I think you have not played firebug too much. I can kill scrakes with Flamethrower or mac-10, using at about 10 ammo from mac and about 20 from FT. You just need some space to move. And if something goes wrong, you always have teamnates to rely on, and you always had! Firebug should not kill Scrakes, but if I need to kill it, I will kill it, and it is not so hard. For me mac-10 is for long range, FT is when big group is very close to me, or I need to clear the way in the hallway. So I play firebug with MAC-10 and FT, and have no problem with it at all. Oh, BTW, using xbow is for noobs only. Thanks for reading this
You really need to learn reading comprehension.. I never said scrakes are unkillable with a flamethrower or Mac-10.. in fact I even mentioning that the mac10 are crazy broken just because the amount of DOT damage they deal is insane..
Flamethrowers suck because they basically blind the vision of EVERYONE on your team.. So I figure you must be one of those idiots that spam the flamethrower like crazy and rage the FP/scrake "by accident".. that is also another reason flamethrowers suck...
Oh you also must be one of those people that say random stuff based on hearsay and actually never tried it before.. either that or you never played on suicidal 6 man... xbow has 40 shots... and a single miss can rage a scrake/fleshpound and thus getting you killed.. PRO's when playing "for serious" always have a crossbow because it is the most optimal and efficient weapon... it also helps other sharpshooters on your team..
Only noobs use stupid selfish weapons like the flamethrower that most of the time ruins others players vision.. and ultimately kill the entire team..