The Current State of Ion

The Ion nerf was met with great praise and brought Titan balance to the best place it has ever been. It is great to see Legions roaming the battlefield and freely sustaining aggressive counter fire. Tones are firing their tracking rockets with no fear of them being fired back. Unfortunately, an Ion, even a relatively good one, hardly scares pilots. This nerf has been made worse by Monarch. Ion can only stand against a fresh Monarch because Ion cannot fight against arc rounds.

This is why I think Ion needs to be rebalanced again. I have a few ideas that could work.

•Laser Core is too much of a risk to use, but was too powerful before. I believe that if you increase the damage to where it was before, but decrease the length of the core, it would do enough burst damage to make it something to be feared while still doing the same amount of total damage.

•It is clear that the nerf intended to make Laser Shot no longer the main source of Ion's damage. I like this change, but I feel in return that splitter rifle should be greatly buffed. As of now most Titans out dps it at all ranges.

I think with the right percentages, these buffs could bring Ion back in line with the other Titans. If you disagree, please say why and what changes you think need to be made if any.