Current arsenal of Hive is flawed and require some changes , so here is some ideas to make her guns better.
Lets start from current stats , my forge will be at the end.
Stats:
MM6-6C:
Current DMG:
Leech: Normal 28 , Crit 112.
Projectile: Normal 9 , Crit 36.
Curently weakest Hive weapon , completely useless at range while having mediocre leech dmg , superior only in slight crit dmg from leech but crits very rare. Outshined by all her other weapons in utility.
Shy:
Current DMG:
Leech: Normal 29 , Crit: 70.
Projectile: Normal 31 , Crit: 76.
Sniper rifle(DMR) with no projectile dmg , combine both very slow fire rate and dmg and you have very extremlely poor DPS. Decent leech dmg. Protective bubble is unreliable , sometimes it saves and sometimes its not.
Basically semi auto MM-6C with better projectile dmg , less crit dmg from leech and protective bubble.
Plague:
Current DMG:
Leech: Normal 20 , Crit: 42.
Projectile: Normal 24 , Crit: 53.
Very subpar in both leech and projectile dmg , infection through object is very niche quirk,useful most of time to keep enemies stressed and possibly stop regen(impregnating with other weapons are easy,except MM-6C due limited projectile range,slow speed,poor accuracy). Extremely annoying and hated by community alt.mode(AKA fart mode),useful only PVP. Overall most controversial gun.
CHANGES:
MM-6C:
Short leech range (4-5m).
New DMG:
Leech: Normal 40-50 , Crit 150.
Projectile: Normal 1 , Crit 10.
Highly aggressive weapon with high damage output up close but useless in range combat , need DMG buff to be more viable and competitive choice.
Shy:
Long leech range (8m).
New DMG:
Leech: Normal 10-15 , Crit 35-40.
Projectile: Normal 60-70 , Crit 150-160.
More safe and range oriented weapon , highest projectile DMG but weakest leech DMG but with good leech range.
Plague:
Hybrid of MM-6C and Shy , jack of all trades weapon.
Moderate leech range (6-7m)
Reworked fire modes:
Normal fire mode: Full auto assault rifle , simmilar to MM-5B.
Clip: 20-30.
Fire rate: Simillar to MM-5B.
Spread: Simillar to MM-5B , require short bursts to be precise at longer ranges.
Alt. fire mode: Use all ammo in clip to fire one powerful projectile what deal 50 dmg with direct hit , explosion from it create cone of mist what penetrate scenery and enemies , possibly infecting them.
DMG:
Leech: Normal 30 , Crit 90.
Projectile: Normal 20 , Crit 40.
Alt. Projectile: Normal 50 , wont crit
Raceme:
Balanced weapon , not needed any changes.
Wasp:
Need alt. fire mode , with first you charge her(leech mode) and with second (you need to switch manually to use it) use fully charged mode(shotgun mode).
Some sort of buff for Antag Hive , right now Wasp is worst weapon for it.
Maybe ability to leech fellow AI but it will kill them.
In the end we have:
Two weapons for aggresive playstyle (MM-6C and Wasp)
Two weapons for defensive playstyle (Raceme and Shy)
One jack of all trades weapon (Plague).
My current forge stats:
MM-6c:
Caliber-15
Lethal-15
Effective-7
Shy:
Caliber-15
Lethal-7
Effective-15
Wasp:
Caliber-15
Automatic-7
Lethal-15
Plague:
Caliber-15
Arsenal-7
Effective-15
