Love alot of the Elites and specials atm, they add alot of challenge and variety to the gameplay.
However the way flame works currently just seems a bit silly and quite frustrating. If you’re ever caught behind a horde, stuck in a chokepoint etc. And already have a bunch of enemies to deal with, then Flamers and Bombers just ruin you.
Deleting all of your toughness just for dipping your toe in the flame is crazy, and then the added fact that it stuns and slows you down is just the icing on the cake.
I’ve seen a poor soul thrown by a mutant directly into the middle of a fire grenade pool, he basically couldn’t move, lost all his toughness and then swiftly burned to death.
It is a pretty harsh mechanic and i am almost always firmly against nerfs and i will say 95% of the time there is always a way to avoid the flames from bombers and flamers but i wouldnt be against changing it to something else like damage that ignores toughness or ticking like 33% toughness per second of fire rather then instant toughness kill. But right now it kinda is in a decent place. Its that nono zone you absolutely dont want to touch and that makes its pretty unique compared to some other stuff so i wouldnt be against keeping it the same or changing it cus most of the time i wont ever stand in it anyways
I agree I don’t like nerfs either if it can be helped, I played alot of VT2 Cataclysm and really enjoyed the challenge.
However I think being punished that severly for just touching fire is too much, if you happen to be in a horde and you can’t move, or you’re dealing with Maulers Ragers and Crushers simultaneously, sometimes avoiding the fire is near impossible.
Once it takes your toughness off and slows you so you’re a sitting duck, your health will be depleted in seconds. Perhaps something like you have suggested would keep the challenge there, but make it more fun rather than frustrating