It is now the most annoying weapon on the server, all thanks to last update.

It will stun any hale with the M2 shot, it never misses, has a medium range to hit, builds low rage, costs 15 metal to shot and you can pick ammo while it's being used.

This means engies now can just run into the hale spamming M2, staying behind the group while they do the damage until the rage comes. Or just stay near ammo packs/dispenser and get ammo while their sentry is doing the job.

Hales with teleport rage, no stunning rage and short stun range will be killed most of the time because of it. Only heavy hales can counter this, as they somehow can still hit while they are stunned.

I suggest the weapon to:

- Consume 50 metal from secondary shot. Small ammo packs can be found on all the maps (40 metal) and level 3 dispensers give 60 metal, while the M2 shot consumes only 15. That way can prevent SC spam.

- Build rage on hit. Just like airblasts do, maybe a 20%.

- Unable to pick up metal if it's being used. You can just run around ammo packs or dispenser until hales have their rage ready.

- Remove the M2 shot. This gun could already stun hales with M1, but was a risky option. Now it's a gift.

- An easy one, be banned. There is no other use for this gun on FF2, just for stunning hales. Now it's being used by a lot of engie players because: 15 metal, 100% stun, pick metal, repeat.


I'm surprised no one said a thing about this weapon...

Heh, despite abusing this. It deserves a big nerf.

I´d also say it should be brought back but nerfed like Neun explained it.
Totally taking it away makes no sense, compare it to the Phlog, Uberspam or Airblast and it does not look that OP anymore, just let it increase the Rage lets say 10 or even 15% and its fine like it is.

Or to make things easy for everyone, disable stunning for bosses.

Disabling the stun sounds good too, but then it really will be useless. The old SC was good in my opinion.