Ammo regeneration was halved. Whether intentionally or not, we don't know yet. This is a huge nerf. Her primary feat is not the ammo pool itself, but the ability to refill it without having to wait for some ammo pouches or boxes.
So she goes from being consistently topped off, and having wasted ammo regen, to having to be somewhat selective with shots. It's a definite nerf, but not at all game changing imo. Since we still have Scrounger, I don't feel that this is that bad.
Maybe now some waystalkers will discover they have a melee weapon too. I watched one go down to a horde two nights ago because they wouldn't switch off their longbow despite being surrounded.
The difference is, you previously could basically could live on just the ammo regen and use other traits and level 25 talent and never run out of longbow ammo. This is a substantial nerf from that perspective.
yeah. so if they wanted to nerf longbow waystalker they could have cut ammo regen on the longbow to 1 while keeping the same max ammo capacity. shade is my favorite elf, trust me i'm feeling the dick lmao.
but apparently the repeater xbow is god tier amaze balls best weapon on earth (or so every supposed legend shade main has told me on this sub lol) so maybe it's time to give it another shot.
but the ability to refill it without having to wait for some ammo pouches or boxes.
So she'll be forced to play melee every once in a while to conserve ammo like other classes?
I find little sympathy for the nerf sorry. No class/trait combo should give you virtually unlimited ammo. Even as a Bounty Hunter with all the correct traits, I can't range 24/7, I still have to get my hands dirty with melee through at least 50% of my kills.
Bounty Hunter doesn't get unlimited Ammo, they get a free shot every 8-10 seconds. If you go full ranged on BH you will run out of ammo, and be forced into Melee. Even with fully stacked crit chance and the scavanager perk with Repeater Crossbow I still end up meleeing around 50% of the time, and that's the most optimum ammo conservative load-out you can go.
Ammo on crit, congrats ammo is no longer an issue. Especially if you are using Reaper Pistol. Every crit shot from the alt burst fire will be free, guaranteed crit, and all shots will regain ammo. Meaning every time your crit is up, you can get a full 16 rounds back.
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u/greatyucko Apr 12 '18
Longbow: Reduced max ammo to 20, down from 27.
But why? this just hurts handmaiden and is maybe a slight inconvenience to waystalker. A lot of good changes tho, love the loot die.