EDIT: ITS BEEN REMOVED BOIS
EDIT 2: ok turns out its actualy just been replaced by a nerfed version BUT STILL
BEFORE YOU SAY THIS IS A DUPE, I know that other people have suggested nerfing/removing fire swords. However, most of those suggestions are just people saying “fire sword op nerf pls”, without giving a proper suggestion. Therefore, I decided to create this “megapost” if you will talking about a multitude of suggestions (some of which are from other posts) on how to nerf/replace the fire sword.
Okay to start off, let’s go through why fire swords are OP. I would recommend watching the potatopie25 video (link here: The Problem with Fire Swords on The Hive... (ft. Evident) - YouTube). The video is 9 minutes, but if you don’t want to watch it i’ll try my best to explain it. Basically, the way combos work on the hive is that you have to get 2 consecutive hits on your opponent, without taking 1. With fire swords this becomes extremely difficult to do, as you are constantly taking damage, making your opponent almost always getting the first hit. Then there is the problem of the fire taking up half the screen. Due to the fire being at the bottom half of your screen, your opponent would be completely covered by it (unless they are above you). This makes it very hard to aim, very hard to block clutch, and overall very annoying. There are low fire texture packs which would make it a lot less of a problem, however on ps4, nintendo switch, (and i think xbox) you cant download texture packs so that wont work. Again, my explanation may have been confusing so i suggest you watch the vid as it goes more in depth and shows proof of how much of an advantage it gives you.
Now that we got that out of the way, lets go through some of the suggestions.
- Remove fire sword and replace spell of fire trail with “Spell of Fire”
(This one is my own suggestion, however it was inspired by @Batuganda 's one here - https://forum.playhive.com/t/spell-revamp-fire-trails-to-aura/
So a spell of fire would be a spell book, that would set every player (not including teamates) within a five block radius on fire. The reason why this would be better than the fire sword, is that it can only be used once, and also the spellbook would be a lot rarer. It would also not have the 4 damage that comes from the sword. It also wouldn’t be “too weak” since it can set multiple people on fire at the same time and doesn’t require aim. Personally, this is my favorite suggestion as I think this is a balanced weapon.
- Water Buckets ( @unikern1o )
This has been suggested many times, however the oldest one I found was by Unikern1o
This one’s pretty self explanatory, adding water buckets. This would allow players to extinguish themselves by placing water on their feet. However, the problem with this one is that even if you extinguish yourself, your opponent could just hit you again. You also wouldn’t be able to use it if you were being comboed. Overall, this suggestion would help all that much, but it is a step in the right direction and also I put it in here cuz I wanted at-least one suggestion that wasn’t a nerf, but rather a counter.
- Replace fire sword with poison sword. (Suggested by Chikin_Burgr)
This one is also quite self explanatory. The poison sword would be basically identical to the fire sword, except that it doesn’t cover up half your screen. Also, you wouldn’t be able to die from the poison, like you would from fire. Personally I quite like this suggestion even though it doesn’t account for the combo problem, although based on the comments of that suggestion some other people didn’t like it. So if you have any ideas on how to improve this one, please reply with your idea.
- Fire Prot Armor
So, in sw regular prot used to make you immune to fire, but now that has been patched. I suggest that they “re-add” it, except as its own item. This can be done by making it a separate drop from emeralds, or by replacing projectile prot with it. There are 2 ways for the fire prot to work: 1. Having one piece of fire prot armor on will completely negate all fire damage, or 2. It’ll work like regular fire prot. In my opinion the first one is better, but some might say that it would be too OP, so I guess thats up to the devs.
- Just Remove Them
This last one is probably the most simple, just remove them entirely. It’s been suggested quite a few times, and I dont know that many people that would miss it if it were to one day disappear tbh. Ofc, this suggestion would really only be used as last resort if no other suggestion would work, but it’d probably work a lot better than the other ones (imo)
So yeah, that’s the end of my megapost. If you have any other suggestions on nerfing the fire sword please say so in the replies (I will edit this if any good ones come), and that’s it i guess.
(I’ve been working on this for 45 minutes wth am i doing with my life)