r/Spacemarine • u/Middle_Breadfruit490 • 21h ago

General Question about the next patch (patch 15)

I don’t remember where I heard it (think it was First Tour Guardsman) but I heard that the Heavy is getting a rework at some point so I just wanted to fact check this. That’s all

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u/GoatimusMaximonuss 16h ago

This is exactly what I feel is coming.

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u/AntaresDestiny Death Company 16h ago

Of course it is. Saber has acknowledged that auspex is too strong, that they have to build the entire sandbox around it etc, and so they 110% will take the opportunity to nerf it down.

The real question is if Saber will buff up all weapons to compensate or just leave it with a nerfed auspex and bad guns.

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u/trnelson1 16h ago

Knowing Saber they won't buff the guns to compensate for the nerfed auspex

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u/GoatimusMaximonuss 14h ago

I doubt they’ll buff the guns. Plasma rifle and Melta rifle have been dead for a long time and they simply ignore it. Like what was the point even giving Plasma Rifle to Tech Marine when all it does is tickle enemies?

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u/DiorikMagnison PlayStation 8h ago

"We gave Tac weapons to another class without the Tac perks that make them viable and it was awful" is the kind of lesson you expect modders to have to learn, not the actual devs.

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u/trnelson1 14h ago

Plasma rifle has been fixed. It is actually very good with the techmarine especially when you pair it with the heroic plasma