic should stay in
Honestly felt like it was the least useful gadget already. Now it sounds like a med pack that you have to aim. I guess it frees up a slot for other things but compared to the other classes it's sounding a lot more lackluster than it already was.
Trokey66
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@Noodlesocks Pound to a pinch of poo it was from some youtoober's whinge, I mean, feedback.
rainkloud
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Thie video I watched said this move was made after internal testing was done showing that it was op. This stands to reason as well as it would just be too easy and fast to undo death and reverse ticket depletion.
All other things being equal, undoing death should always be harder than inflicting it and should carry an appropriate amount of risk. Having a pistol that could revive from substantial distances was just a bridge too far and would have likely led to zombie armies where death was just a trivial and brief inconvenience.
Being able to heal with the gun is still a big deal as it will far out range pouches from previous games and as all know this is a game where seconds and meters matter.