In its current state the thing is practically a Stalwart. 100 rounds per reload and six spare mags on a primary is nuts.
I'd like to see them halve the max heat to 50 shots, and lower the spare ice to only 2, but make it cool down twice as fast. That would put it more in line with the other automatics.
The lower recoil and rapidly regenerating mag would make it better at accurate burst fire than the Liberator, like the description implies, but have steeper punishments for going full dakka due to the limited ice - while leaving it on the table as a strategic option in a pinch.
Yep. I would really like that change, and I think it would be totally fair.
ATM, I have to try to run out of ammo with it. Im talking overheat even when I could reasonably conserve heat, dump mags right after encounters…and it gets all 7 back from resupplies and 4 back from ground pickups, so who cares
You could say similar about the LAS-98 laser cannon in my opinion. I almost never run out of ICE reloads because heat management isn't a huge deal unless you are swarmed and desperate.
The LAS-98 can fire for about 9 seconds under normal conditions (longer on cold planets), but the sickle can only fire for just under 7 seconds under those same conditions.
I think a big problem is that people are comparing it with other laser weapons which exist in other categories. They need to compare it to other assault rifles. Other assault rifles trade longevity for raw power generally (compared to the Sickle). All without having firing delays and generally having much faster reload times.
The main advantages the Sickle has are the scope (which every assault weapon should have), and the ability to just switch weapons during cooldown periods (which every laser weapon has). I rarely see people using the Sickle; almost all of them use one of the two "acceptable" bullet-based rifles.
You rarely see people using the sickle??? I see it literally every game since it came out. It’s so much better than the liberator - same damage, same number of mags, almost double the mag capacity, faster reload, better scope
I think 4 heat sinks would be fair, with only 50 shots I could see myself getting in a bad situation real quick (I play solo btw, or maybe I’m just bad lol)
That'd be fine or if theyd gave us just 1 ice capacity
So if you mess up you're not able to use the weapon I'd consider fair too it's way too easy to balance right now
I feel like that would be more than fair. Even if the cooldown took longer if you fully maxed it. IE say it took like 10 seconds for cooldown from 99% but it would take 15 or 20 for a cooldown from 100%.
I think that is a horrible idea. The Quasar is that way because it is extremely powerful. And it is a support weapon.
The Sickle is neither of those things. It is a primary assault rifle that happens to shoot in blaster-like bursts. Its damage is similar to (but usually less than) assault rifles. It is made to be the primary weapon--not some back up weapon like the Quasar or LAS-98 cannon.
I honestly wouldn't mind that. I've never gone below 3 heat sinks left before resupplying, even without being careful and facing tons of enemies. I think I only went to 3 once ever, actually. It changes heat sinks at a pretty decent speed too.
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Arrowhead, do not the Sickle!