Stickjock, on 14 December 2012 - 07:59 AM, said:
They're working on them even now... think from the beginning they've not been effective at all so hopefully they'll get to the point where they are a viable weapon... just have to wait and be patient...
Mmmm....no, in the beginning they WERE effective sir. I know, cause i was playing at the time... the multiple flamer builds punished Energy builds, but those of us who built correctly pretty much were able to ignore them nearly completely.
They were nerfed because of a vocal minority.... The only thing that needed to change was the damage they did...the heat they imparted was completely fine. It was the only form of "CC" in the game, and it wasnt even that since it only worked on one target at a time.
TLDR: Flamers should do heat damage only, but it should be quite noticeable and have diminishing returns based on the amount of flamers you are shooting at once.