Did the embolist always fired like this?

[Fallen_Echo]

So my problem is as far as i know the embolist always worked as a "flamethrower" weapon. Creating a cone based aoe to hit multiple targets.

Now after some testing i accidentally found out that this is not true at all.

Embolist creates a simple infinite enemy punchtrough beam and a starter aoe only.

 

This is how the shots look like, just like a flamethrower covering a fair area.

 

Shooting between this dudes legs doesnt effect him at all, he only got hit by the starter aoe what deals only 10% damage due to ramp up.

 

Same deal here, im literally only a milimeter higher than his backpack. After the initial aoe shot the beam deals no damage to him unless i move the cursor directly at them.

 

Was this always the case or this is just another bug?

 

[FrostedMike]

The Embolist, alongside other beam weapons, got reworked.

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Embolist

• Mastery Rank 9
• Fire Rate 8
• Damage 35 Toxin
• Status Chance 41%
• Critical Chance 3%
• Reload 1.3secs
• 9m Range from 6m
• 1m Radius at beam end point
• .5 Ammo requirement
• Aimed Zoom reduced from 2.23x to 1.1x

 

[Fallen_Echo]

24 minutes ago, FrostedMike said:

The Embolist, alongside other beam weapons, got reworked.

 

Yeah i found that too, made some calculations and apparently to hit the grineer i was targeting the beam cannot be further than him from 40cm in both pics.

I guess magnum force is a must now if i want to use it as a "flamethrower" and not as a precision bug spray.