Flamethrower is BAE

I am totally gobsmacked that everyone seems to feel the flamethrower is this weak piece of garbage around here, it is hands down my absolute favorite weapon in the game at the moment. I run it with the "Medic" armor for extra stims & longer stim effect so I can quasi-tank some damage if I'm brushing shoulders with alit foes. Jumppack has been a great option with it as well to allow you a quick escape if you need to re-adjust your position.

It is so fucking cool just spraying a wide berth of fiery death against approaching foes, I bring it every mission, bots or bugs regardless. Getting a steady stream of 15 or more trying to pursue you around some obstacle while you're BBQing them the whole way; just to watch them drop one by one as they succumb to the flames. I can fully dedicate to CQB and Crowd Control; working towards a full "Fire" loadout with the fire shotty and incendiary grenades once I get the medals; might try with full fire stratagems as well.

It's excellent at handling both bug breaches and bot drops; I literally just get right up in there and greet them with napalm. So great for kiting enemies and constantly retreating while using it. Any little drop in elevation, any hill you can make them walk up towards you gives you even more cooking time. Such a great way to handle the throngs of enemies that group up around extraction time. Just setup on a wall or building and act like a close-range fire turret.

Bro like go ahead and BUFF the flamethrower, I'll be so fucking jazzed. It's already so fucking good, I'm amazed it gets so much hate around here. The best thing I could hope for: just simply allow me faster strafing speed with it out. If I could just backpedal a little faster so enemies have that much harder of a time on the chase, I would be ecstatic. Maybe a future "Power exoskeleton" stratagem to boost walking/running/sprinting speed could be a good combo.

Had a great time last night and now I'm at work and can't wait to get back on for more fiery death tonight. Don't just assume it's trash cause Reddit says so, its pretty powerful if you know how to use it effectively as kiting, retreating, crowd control powerhouse.