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Justice! 

But, pre-buff, it was quite literally one of the worst drones in the entire game? Of all my time spent in top ranks, I can't recall a single opponent who used Swoop. Damage to weight ratio is a poor choice of comparison for meta items as it often times inaccurately represents how well an item actually preforms.
 
Right now I don't see too big of a problem with Swoop. It is much stronger now, yes. However it still requires energy, and has pathetically low damage output. I suggest waiting for the proverbial dust to settle on this one. Give it a few weeks, and check to see if energy has developed a way to exploit Swoop's en cost. Otherwise I agree that a very small nerf might be in order. I don't have one myself, but I don't think we should jump straight to "nerf it to hell" immediately. It is a premium item after all, it's supposed to be good. 

But, pre-buff, it was quite literally one of the worst drones in the entire game? Of all my time spent in top ranks, I can't recall a single opponent who used Swoop. Damage to weight ratio is a poor choice of comparison for meta items as it often times inaccurately represents how well an item actually preforms.
 
Right now I don't see too big of a problem with Swoop. It is much stronger now, yes. However it still requires energy, and has pathetically low damage output. I suggest waiting for the proverbial dust to settle on this one. Give it a few weeks, and check to see if energy has developed a way to exploit Swoop's en cost. Otherwise I agree that a very small nerf might be in order. I don't have one myself, but I don't think we should jump straight to "nerf it to hell" immediately. It is a premium item after all, it's supposed to be good. 

Target of this update is to rebalance (or to start to) the arena.
Physical builds, to face a properly built swoop based mech will have to sacrify HP,  so will become weaker to elec mechs and to energy free heat mechs (that are dmg based).
Energy free heat builds, to face properly swoop based, will have to pump up their gameplay and manual coolings instead of just spaming magmas and showers. Players choosing to use swoop on those will be very weak to elec mechs.
Most efficient builds using swoop coordinate with energy dependant weaponery and are fairly weak against electrical mechs.
All in all this sounds like balance. Time will tell if swoop needs a nerf, its just been 3 days.
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Exactly what we needed! No doubt that everyone will be happy with this!

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