I would just like to point out as a seasoned Firebug myself that there is some truth to what nutterbutter is saying. The only thing I do differently is I personally don't hesistate or regret having to hose down a target if need be.
I don't know if its my play style or whatever, but I find I can quite easily sustain my ammo trhough the round, and still walk away with plenty of kills. Perhaps since I've played Firebug so much, I have subconciously noted when to fire, and when not to fire.
The firebug excels at mass ignitions, and this allows him to reign a group under control very quickly. The specimens the Firebug is good against are as follows: -
- Clots: Aint we all? Seriously though, the firebug, even on suicidal can cut his way through a group of clots faster than any other class in the game. This is simply because he doesn't need to reload, he can penetrate easily through a full mob, and he deals solid consistant damage.
- Crawlers: Unlike other classes a firebug can still wound and burn specimens just as effectively by shooting their lower bodies instead of their heads. This allows him to crouch and aim low to catch crawlers, without hindering his ability to kill other specimens at the same time
- Gorefasts: ALthough the gorefast can cause issue on an unprepared firebug due to their relatively large health, at long range the gorefast will crisp up long before it reaches the player or his team. This means that even if the gorefsat doesn't burn out, he will take much longer to mount an attack on the team, and will be on extremely low health.
- Sirens: The firebugs DoT means he can quit happily ignite a Siren and retreat leaving her to slowly burn out with little fear of taking damage.
- Husks: As an individual firebugs find issue with the Husk because they are awkward to kill, but a husk does zero damage to the firebug. This means uninterupted a firebug can easily knife the husk to death, or merely distract it while his teammates dispose of it safely.
- Stalkers: Easy to avoid, and usually are caught in the crossfire with other specimens. They ave a tendency to run at the player when ignited, making it hard to see other threats, but generally they cause little issue.
- Bloats: They are slow and have high health. Although the firebug might not be the best perk to kill the bloat (although I personally love watching them pop under the flames), he can certainly ignite him and really soften him up for other classes.
- Scrake: Contrary to popular opinion, the firebug does have a useful role against the Scrake. Like the gorefast, the scrake is very succeptable to the crisp up effect, and his charge will more often than not be interupted by this effect. This again as well as softening up the target for an easier kill, gives his team alot more time to dispose of the sScrake before it will attack. Its important to note with this tactic, the Scrake charges when it is at half health, so sustained fire is useless until it charges. Ignite and slow down are the Firebugs best weapons against it.
The only class the firebug is a real hinderance against is the Fleshpound., and accidently igniting one does cause major issue for the team. This however is hjow each class should work, it should have 1 defining weakness that the other perks make up for.
As a general rule of thumb the firebugs role is to hit targets at long range to let them soften up or burn out. As long as you know the pratical uses of the Flamethrower and how much fuel you need per enemy, you can ration out its use very easily.
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