It's great that the Striker got needed buffs so quickly, but why is the Spiker still unusable?

Shooting under the tank? That's 100% failure to aim from the TR and NC. Pure and simple. Why?
The silhouette of the Mag remained the same. And that's all that -really- matters.
As for why they did reduce it? Probably to increase the relevance of terrain obstacles for the Mag.
Although it also meant the Mag could hide behind things it couldn't hide behind in the past. So I'm not complaining.

Sadly. However, it USED to be ES. That only went up as an update, because it was classified as ancient technology and not specifically VS use only. If it could be released as our new pistol, those who want a stupid burst would completely change their minds.

One thing at a time. They will get to the Spiker over the month of October and fix it to make it more usable. Probably some QoL and DPS adjustments. Maybe even passive charge, who knows.

wasnt there also an issue with mines?

http://ps2oraclestats.com/?stat=kph&weapon1=301201&weapon2=301101&weapon3=7414
....NO...
http://ps2oraclestats.com/?stat=avgbr&weapon1=301201&weapon2=301101&weapon3=7414
Spiker has a higher BR group using it as well, indicating that its acutal performance is worse.

Well, https://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/balance-or-not.203736/

Q4 Maurader is performing better than PPA.

you should read Colonelshingles' post on your thread, he is right you know....

Because VS are supposed to use NS pistols.

Well, you should read the other posts. Besides, he did say that my Prowler assumptions were correct.

Might have been.

It's been a long time since these particular mag nerfs. Some of the details aren't as clear as they used to be.

You should not be so upset, This is the worst I've ever seen that BUFF . this is not Rocket launching !

yeah thats why i always am wary whenever people bring up the nerfs that happened, most of them didnt change that much.....except for the magburner nerf.....but we were tired of swagriders being on top of scarred mesa skydock

They also changed how the physics in the game work.

But yeah, magburner. Would it really be broken if they buffed it's duration?

The sad fact is they have a SMALL development team and they do what they can.

The striker was on the PTS for a month ! who ever coded the striker has never even played this game.

This game has a year left before its goes to maintenance mode and forgotten about its never going to be
a money maker for SOE, they will move on to the next big idea.

i think they nerfed its intensity.........it wouldnt be horrible, but it should be omnidirectional considering the swagrider's disadvantage of always having to face forwards.


it could work but idk....

Isn't it a VS Faction trait, completely useless pistols?

the duration was nerfed and they removed its ability to work on any slopes. so mag burning on a hill just wastes the burn with zero additional speed.
at the same time they hit the hover heigh AND the length (think of the mag as having invisible wheels under it) this made it harder for the mag to climb in a ton of ways.

the Mag got about a dozen nerfs in 2-3 patchs and has been garbage ever since (it plays like a slightly more armored but slower harasser)

Gives more money.

You can forget that ever happening. You have camo's that you can unlock to make you just as dark as any VS camo. Hell, You can even auraxium five exceptional weapons and get the solid black camo. Till they get rid of ALL the dark colored camos for ALL sides. VS will not be touched.