I agree with Trollingyou on points 1 and 2.

I'd like to state however, that the Supernova would not need a nerf when compared to the Polaris. The Polaris outclasses it so completely, there's no incentive to even use the Supernova that I can think of. As long as Polaris doesn't get uber-nerfed, a small nerf to put it in line; so people actually have to make a CHOICE, would be nice.

I think it's unfair to reduce all the time on all haze bombs for the sake of the Shivermist...maybe just give more enemies a little bit of freeze resistance. It wouldn't really make sense, having Slags with a tiny bit of freeze resistance (Though when you think about it, fire should be able to melt through ice pretty well, not to mention DFV is impossible to freeze), but it might prevent it being so powerful there.

~Sev

I noticed that your saying the main problems that are making the game to easy are certain pieces of gear. But I think you over looked one problem, the over nerfing of the enemies.

I think that it is time to rebuff the enemies that were nerfed, or at least for tier 3 players.

You are NOT nerfing my mad bomber! It already has max weakness to almost every status... And to make it weaker? NO! @Sev Reason for supernova is it has like 2x Polaris knockback.

I'm actually fine with skolvers going normal resist only, but it's not going to do anything for some of us like me, as I don't plan to gt pierce weapons or DBB, but I am thinking about a Sentenza for the fun of it...
(AND REVENGE ON ALL THOSE STUPID SPAMMERS! EVEN THOUGH I KINDA GOT THAT WITH THE RSS SPAM LIKE CRAP! RSS FTW!!)

btw, no matter what you say, all nerfs and buffs are driven by ones selfish needs, those who wants buffs propably use those weapons/items, those who want nerfs got once killed by those weapons/armor users or got annoyed or even worse they dont use them and dont want to use them so they want to make them useless for everyone else
. Or maybe they want to use something but its bad so the demand a buff to make this item better so they can use it?

all nerf and buffs are driven by selfish needs and are attempt to alter WHOLE gameplay to just suit ones needs.
Forum post can accept all your noble lies, people will see trough it and learn that yourrequest is driven by pure selfishness

NO TO NERFS, NO TO BUFFS

please, people who post those nerfs n buffs ideas, keep lasts of your dignity and dont post your selfish needs here demanding OOO to change whole game just for you

OOO staff, i hope you wont be foooled by those selfish people who want to buff/nerf weapons just becouse they want, all items are perfectly fine just as they are now

I'm not really sure PVE even demands balancing. When you've ultimately got a cooperative game, does all equipment really need to be balanced? Parity only becomes a problem when players are in direct competition, IE, in Lockdown. But any changes made for Lockdown will also affect PVE. This is your real balance issue; how do you create gear parity in Lockdown without ruining the PVE experience for a large swath of players? The simplest answer is... you don't. Some gear simply will be better than other gear as long as they're only balancing to PVE, and that's just something you eventually accept. If you're having problems in Lockdown specifically, I advise you either start playing to the metagame--that is, understand the gear and strategy your opponents are likely to use, then prepare yourself for those challenges--or stop playing Lockdown.

Now, if you're legitimately complaining that certain people are doing better than others in PVE. Uh. Deal with it. Man/woman the heck up. If you really can't stand that someone is dealing more damage than you in a cooperative setting, then you can shut right the heck up and get better gear. It's nobody else's fault that you made poor gearing decisions, and this is from somebody whose first fully-upgraded sword was the Khorovod.* Now, if certain lines were to be buffed in order to make them more competitive, I'd be the last one complaining. Buffs to weapons like the Supernova--and while we're at it, the Valiance, Iron Slug, and Sudaruska--wouldn't hurt anyone. But mass nerfs? Mass nerfs screw over a whole lot of people. I don't imagine that's really what you want to do.

*EDIT: I just realised this is incorrect. My first fully-upgraded sword was actually the Cautery Sword. But that's even better.

Yechez has a point. While buffs to SOME gear (I'm looking at YOU Ionized Salt Bomb, and YOU ALSO Irontech, and don't forget YOU Pepperbox!) would be perfect, nerfing everything else just makes people mad. Want harder gameplay for the common setup? You're not alone. Suggest some tough levels. (Or try killing all of RJP with only the Firecracker >=) should be tough enough)

As for defensive gear being defensive... DON'T YOU TOUCH MY HEAVY DEMO SUIT, just buff the defensive armors so they actually, y'know, do something.

I want to reach through my monitor and punch you for suggesting that there shouldn't be a way to interrupt a tier 3 rocket puppy's attack considering its current RoF. Or the fact you don't understand what the word game breaking means.

I'm not going to humor you and rebut all your asinine 'suggestions', so I'll just say this. You want a challenge? Go play the entire game in proto armor. Balance means nothing in PvE. If these were complaints against PvP, you might have merit, but you don't.