Crylink Over-powered.

[k0jak]

And just for reference:

Crylink Secondary = 20 damage * 7 shots = 280. Even in 2.3... and nobody found THAT overpowered

actually i did, and the hagar statement can go right out of the window, that weapon is a Lot harder to use then the crylink, i don't care about theoretical figures, put it in practice and the crylink is just stupid now.

oh and the fact you cant use any explosive weapon against it now without it blowing you up 50% of the time, and no im not joking it's really pissing me off so much i can't even fire at someone with an explosive weapon cause im not sure if i'll even manage one shot vs them with a crylink.

[The mysterious Mr. 4m]

i just played online on some TDM server with the Crylink and i liked it. That's NOT a good sign!

Maybe some fine-tuning would do and perhaps rebalancing the rest of the weapons a bit.

[C.Brutail]

I've always felt the crylink the most good looking, most high-tech weapon in the game, and tho most useless too. It looks like an alien heavy assault weapon, but it just doesn't do what I'd image for a weapon like this.

What about adding a spin-up and spin-down time for the crylink primary? Like the chaingun had in quake2. It dealt MASSIVE damage, but you had to start fire before you saw your opponent, and you had to know when to get you finger off from the trigger, or you've ended up with no ammo left.

Primary: spin-up spin-down, deals massive damage after warmed in, eats ammo like hell, no ricochet.
Secondary: Just like now, but maybe more slower refire, ricochetting, and maybe even more damage. (alien super shotgun?)

[HarryButt]

Primary: spin-up spin-down, deals massive damage after warmed in, eats ammo like hell, no ricochet.

That's interesting. Kinda reminds me of the Nuke weapon in Turok 2.

[Strahlemann]

Yep, it should definitely eat more ammo as it is now.
Dunno about the spin-up. Only really works for me in games where you can SEE that something on your weapon is happening.

[k0jak]

I like this spin up / spin down idea actually.

[The mysterious Mr. 4m]

Is it possible to incorporate more firemodes than the available two?

[Sepelio]

Yep, it should definitely eat more ammo as it is now.
Dunno about the spin-up. Only really works for me in games where you can SEE that something on your weapon is happening.

Could probably just do it with a sound effect. Even have it the opposite of the machine gun, have the first few shots fire weakly and eventually reach maximum power.

[nifrek]

The new crylink breaks many maps (ie: dusty), it's just too powerful, not just because it makes that kind of damage but because it's way too easy to use. It's always been a fun weapon to use even before it got changed, I personnaly liked it like it was when neg force was added. Even BEFORE that I liked it and used it close range. Now I can use it even from long range and get frags without using any skill, it's just stupid.

The haggar might be more powerful but the size of projectiles makes it easy to dodge unless the player using is has a very good aim/movement prediction or the player getting shot at is stuck in a corner or not moving. The new crylink any one can use. And in the hand of someone with good aim, it's too ridiculously effective.

[divVerent]

I still doubt that it is THAT much effective, however, it is reduced in power in Nexuiz svn (it now eats twice as much ammo, and the bounce is now just half as effective as before), simply because that made it NUMERICALLY too strong.

However, three well used servers are now equipped with stats recording of any kills/deaths involving any weapons, and calculate weapon strength stats based on that. Let's see if the Crylink is really overpowered.