Twist Speaks Out: Lasher

[Sandman]

yes.

[WritheNC]

I think he said he's unhappy when he has a sweeper going against a VS with a lasher, but he's happy when he goes up against a VS with lasher when he has a cycler.

[Smaug]

Heh sorry if I'm posting this shit when someone already has cuz I don't have time to read this whole post. But I was playing on emerald a few days ago and I see twist put out a GM message that says: "OMG N3RF TEH LASHER!!!!" It was the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

[Sandman]

I saw this one picture that had a GM broadcasting a message from the terran to the NC saying "You are screwed. That is all."

[Hamma]

Yea, that was back in beta

[gonnagetyou]

The Lasher is a great weapon now. Good for clearing hallways and all sorts of close in fighting. I started playing the other two factions just to see if it was too powerful and my conclusion is that it could use some adjustment to it's anti-armor capabilities, but against infantry it feels right.

I had fun with the Lasher for about a week, but I found it less than ideal for most situations and have unlearned it and gone back to my Special Assault and the lovable Thumper. I really missed the indirect fire capabilities of the Thumper and actually got less kills with the Lasher.

A lot of people got Disco fever and jumped on the Lasher band wagon just to test out it's capabilities and it of course unbalanced the game for awhile. Just like when everyone jumped over to the NC to play with the Jackhammer.

I may pick the Lasher cert back up at some point because it was good in some situations. Until then, Special Assault gives me more flexability for my style of play.

[Yogi]

Originally posted by Eliaas_Demens
Yes indeed it is. Twist's tests are only being done due to the unrelenting whining coming from folks such as yourself. And judging by Twist's post, he dosen't seem too blown away by the Lasher's effectiveness. You've just been given a bigass pacifier.

He needs to play against the Lasher from all perspectives.

In a vehicle, in a MAX, as infantry, etc.

Lashers are incredibly strong now against armor, and even more so because they can switch ammo types in a split second.

[Eliaas_Demens]

Lashers are incredibly strong now against armor, and even more so because they can switch ammo types in a split second.

Uhm... Lashers don't have AP mode. The patch only increased the lash radius, and the rate of fire right? Meaning Lashers still do 30 damage against all targets.

[Sandman]

what do u mean in mere seconds, lasher doesnt have to change ammo at all. they dont have a secondary fire mode like the pulsar. The lasher is anti-MAX and Anti-Grunt with out the need to change ammo or firing mode.

*EDIT* damn you beat me to it eliaas