• Arial Ineffectiveness

    Oct/24/2022

    I really notice the Arial nerfs when using Travellers Chosen on my Dawnblade. It used to shred. But now anytime I get the drop on someone I pray to the rng gods that I land shots.

    So here’s a good example of what I am talking about when it comes to Arial Effectiveness. I am using Malfeasance which has an AE in the 60s. I am also wearing the wings that supposedly increase AE by a good amount. Watch the end of the clip where the titan tanks 2 glaive shots, then takes no damage at all from a whole Malfeasance clip. I do miss my first shot, but those last four or five are ridiculous that they don’t even land.

    https://stadia.google.com/capture/0b8e0f23-3516-4e48-b4d0-0e0ef1f73bbd

    The only way I can explain what happened there was lag.

    And this one shows that you can’t stand on a window sill, they aren’t really there, but they sure as hell block shots. Because if it wasn’t the sill that lost me this duel, then once again they have gone way too far with the AE nerf.

    https://stadia.google.com/capture/f748515c-6fa7-4298-b917-b2d602360eb0

    I’ve got some surprising news from the Crucible for Paul Tassi:

    1. Queenbreaker does not suck and does not need a buff.
    2. You just need to try it out, and see what it does. It has changed recently, and it is kinda cool
      When you pick up heavy you now get 6 shots.
    3. And if a hit lands and doesn’t kill(eg you body them from the hip) then they are blinded

    I did a bunch with it last night and had a lot of fun and went on some funny runs, but I have to admit that the aim assist on it really feels intentionally over nerfed probably because of Gambit back in the day. If Queenbreaker deserves that much AA nerfing, then maybe Arbelest and Lorentz deserve the same treatment. It feels odd that a heavy should be crippled that much.

    But AA issues aside it is still a good pick. You can always get your 1 rocket kill or whatever, but I feel like I can get a lot more accomplished with the 6 shots it gives you. Forerunner didn’t actually change with the balance patch. Mercules pointed out that under the hood it is actually a 180 hand Cannon archetype. So I think people are just running it because they are hearing sidearms are great right now.

    But that being said, Forerunner has always been good.