.... at least from me.Just had to quit another game because of high ranks abusing the steam blaster to make up for lack of skill.I want to play because of the new prize map but this is probably gonna be the first one I don't complete. So frustrating for something that should never had been released and should, having been released, should have been nerfed quicker.Popcap, steam blaster and your inaction to nerf it is ruining your game for players. If not nerfed in next patch then game uninstalled for me. No point complaining about it any more.

Yeah. I hope it's nerfed into the ground lol. It's not fun to play against at all and it doesn't feel in line with all the other weapons in the game. Sure its something different but in my opinion, in this case, different is bad. I thought about just abusing the hell out of steam blaster every game so new people will seek to find a platform and complain about it, but i don't want to be remembered as a dbag. Instead I guess i just have to TRY HARD every time there's a sweaty steam blaster, which in turn decreases the fun of the game (when i have to try that hard, even against a mediocre stream blaster). I can usually overcome the steam blaster but it honestly takes an extraordinary effort to do so. I feel bad for those casual players who can do nothing against it, no matter who they pick, but just wants to have fun playing the game. I'm sure it ruins the game for them.NERF THE STEAM BLASTER.

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mikepal19
6 years ago
Yeah. I hope it's nerfed into the ground lol. It's not fun to play against at all and it doesn't feel in line with all the other weapons in the game. Sure its something different but in my opinion, in this case, different is bad.
I thought about just abusing the hell out of steam blaster every game so new people will seek to find a platform and complain about it, but i don't want to be remembered as a dbag. Instead I guess i just have to TRY HARD every time there's a sweaty steam blaster, which in turn decreases the fun of the game (when i have to try that hard, even against a mediocre stream blaster). I can usually overcome the steam blaster but it honestly takes an extraordinary effort to do so. I feel bad for those casual players who can do nothing against it, no matter who they pick, but just wants to have fun playing the game. I'm sure it ruins the game for them.
NERF THE STEAM BLASTER.
34975634954957
6 years ago
And don't forget with (too much) effort and skill you can overcome one yes. But when you get a lobby with 2 or 3 of these mediocre high rank try hards with their steam blasters. Time to move on.
stukapooka
Legend
6 years ago
Its utterly baffling that this weapon has stayed untouched for so long when it literally deletes low health classes from the game and sprinting plus warps allows scientist to just overcome what is suppose to be his downside: range and the fact he can run away from battle and heal himself almost instantly with no way to stop it is just bad class design.
dwooten77
6 years ago
@34975634954957 So the effort the devs have put into balancing is not enough, and the only way you’ll stay is if the weapon is nerfed or reworked into something that doesn’t ruin the game? Correct?
34975634954957
6 years ago
@dwooten77 wrote:
@34975634954957 So the effort the devs have put into balancing is not enough, and the only way you’ll stay is if the weapon is nerfed or reworked into something that doesn’t ruin the game? Correct?
Pretty much. I appreciate the effort put in and the game can be pretty fun at times. But I've had too many sessions ruined by the steam blaster. At the end of the day there are other games to play that aren't so frustrating.
Edit: as per previous posts I've added I actually think the game is fairly balanced overall. This is the thing... It is so close don't let this op mechanic ruin it.
agqwpe663oe6
6 years ago
@34975634954957 Honestly, I agree. Steam blasters can go to hell and they ruin gameplay. But now, it feels like spam. I’m pretty sure the entire community can agree on steam blaster and I think the devs noticed.
TheSprinter85
Hero
6 years ago
I feel like the Steam Blaster is so unfair that I mostly use it only against Al filled lobbies. By that, I mean lobbies with mostly Al.
Pvz300085
6 years ago
@34975634954957 I don't even want to talk about the legendary superbrain upgrade (Spoiler: There will be several threads about the upgrade)
Fork_x_Spoon
6 years ago
I'll make a post of (possible) ways to counter this, but for the most part, it's really hard to legislate for this obnoxious legendary upgrade. Making the support part of Scientist less trivial makes it so you have this unfair part of the game that's breaking its own logic, so there's no reason to exist at all let alone be this powerful.
lookinin
6 years ago
I've been following the threads about Steam Blaster. First of all, I respect all the opinions, advice and expertise in this forum, its' very valuable and informative. But one of the common complaints I read in these threads is that the Devs don't care or aren't listening. So I would like to offer some perspective regarding complaints about Steam Blaster:
At the end of October there were about 200,000 players of this game, for PS4 ONLY. As of July 5, there were 1,400,000 players. Not playing all at once, of course. Between June 5 and July 5, 100,000 players were added to the game on PS4. I found these stats at Gamstat.com. It says Xbox has about the same - 1.4 million players. I couldn't find any stats on PC.
There are about 15 topics in the Forums with Steam Blaster as the topic that I could find with about 200 replies. I consider the replies as someone engaged in the topic. There were about 8,000 views but I don't consider views as necessarily engagement. The point being, looking at the strong upward trend in new players since the game launched, the game is successful or at least trending that way. So as far as the Devs are concerned, they're doing the right thing. Why would they change course because of a minority (less that .5% including views, .01% with replies) of player's opinions, many of which come from the same forum members (I'm aware there's stuff going on in Twitter and Reddit but I doubt if it would change the percentage that much). I'm sure they do listen but I'm also sure they have their own metrics which aid them in their decision making.
That said, I've been following the performance of Steam Blaster for the last couple of weeks and I have yet to see him listed as Vanquish Master on the leader-board - he's always on the leader board as Revive/Healing Master, as it should be. That doesn't mean players don't have bad experience with gangs of Steam Blasters. but I've been in games with gangs of Engineers & Heavy Helpers stopping a game cold. It happens. There's also this critique that it elevates mediocre players. I don't see anything wrong with that. Skilled players can also dominate a game and leave lesser skilled players frustrated. I was in a game recently where a Cactus had 52 vanquishes. Kudos to whoever it was but it didn't feel good playing against him. It's just part of the game and I move on.
Anyway, if you read this thank you