An Idea to Deal With Self-Damage

[SuperXtreme500]

There can be a white bar under health or near the ammo of the explosive weapon called "protection" that constantly and quickly regenerates.

If you shoot yourself it takes a chunk out of the bar, though how much could depend on what weapon you're using. The amount taken off the bar is also static, so increasing or decreasing damage won't affect it.

If you completely deplete the bar then you can take self-damage, and you have to wait a couple seconds for the bar to go all the way back up. Maybe getting multikills with your weapon can restore a chunk as a reward for performing well with that explosive weapon?

I'm late to this whole "self-damage is bad" crowd, but since I am it feels like DE will never remove it considering that they haven't by now. Although I'd prefer them to just full on remove self-damage this would be an alternative (or something similar) that I wouldn't mind as much if they never did.

[Hawk_of_the_Reborn]

No.

I want more self-damage.

If I'm not punished for using a powerful weapon improperly, then remove that weapon from my menu, I demand to never know it exists

[SuperXtreme500]

1 hour ago, Hawk_of_the_Reborn said:

No.

I want more self-damage.

If I'm not punished for using a powerful weapon improperly, then remove that weapon from my menu, I demand to never know it exists

You forgot a /s at the end of it.

[Hawk_of_the_Reborn]

1 minute ago, SuperXtreme500 said:

You forgot a /s at the end of it.

I'm being serious.

[SuperXtreme500]

1 minute ago, Hawk_of_the_Reborn said:

I'm being serious.

I don't understand how you could want more self-damage when they can OHK you, and it's pointless to use an explosive weapon where there are others that do that job better without the horrible self-damage drawback. Most of everyone agrees that self-damage is terrible and if I'm being punished for using a "powerful" (they really aren't) weapon improperly, I'll just use the versions that do the same thing but better. 

[Hawk_of_the_Reborn]

4 minutes ago, SuperXtreme500 said:

I don't understand how you could want more self-damage when they can OHK you, and it's pointless to use an explosive weapon where there are others that do that job better without the horrible self-damage drawback. Most of everyone agrees that self-damage is terrible and if I'm being punished for using a "powerful" (they really aren't) weapon improperly, I'll just use the versions that do the same thing but better. 

Because it makes me play better. 

I find it stupid that I can map-wipe by just literally facerolling the keyboard like a blindfolded troglodyte instead of being "forced" to play better and smarter. 

[SuperXtreme500]

11 minutes ago, Hawk_of_the_Reborn said:

Because it makes me play better. 

I find it stupid that I can map-wipe by just literally facerolling the keyboard like a blindfolded troglodyte instead of being "forced" to play better and smarter. 

Okay but that's just you, and this game isn't exactly known for your skill to be able to play it. I mean it's not like you see everyone running around with the Staticor, besides it's mostly warframes like Saryn that just nuke and map-wipe like you said but on a much larger scale compared to explosive weapons.

How exactly is it even going to make you play better? Shoot a lot slower and restrained whereas you could be shredding them with any other weapon, and if you don't your penalty is instant death? This is terrible balancing and there's a reason nobody uses weapons like that.

Edited August 8, 2019 by SuperXtreme500

[Hawk_of_the_Reborn]

5 minutes ago, SuperXtreme500 said:

nobody uses weapons like that.

Not anymore since DE practically removed all self-damage from the entire game by now.

I used to love being punished for improperly using weapons like the penta. 

Now I can just faceblast on myself and have no repercussion for it, it sucks.