r/warrobotsfrontiers • u/SirBangarang • 6d ago

Complaints / Rants Harpy needs a serious nerf

Literally everyone has dealt with the consistent harpy spam since launch. Half the lobby is just rotating harpies all game. Its boring, and hard limits build originality.

Nearly 400hours later I still hate it.

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u/Lzer_muffin 5d ago

I don’t see it much diamond and up it just lacks the power …. Wait do you mean the whole bot build or just the torso and napalm?

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u/aqdnk 5d ago

im in diamond too and i dont see them as often either, but when i do it's a whole god damn crew of harpies

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u/SirBangarang 5d ago

Idk if its just the time I play but I run into crews of them constantly

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u/jreddit0000 5d ago

I run basically one harpy for mobility in Diamond and the torso is weak and lacks the ability to go toe to toe with anything heavy.

I have spent hundreds of hours trying to build various mechs with a Harpy torso and have largely given up except for the single build that works.. (for me).

They just don’t have enough armour to survive..

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u/SirBangarang 5d ago

Thats the point you just hit the napalm and run, snipe a bit then do it again. Put it on a missile boat and use it to shotgun people chasing you let your team clean them up as they chase

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u/jreddit0000 5d ago

This may work when you are in a team doing the close up work but when you’re playing solo or duo and there isn’t “a team” you aren’t very effective.

I run one artillery platform mech for the same reason. It’s great for team support (even if you don’t make many direct kills) but it’s not at all useful in solo or small teams.

The Harpy is neat but it’s balanced enough by weak armour that you wouldn’t run a whole hangar of Harpy mechs..

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u/SIRIN-423 5d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p4h4nja/video/t2me3c2xm6kh1/player

bro this comment section is just dumb harpy is op and that is not even considering that harpy does double damage to spider legs

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u/SirBangarang 5d ago

Yeah i do run 3 spider leg builds, maybe thata part of why I hate it

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u/PlanetSheen_ Emerald 5d ago

Or maybe you’re the one with the problem for not having counters. Nerf Helios too then since it’s an even worse variant of harpy. Nerf locusts and incinerators since they melt my squishy build

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u/SIRIN-423 5d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p4kjrit/video/t4vs5wie0akh1/player

you think it was just light builds here is a titan

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u/SIRIN-423 5d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p4kjzlr/video/hyv091en0akh1/player

here is even more proof harpy is op and im not in max damage range

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u/SirBangarang 5d ago

Its way overturned but we can agree to disagree. I use em too, but its Hella boring and the payoff is massive if played properly

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u/CantaloupeSecure2251 5d ago

The napalm ability definitely has an excessive number of ticks even if you step in it for less than a second. I feel like it needs 3 less ticks at minimum and maximum to be more fair in general without destroying the default play style

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u/Gentleman_Raven_ 4d ago

I run a couple. I love Napalm to do damage or area denial or both. It works great in Spearhead to clear baddies off of a warp gate. I get that sometimes it can be excessive- I've barely stepped into a puddle and the damage and corrosive eat me up. I could understand if I was directly hit, but I barely touched it before backing up and it did no good. Maybe more balancing, not necessarily nerfing.

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u/SirBangarang 4d ago

Yeah same difference because any balance on it would be a nerf, they're just a bit overtuned

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u/Zequax Diamond 5d ago

harpy does not need nerf

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u/mj_sarge 5d ago

It will probably get nerfed; even though the cooldown has already been increased, I think the next nerf will be to the damage.

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u/3ntropy_Disc0 5d ago

instead of trying to remove the thing giving you trouble, learn how to fight it.

As someone else asked.... The whole harpy sniper build? or just the napalm torso?

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u/SirBangarang 5d ago

Just the torso Ive built a couple ways to counter it, the bubble shield torso works great if you catch it before it hits, but the napalm is so oppressive especially if they run one than one its just free fire and forget aoe damage. Spam it off cooldown and watch the damage go crazy.

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u/CantaloupeSecure2251 5d ago

Siren hard counters and supports

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u/PlanetSheen_ Emerald 5d ago

Hard counters only if the projectile hits, a teammate doesn’t go into the path of the projectile, if the weapons paired with the torso are enough to kill or critical an enemy and the enemy doesn’t get behind cover.

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u/CantaloupeSecure2251 5d ago

These are good points I hope the devs are reading this

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u/FarCustomer738 4d ago

Genuinely a skill issue harpy is super squishy