I just completed the survey. Gave extended feedback and critique on almost all sections. Primarily focused on the weapons. Still working on the 25 boss kill bit, so I haven't seen the Battle Axe just yet, but I tried the other 3.
Fire Axe feels like a scaled down Zweihander. I've almost never used it, so I'm not sure if that description is accurate, but it feels like its all there - slow, heavier swings that stumble Zeds quite a bit, a cleaving arc with a bigger hit radius and distance for whacking multiple Zeds at once, and a slower, delayed forward heavy slash that presumably does increased damage. In other words, a proper fit. I never expected the Fire Axe to be above Tier 2, so I never voted for it. Now that it's here anyways, my expectations were right on the money. It works well enough on anything Zwei would, but still suffers from the shortcomings of slashing resistant Zeds later on. Poor Katana. Now there's TWO weapons that outdo it for the same cost. If Katana has any chance to compete, it needs to be even faster.
M32 is the powerhouse I'd expect from a T5. Full on M79 power, with the boon of 6 shots, and a reload speed that isn't nearly as punishing as I was prepared for. The forced delay of opening up and emptying the canister before inserting rounds, no matter how many, seems to be the time-consuming cost of power here, and I can live with that. There's also the recoil to deal with. It's easy to miss and overshoot rapid shots if one doesn't keep their cool, even when sighted. Fortunately it has a healthy ammo pool that's forgiving enough to allow some wasted rounds. And it's just heavy enough to still allow an M79 or M16 M203 at your side. Its every bit the excellent addition everyone wanting it back expected. An indirect issue of this gun is that I don't really see Seeker Six being chosen ever again, lol. Not without an increased ammo pool.
.........*Sigh*. Tommy is...........well, everyone's big gripe about this update. I'm damn glad it's here and more pleased still that it's the full-on drum mag 1928, but that's where the excitement ends. Opinion on it is pretty much universal right now - it ain't right at all. There's many differing opinions on what went wrong and how to fix it. I think the big mistake was making it as weak as it is to keep it cheap. It forced too much of what makes a 1928 Thompson to be compromised to where it doesn't feel right for either class that uses it. It's kind of absurd that it could ever be considered a T2. It just doesn't work. It's going to need to be beefed up in multiple ways (not least of all the sound department), but there's so much to say, I'll have to make it's own thread on it, which I'll later edit and post the link to here. It'll mostly be a rehash of what I'd been saying about it since last Spring, when it was first offered up for vote. If that solution worked then, it can work now.
EDIT: Post is up at
https://forums.tripwireinteractive....2326695-making-the-case-for-a-better-thompson