Idea for grappling hook buff

[Wombat]

I feel like grappling hooks need a large buff, since their damage is vastly outclassed by the superb charge engine.
This is a bit weird since these are both top-tier items with about the same rarity, and yet the charge is much more powerful

 

I think we should give the grappling hooks a high resistance drain value of about 15-20 (max mythical)  to compensate for the minimal damage, it's a bit more creative than just a flat damage increase

Edited February 11, 2021 by Wombat (see edit history)

[SawzAll]

I think their rarity is just because they are more powerful than a normal grappling hook.  In terms of the laws of physics and game mechanics, I don't think grappling hooks should be that powerful in the first place.

[Shoultz262]

Only reason why superb charge has so much dmg is that the old devs wanted it to. That doesn't mean that all the other utilities needs the same dmg as it. That'll be unbelievably broken. The solution is to nerf superb charge, not buff other specials which don't need a buff.

[W.H.I.T.E.O.U.T]

Grappling Hooks aren't used for damage but rather, their only purpose is to pull opponents into 1 range from any distance. That's why it doesn't matter as to which rarity of grappling hook that you use.

Unless you want Superb Charge Engine users to have a Spartan Grappler, it's probably for the best that they stay the way that they are.