How do flamethrowers work?

helios345 · Post by **helios345** » 14 May 2015, 23:03

For whatever reason the flamethrowers seem to do no damage. Like I set some areas on fire and I walk through it and literally no damage is done. Does this only apply to marines or to aliens too?

Ghostdex · Post by **Ghostdex** » 14 May 2015, 23:07

Someone great once told me to blame apop for this

HalfdeadKiller · Post by **HalfdeadKiller** » 15 May 2015, 00:58

From what I heard from Abbysynth I think, (Do not quote me on this) flamethrowers basically heat the tile the flame is on up, and that means that aliens or marines will have to stand on said tile to take damage. Aliens tend to respond quickly to fire and won't stay in the fire, so it is near useless.

However, I think we are getting a new flamethrower worked on, so have patience and give it time.

Abbysynth · Post by **Abbysynth** » 16 May 2015, 09:05

Yar: the old flamethrowers used to squirt out a bit of plasma, then heat up that tile a little bit to make fire. It was really bad especially with our REALLY bad atmos code. I rewrote them to not even use atmos at all - they do initial damage if something is directly caught in the beam when you first fire it, and then anything in the flames takes damage over time only while the fire exists. It also roasts stuff like huggers and weeds.

And yes, I'm aware the initial damage is a WEE BIT too high, expect some balance nerfs pretty soon, it was kinda meant for clearing weeds and hives, not incinerating everyone in sight. But hey, at least it's not useless now!

Juninho77 · Post by **Juninho77** » 16 May 2015, 10:03

I agree with Abby. If you're trying to use a flamethrower as a killing machine, you're doing it wrong. It's meant to clear way for the guys with the guns.

Code_Loaded · Post by **Code_Loaded** » 16 May 2015, 11:48

The flamethrower is pretty nice now. I like the changes to it. Though, I agree that the initial damage is too high, need to tone it down a bit before everyone starts to beat eachother up for the flamethrower

Dolth · Post by **Dolth** » 16 May 2015, 17:10

50 plasma per shoot is the lowest, 2 shot and it crit/kills any t1 aliens, never tried on t2 but I guess they'll crit, then die from time damage. I was told with 100, it litterally OS'ed the runners. I am not going to imagine what happen if you find the plasma cannister... And shoot 200 or more. I mean... Instakill the queen with 500 ? XD.

Sargeantmuffinman · Post by **Sargeantmuffinman** » 17 May 2015, 09:39

It works now so.....IT BURNS SHIT TO THE GROUND.

mosshadow · Post by **mosshadow** » 17 May 2015, 17:47

I like the new flamethrowers even though I am an alien player. They have very little ammo though which balances the damage

Maurelius · Post by **Maurelius** » 25 May 2015, 11:20

It releases just a bit of plasma.

Abbysynth · Post by **Abbysynth** » 25 May 2015, 11:53

Maurelius wrote:It releases just a bit of plasma.

That's not how they work any more.

Davidchan · Post by **Davidchan** » 25 May 2015, 12:47

mosshadow wrote:I like the new flamethrowers even though I am an alien player. They have very little ammo though which balances the damage

Not entirely true. There is one plasma tank in engineering that can be used to top off the tanks. And at least 30 Plasma tanks on the Nostromo alone with 303kpa. And, if you know what you're doing in atmos, you can fill more tanks.

I've been trying to test if superchilled plasma (70k) plasma does more damage than room temperature, as it would yield more moles of plasma per kpa. But, Atmos only has one freezer so it's difficult to do without marines holding atmos and protecting the APC.

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