Some weeks ago I noticed something that was a little odd among the e-m hybrid cannons, Hot Flash and Flaminator.
Stats of Hot Flash: And the stats of Flaminator:
Nothing out of the ordinary, right?
Atleast, that's what you would think
If you compare these weapons to the non-premium top weapon drainers/boilers then you will notice something odd..
Hysteria's stats: Savagery's stats:
The thing that worries me is the energy drain of Hot Flash. If you compare Savegery and Flaminator you will see that Flaminator has 16 less heat damage per shot.
If you do the same for Hot Flash and Hysteria you will see that Hot Flash has 18 more drain, which actually is ~20 more because the stats on WU are a little bit off.
It's the same thing for comparing Malice Beam with Hot Flash and comparing Corrupt Light with Flaminator. Hot Flash has ~25 more drain while Flaminator has the same heat damage as Corrupt Light.
Top weapons should be better than side weapons in general. This has been so for the past 8 years.
And that brings me to my conclusion that Hot Flash needs a nerf to bring the energy damage back to a logical number compared to it's counterpart and compared to the other energy side weapons.
I think if you would bring the energy damage back to ~140 the stats of the weapon will be logical again, and it would be more balanced.
Cheers,
Zylok