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>>outperforms all other guns by huge margin
>plasma vets in aurics are doing absolutely nothing while I one-tap everything with the boltgun before they can even finish charging their primary fire
I'm only willing to accept that claim if you're talking exclusively havoc, and havoc is an inherently unbalanced and unfair mode that demands specific mechanics to be used, and skews balance in a weird way. For example, flamer is absolutely miserable to use in anything easier than high-intensity aurics, and even there the enemy density isn't usually enough to justify using such a clunky weapon. Then suddenly it becomes insanely broken in high havoc.
The average retard that keeps bitching about plasma can't even use the weapon to any effect whatsoever. I literally never see it used well. Is this a server specific thing where euros simply haven't caught on to the supposed plasma meta?

I do agree that plasma SHOULD receive minor nerfs, especially if that means making the secondary fire the focus, because the primary fire is unfun to use, but I also think the issue is massively blown out of proportion, and it's actually havoc that's at the root of the problem.