Starbound Rifle is broken for defenders

Other possibility is to reduce to 8 tiles for attackers as well 😅

What about screen size, are we sure it's the same for each player??
If I play on iPhone72 is it the same number of tiles I can see on the screen than Nokia 3310?? 
Because it would be unfair

Noiserating said:

Other possibility is to reduce to 8 tiles for attackers as well 😅

What about screen size, are we sure it's the same for each player??
If I play on iPhone72 is it the same number of tiles I can see on the screen than Nokia 3310?? 
Because it would be unfair

Screen size is different on different phones, so I guess that's the reason why NG nerfed it. 

But agree with everyone else here. This nerf should be rolled back, and defender starbounds should have unlimited range. We NEED pvp to become harder, and this would be an easy way, and also support the players that have put real money into the game.

Spend time to make a very specific code for one weapon seems not reasonable to my opinion.
Let's keep it simple, unlimited range for everyone (defenders/attackers)

And find alternative ways to reduce the monotony of full team with starbound riffle (for instance by buffing bullet dodge trait, as discussed on another thread) 

Just wanted to jump in and clarify that this is not a bug, and the comment that was posted in the original message explains the change that was made and why.

As the weapons original setup was not correct (and caused confusion and issues due to that), it is currently more likely not to be changed, but I have brought up the matter again with the team based on the feedback shared here.

Hello, @Lexia
so do I understand this correctly now? I bought three Starboundrifle with fire for $16.99 each and they are now completely useless ?

It was clear to everyone before that this weapon is only useful for PvP, i.e. attack and defence. Nobody  would play a challenge or anything else with it.

Attacking in clanwars is so mega easy with the normal version alone, without the real money version. You just stand there and shoot everything to death with Overwatch.

I re-skilled my defender traits, only to find that they don't even matter anymore because the SB just doesn't work properly as stated.

Do I at least get my money back? I paid money to get a weapon with unlimited range. This is only conditionally the case, so clearly a deception of the player.

The only possibility for players to actively influence the outcome of the war are the defenders. (Armour, weapons and traits)

Why should the defender not be able to shoot all over the map, but the attacker can ? Where is the fairness here?

As a defender you already have an extremely hard time because you can't use badges.

85% DR or 60% more damage with the badges allow me to block any attacks of the defender or even to one-shot if Carol is there.

You guys have said that Outpost is a dead mode and nothing is done about it anymore, even though the mode has just become pointless.

Will still be in beta status for GW so please change something about the mechanics.
The top guilds usually end in a draw....
This is absolutely boring.

Bring us leaderboards and change something about the human-missions.

And give me my money back. You can have youre SB back, i dont need it anymore.

@Lexia

Another weapon that contains false advertising is the bayonet. The charge attack is not a ranged attack. The attacks instead is a long distance melee. I had yumi as the leader and when i used the bayonet charge attack that didn't kill a walker yumi did not do a follow up attack while in range. This lead me to believe the bayonet charge attack is a long range melee attack and not truly a ranged attack 

Lexia said:

Just wanted to jump in and clarify that this is not a bug, and the comment that was posted in the original message explains the change that was made and why.

As the weapons original setup was not correct (and caused confusion and issues due to that), it is currently more likely not to be changed, but I have brought up the matter again with the team based on the feedback shared here.

@Lexia regardless of classification, "unlimited range" shouldn't be limited to 8 for defenders. Having a range of 8 renders it almost useless for defenders (it's just +2 compared to regular hunter weapons).

Please consider extending its range to at least 12 (double of hunter weapons). Some of us spent a lot of money on several Starbounds for defenders.
Nobody likes bait and switch, especially when real money are involved.

@Noiserating
Read Lexia's feedback again. Slowly.
Then read my response again. Slowly.

Having its range extended to 12 for defenders is better than having it left at 8, correct?

It's called negotiating a mutually acceptable compromise. Feel free to google what that means.

@FuriousMoldovan thanks, I read veeeeerrrrryyyy slowwwwwly... and I keep my position 🙃

Fact 1: defender were able to shoot from end to end and that caused confusion to players => NG nerfed the range to 8 tiles for defenders to solve it

Fact 2: players have purchased a lot of starbounds with real $$$ in order to have strong defenders. Some did it before the nerf, some missed the notes saying it was merged. => Frustrating because defender are not able to retaliate/revenge when the opponent use starbound at a range above 8 tiles

Your proposal: extend defenders range to 12tiles

Why I am not in favour of your solution: it only partially solve the problem because attackers will still be able on lot of spots to shoot defenders without having retaliate/revenge activation

More real examples this time to prove it is very common to reach above 12 tiles

It is not as crystal clear as you say @ATLAS-Z because @Lexia said:

"It is currently more likely not to be changed, but I have brought up the matter again with the team based on the feedback shared here."

So I read it as the door is not shut completely.

And I love lobbying...

Fair enough. Works for me too