Energy sword is literally broken. First of all, it has 100% cleave. It’s lore correct, but it is way too op. Second of all, special attack animation does nothing while you sprint, sword just sort of lags in your hand. But the most annoying thing is the sound. Sometimes, it gets bugged and continues to sound even with other weapon. I just switched to another class and i still hear the weapons sound in ready lobby.
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Power sword is awesome. i dont have an issue with it per se, it being that much stronger than the power hammer though , but thats a problem with the hammer
Veteran would be a lot less fun to play without the Power Sword.
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It is too strong, same as the Bolter is too strong. Generic weaponry is easily outshined by weaponry unlocked on higher levels. Its terrible balance, but that isnt surprising since Fatshark always had problems with balancing their games.
I think the current balance on what’s more powerful is deceptive. The Power Sword can kill a lot of enemies at once, but doing so requires timing, positioning, activating a special and avoiding being interrupted. A few Ogryn weapons can roll through the same targets and wipe them out with less prep and with more stagger. Weapons like the Thunder Hammer may not kill a ton of enemies on a swing, but it will stagger nearly everything in front of you within an attack ark.
Weapons in Darktide need to be looked at in how they synergize and not graded by what kills the most.
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Agreed, but still animations are broken as well as the sound. I like energy sword don’t get me wrong, but it should be more balanced as i don’t need to play any other weapon at this point. Chainsword with bigger power number is worse, devil’s claw with bigger power number is worse. Requiring timing is one as someone mentioneg below this comment is one thing, but killing a whole horde after one good timing is nonesense. @LoveTruffle
tbf ive just spent the last few hours leveling my vet with it… and ok its alittle broken 
while i agree in general, they never had one weapon outclass ALL other options on ALL aspects
Moonbow did outclass every other elf ranged weapon though.
It’s lore accurate that a power sword is stronger then a normal sword. I don’t think it needs a nerf, the other weapons simply need to be brought up a bit. Same with how the lasguns and bolter are quite a bit better then the autoguns.
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I had the sound bug as well once, you have to activate the special few times for it to dissapear. Although it is powerfull, you need to activate it first, which takes time and is not done easily while under attack, either you block or activate special. If you activate it under attack of a horde, you health drops really fast. It kills the basic creeps fast, which does every weapon, they are just cannon fodder, but the number of power attacks is limited until it discharges depending on the strength of the enemy. And it is designed for the armored foes. I think it is well balanced, in my opinion.
It’s already a godlike class that outperforms every other, maybe as a ranged dps you could live with also not having the best melee weapon in the game on top of the rest xD
This is inaccurate. As I’ve said, Ogryn’s can still hit harder, faster and also have an unlimited cleave option.
PLZ don’t chang it i am yet to get one and want to try it out LOL
Lol boltgun isn’t that strong. It does high damage, that’s it. It’s such a clunky inaccurate POS to use I don’t even bother taking it. Being able to swap quickly to something like the Kantrael or Accatran and actually quickly kill the thing you need to is far more valuable. Also the clip size and max ammo on the boltgun is way less. If someone wants to use a specialized weapon like the boltgun, by all means. But I don’t think it’s as ridiculous as you think it is, and I never take it.
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fair but not on frequency, tho that mattered little
Some weapons are better than others. I wonder if we need points system like in the tabletop Warhammer to balance this out.
Boltgun is literally top tier ranged weapon, if you are able to handle it.
It’s a great horde clearer and ok with the special against heavier targets. Reminds me of the greatsword from VT2, though the output against elites and ogryns seems to be lower it is also more mobile.
The chainsword by comparison seemed to be ok against hordes and better against armored elites and ogryns.
It doesn’t exactly melt through armored from what I’ve seen, if it’s considered overpowered in that role there probably needs to be better anti-armored options.
Don’t have maxed or very high-end versions of either presently though.