is that the big flashy screen shacky thing? :D
don't think it's about "i'm running this with a curling iron" but more of a "my eyes!!! they burn!!!!" kinda thing :D (but then again i myself kick people out of FSC party's wielding ONLY a polaris hahaha)

The nitronome has always been a soloist weapon.

Nitronome doesn't cause me to lag, but it makes mobs scatter, and I take more hits with enemies flying everywhere unpredictably. Therefore if I'm in a party with sombody using a Nitronome, I ask them to stop. If they don't stop, I go solo.

If you're having girl problems, I feel bad for you son, you've got 99 problems but a party ain't one.

If you can't compromise during combat, or shield before the detonation, then i would be kicking YOU for complaining about somthing so pointless.

The bomb clearly shows when it goes off, make it a habit to shield at the same time. If it lags you, tough, other people want to have fun, THEIR way, not be told what to do, just because someone can't do somthing by impulse.

Sometimes, I like to use Nitronome with my big angry bomb/irontech destroyer. They complement each other nicely.

It's called adapting, and improvising. In any actual combat, that's what makes the soldier. What you're suggesting is like telling you buddy not to use a rocket launcher at an incoming tank, because it's too bright and noisy.

Deal with it.

At someone that has been deployed and in the military I can say that if the rocket was causing your allies to die because of collateral damage during an engagement with the enemy then, yes. I would tell my battle buddy to stop unless he knew how to use it without killing his allies. What you are suggesting is like saying fratricide is ok so long as you get that tank.

See what strawman sounds like?

There are times and places where I love a nitronome. It is fantastic for any engagements with gremlins. Because it stuns them and is such is perfect for parties. You having one should know it's inappropriate in some places. That's just how it is, if it gets more than 1 person killed I'd say it's inappropriate. You have to amortize the usefulness of that weapon over how much inconvenience it causes to others in your group.

The moral of the story is, use it responsibly. But don't feel like you have to be banned from it. It's somthing you spent time and money to create.

nitronome-only-eat-it-not-my-problem

I think people will understand what they are agreeing to when they addd you to their friend's list.
:)

I used to hate Nitronomes... and then I realized that you can just stand at the epicenter of the blast and be perfectly safe from just about everything. Now, I find them rather amusing.

I used to dislike Nitronome, until I learned how to dodge.

... Or better yet, knock them further away, like passing the ball for the corner-shot, except there is no goal net, so you just send them flying instead. That is also fun.

Really though, I have never had issues with Nitronome mid-combat. It's only when they spam it unnecessarily out of combat that it catches my eyes' attention and it starts hurting, in which case I politely request that they stop, and if they're actual, decent human beings, they will stop so that I won't be seeing stars for the next thirty-or-so minutes.

So...I don't get what all the fuss is about.
/shrug

Personally, Nitronome bombers are not a problem for me unless they're getting in my way. In other words, if I'm unleashing swordie hell on a Giant lichen colony, don't you DARE knock it away from me with your pitiful single-target damage so that I can't flinch it and it damages us all with a ground spike eruption -.-

Just know when and how to use it to maximize effectiveness, and most people shouldn't have a problem. Otherwise, stick to solo/guild runs, where you know they're good enough to handle it and not whine about your use of it until you get better. By what I can tell, you were going to use it well in that room, but some people tend to rush to judgement and assume you're bad with it :/

Make Irontech Destroyer a knockback-less version of Nitronome.

Success.

Sometimes, I like to use Nitronome with my big angry bomb/irontech destroyer. They complement each other nicely.
ffffffffffffffffffff

basically it now just sounds like you're whining. "Oh they're just picking on us because we use nitro". If I wanted I could complain when people kick me from their party because I'm wearing proto gear, no shield, and one weap just to make it a "challenge". Or about people kicking me for using shiver and "getting them killed", I've even heard that in FSC lol. The point is yes, you have the option to use it. But one would also question why you would, especially in a non-bomber group. AoA or Venom would assist your TEAM dps more, it feels like. I'm also going to assume you don't have dark retribution, because though it misses the minis it's still way better for RJP than nitro

I use AoA, shiver, have used toxic atomizer, am leveling up my plasma capacitor and my RSS. I do have experience bombing, and I do realize the nitro is the (best) radius damage bomb (you also have BAB and Irontech :P). But even if you know how to control it, more often you make it harder for the rest of your team by spreading the monsters out and making us chase them down.

I realize not everyone wants to spend $6 on an expansion or wants to use steam's free service to be able to trade for it. Just saying there are better options.

We're also talking about RJP specifically here (or I am) so fire themes don't really come into affect.