Patch 1.09: A moment of silence for the loss of the Cobra RPG

Like Pavlovs dogs every time I see a Destroyer open it's maw I have an urge to feed it a Cobra.

Or a gear that allows you to shotgun out 5 Cobras at a time.

That... would actually be incredibly cool.

They benefit from TC in 3MP.

I shot a krogan in the face from point blank range with one last night and he lost about half health.

I really have no clue at all how these things work at all anymore because the odd time I shoot a boss and at least get enough damage to justify using one. Most of the time I get almost zero damage. They are an awful waste now, and just when you actually need them sue to the changes in the objectives.

I was actually surprised that Cobra could one shot Observer in Gold now..

I wonder if they fixed Cobra to ignore shield gate for removing weakpoint bonus?

I was doing daily challenge last night and it seemed that way.

I was playing Krogan vanguard... so maybe charge bonus to weapon damage applied to cobra? 

In fairness Bioware did state they did not want Cobras to be "pocket nukes" in this game. So they have achieved their objective!

Just have had another thought.

Maybe all of that is done intentional.

(Putting on my conspiracy theory hat.)
Are we the living crash test dummies of Bioware?
Is all of that nothing less than a big experiment of how much challenge, issue and adverse conditions players are willing to take?
Before roll out of Anthem in big scenario let's give it a little try with these acquiescent and ever-willing BSN multiplayer nerds.
Stretching a little bit the boundaries...
(Putting off my conspiracy theory hat.)

Whatever it is - it's definitely not the game anymore (with regards to MP) I bought three months ago.
Personally I could have lived - apart from the bugs - with the set up / balance how it worked initially. And ever since I have to change / accommodate my play style in a cycle of a few weeks. It obviously is different but I couldn't tell you whether it really changed to the better or the worse. Just too many changes I can hardly tell anymore what was/would have been the best package.

It makes a lot more sense why they took away our barrels, too.

I mean, in as much as it's consistent with taking away the cobras. The overall decision is still idiocy.

What barrles? What did they take away?

What`s going on?

...My only question would be..

Why now?

Because barrels would make Platinum too easy?  :srs: