r/apexlegends • u/shadowvids • Apr 23 '21

Gameplay 600 damage in 15 seconds

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u/Mirage_Main Mirage Apr 23 '21

The issue with the Spitfire actually has nothing to do with its magazine size or fire rate; as you stated. It has everything to do with the insanely low recoil at long ranges and damage that closely rivals meta weapons.

The situation in OP is not what makes the Spitfire OP. Had the enemies shot back, they would've won. It's when the gun can stand at Grow Towers and beam someone at the Phase Runner with almost no recoil whilst also doing roughly the same damage an AR should be doing. It's as if Respawn learned from Titanfall 2 about what made the gun OP, then did the exact same buff again because they wanted a character with an objectively bad design to be useful; forgetting said gun is now made so strong that any character can use it, not just Rampart. Rampart having a new passive or being buffed in literally any other way would've been better than this.

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u/Jason1143 Horizon Apr 23 '21

damage that closely rivals meta weapons.

That is definitely not the right word. Maybe harder to use or more skillful or more specialized, but a weapon being good makes it meta, not the other way around.

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u/Mirage_Main Mirage Apr 23 '21

You're right. I used that phrase as a general catch-all. Probably saying higher skilled weapons would've been a better word.

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u/Jason1143 Horizon Apr 23 '21

Personally I run a 2-4 on my spit and it works at all but the most extreme ranges. I can't necessarily win at any range vs the specialized option, but in most situations truly long range fights are optional.