C4

I know this is a necro but I did find amusing information on dasanfall about how there's over 30k people using C4 compared to 14k users of the gauss saw, orion and carv LMGs that you get by default.

So not everyone has C4, but a good 2/3rds of the entire playerbase does. So that 100 bricks I was talking about was more like 66.
Which is still a ****ton.

What site is this from?

C4 could simply be limited to a specialist class, such as the engineer. Not every soldier on the battlefield should be a demolitions expert. And light assaults have grenade rifles now so they shouldn't complain about it.

Another idea I have is make C4 into a deployable. We keep the high damage on the C4 but it's no longer used in fast pace combat but instead is a tool used in certain situations. For example, flanking behind enemy lines to take out some AV/AA turrets on a base, or setting up a trap on a bridge. 1-2 second deploy time, get out of the way then detonate. No more just throwing bricks of C4 around and through doorways or over walls in the heat of battle for cheap and easy kills.

Everyone knows it was overkill against the MAX. But now it's also against Sunderers with the inclusion of Grenade Rifles. A single light assault can take out a deployed sunderer with some C4 followed by 1-2 bursts from a grenade rifle. This combination with the jetpack is far too potent. And it's very predictable but difficult to counter such a small target that can cause so much damage by themselves..

I play mostly MAX, Heavy, and Engineer. If I wanted to take on an enemy sunderer, I will take my heavy and position myself at the rear of a sunderer and hit it as hard and fast as I can with my rocket launcher. It takes me up to 60 seconds, and at least half a dozen rockets to do the job. This I feel is balanced, because it allows enough time for the sunderer and defenders to react. This is how I do the job ever since Beta.. and I won't change it. And I believe it's how it should be.

drakortha! this is exactly how i feel and play too! i love these ideas of making c4 a deployable or making it a class specialist. i agree and support with everything you said

Question: why exactly they have removed trigger delay from C4? (1-2 years ago? can't remember).
It used to be fine. As a target you had a slight chance to react.
Removing delay was a huge buff to C4, couldn't really understand this change.

Now as a MAX or in a tank once you see a C4 being thrown at you it's already too late.

I know it's cheese and some people's reason to log in at all, but it's OP as fk in current state.
I'm seriousely suprised noone talks about it. Ridiculous.

#add 0.5s trigger delay to c4.

lol, you need C4 to get your kills. lol.