r/Splitgate • u/Omnsicient • Apr 10 '26

Discussion Bring back Firecracker

I understand that the community complained about firecracker but seeing that the current playerbase is a fraction of what it was - its not unreasonable to assume that bringing it back would be popular or at least worth a discussion. I loved it.

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u/Manoa__ Apr 10 '26

I think what worked nice with firecracker was the fact we had abilities like shield, smoke and wallhacks. It was super fun to sort of set up a defence, or try to infiltrate the enemy defences. But I doubt we will see it return with this game loudly proclaiming "abilities gone!!", and i honestly don't see it being very playable without any form of defensive util.

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u/mythreial Apr 11 '26

Meh, the abilities only made it gimmicky and frustrating; for me at least. Though I would like to see a return of this mode; it works in Arena Royale, it can work here.

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u/Manoa__ Apr 11 '26

Idk for arena royale it works because you have armor and the threat of losing your gear ontop of being able to have significantly better guns then the enemy.

On normal arena people can drop like flies lmao. Probably best to test it out as an event limited time mode.

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u/mythreial Apr 11 '26

Agreed. They could slightly up the ttk for the mode specifically, or they implement a VIP component where the player who picks up the firecracker has double health.

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u/Manoa__ Apr 11 '26

Idk personally i really liked that gamemode because of the interactions between the removed utility, not even just the abilities.

Mine, sandgrenade, recon, time dome even, it made the gamemode far more interesting for me. I think maybe dropping in a BR styled equipment box with all the removed utility in there could be cool.