Varun nerf - how about banning macro players instead?

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The devs made a weapon that rewards macro play, after the Helios fiasco they should have learned the lesson, but no.

I dont think a discussion on if most players use macro with it has any meaning, since its the design fault to begin with.

The game has plenty of weapons that require skill without encouraging cheating.

Varun must be changed and a similar weapon shouldnt again be released, plain and simple.

Humans and gamers cheat already more than enough, we dont need mechanics that encouradge it even further.

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I’ll try to explain myself one last time, as it seems some of you are missing my point.

  1. yes, players use macros with this and other weapons
  2. yes, macros make it easier to maintain the perk
  3. using a macro with this particular weapon sacrifices accuracy for a mild DPS boost.
  4. the DPS increase isn’t significant enough to make up for the accuracy loss.

I don’t know how many players are using macros to play Varuns, but I don’t care because I do not believe it gives them a significant advantage, beyond less finger fatigue.
Should macro users be banned when detected? Yes, as it’s cheating, even in circumstances where it doesn’t give a huge advantage.

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It’s part of that “Master Race” skill :wink: lol

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To be fair, 5yo me had one of these turbo controllers on SNES to autofire in U.N. Squadron/Area 88 without needing to press again every 2 seconds or so…

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I really don’t see macroing varun as an issue. People said the same crap about Helios. My Helios timing was damn near perfect when it was manual clicks for each shot. This is a non issue.

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