Crylink Over-powered.

[halogene]

I think both refire rate and damage should be reduced so that the crylink stays a powerful close combat weapon, if you make use of the extra splash damage when it bounces. Maybe you can, for that purpose, even slightly increase the splash damage? That way it would also be useful for shooting enemies near walls. That might even add to the gameplay maybe if that would be the speciality of the crylink, i dunno. But what I don't like is people spraying open spaces and even medium sized rooms making it impossible to survive - at least for me ;o) - without hardly any skill being involved.

I always liked the alt-fire of the crylink for open spaces and "dogfighting", but nowadays I never use the crylink at all when I have any other weapon - and even then I fire only single shots at a low rate because it feels so lame somehow.

Something has to be done definetely there.

But don't get me wrong here, I don't want to complain - Nexuiz is a great game with an otherwise excellent weapon balance as far as I am concerned!

[keres]

i think the crylink is just fine, the thing is that in some 3rd party maps they are included too often so most people end up using it.

it like if there was more than 1 BFG on a q3 map, you know.

[Chubby]

Yes. Replace it with the H.L.A.C. That's the only solution i see.

Just modifie him. There are people who liked the Crylink before it got overpowered

[Etoile]

Well, I enjoy the Crylink from the past version and this version. The only problem I see with the crylink now is the newly added bounce, which helps you kill them!

[Dokujisan]

My feelings on the crylink are getting worse as time goes on. If anyone has played with me on Galt's lately, I'm sure you've heard me bitch about it. I can't play on some maps anymore. If it's an open map with a crylink... I just can't play it. It just feels dumb. It's dumb gameplay. It takes a microgram of skill to use that weapon now. It's just not fun to play when there's a weapon that any jackass can pickup and hold down the fire button to destroy 2-3 people within a few shots. I play on maps like minimanq3 now and I see tons of crylink shots being sprayed across the map constantly. On Greatwall reloaded, half of the players use crylinks now.

It's just.....ugh. bleh.

[kozak6]

I have a simple request.

When it is nerfed, don't go overboard.

It seems as though the versions it has been a useful weapon in can be counted on one hand (with fingers left over).

It would be a shame to return it back to its historical roots.

[divVerent]

Have you tried the current one in svn?

It is reduced in the following ways:

- the bounce damage is halved
- the outer three shots fade out after a distance

[ai]

Have you tried the current one in svn?

It is reduced in the following ways:

- the bounce damage is halved
- the outer three shots fade out after a distance

Is that also the setting on your server? Would love to try it out, don't have SVN stuff yet.

[divVerent]

Yes, my server runs with these settings.

[Ronan]

My feelings on the crylink are getting worse as time goes on. If anyone has played with me on Galt's lately, I'm sure you've heard me bitch about it...

interesting, your talking about a 24 slots server with a maplist containing maps not designed for so many players.In these particular conditions, I can understand why the crylink is evil, spamy, a weapon of first choice