Goonhub
11-06-2019, 01:24 AM
The area flash is really unsatisfying to use and fight against and very very strong currently, even after being nerfed. My primary issues with it:
- It has no visual cue from the flash-er so it's really hard to tell what's even happening for most players and what the source is
- It doesn't slow the user down or take particularly careful positioning to pull off, most chases I've done as sec with it have basically been "sprint alongside the dude I'm flashing and spam area flash until they go down", which I think isn't as skill intensive or fun as it was before you could area flash a guy down
- I honestly think it's the strongest thing sec has in their kit by far if the target doesn't have sunglasses, you don't have to aim properly like a taser and there's no risk of having it disarmed back on you. Taking people down is really trivial with a flash, even if it burns out you can just pull out another flash (since they're very common items for sec)
My solution to this issue: Replace the current area flash with a special attack that does a cone of light in a direction. Could have a range of like one tile directly in front of you and three tiles two tiles away. This would make it easy to attach a visual cue so it's more clear what's happening, require more intense and fun positioning and make it far less strong than it is, which would encourage more use of the security toolkit which I think would lead to more interesting gameplay. The currently implemented special attacks are all pretty good, I think this change would be welcome and fit with the other changes that add more visual clarity/balanced mechanics to the game.
- It has no visual cue from the flash-er so it's really hard to tell what's even happening for most players and what the source is
- It doesn't slow the user down or take particularly careful positioning to pull off, most chases I've done as sec with it have basically been "sprint alongside the dude I'm flashing and spam area flash until they go down", which I think isn't as skill intensive or fun as it was before you could area flash a guy down
- I honestly think it's the strongest thing sec has in their kit by far if the target doesn't have sunglasses, you don't have to aim properly like a taser and there's no risk of having it disarmed back on you. Taking people down is really trivial with a flash, even if it burns out you can just pull out another flash (since they're very common items for sec)
My solution to this issue: Replace the current area flash with a special attack that does a cone of light in a direction. Could have a range of like one tile directly in front of you and three tiles two tiles away. This would make it easy to attach a visual cue so it's more clear what's happening, require more intense and fun positioning and make it far less strong than it is, which would encourage more use of the security toolkit which I think would lead to more interesting gameplay. The currently implemented special attacks are all pretty good, I think this change would be welcome and fit with the other changes that add more visual clarity/balanced mechanics to the game.