Illium

There's not many people with the Flamethrower. The number is probably and most likely less than ten. People have worked to save up for this weapon and removing it would be rather upsetting for those who saved up to obtain it if their hard earned credits were not refunded if this was passed. Besides, most of the time the flamethrower is used in an event it's by one person and mainly against Player Characters whom are hostile since it is ineffective against NPC's whom do not react to the flame effects. It appears people's main problem with the Flamethrower is the red screen you receive once you are lit on fire which causes most people to run around blindly. The red screen is there because you are taking damage at a constant tic, you can see it if you are being shot at at a rapid rate as well. Honestly, people seem to be mainly upset when it is used against them, which is fair. People who are unintentionally lit on fire just happen to get in the way or run in front/near of the flame while one is burning an event job since the flamethrower has a small AOE damage in the center of the flame. That red flashing screen and the hissing sounds also tend to throw players into a panic due to the fact that they cannot see, thus creating an opening for others to push in and take control of the situation. Though this does not usually happen due to A. the High HP of event jobs, and B. when they use high damaging blasters. More often than not the blast from the flamethrower only sets them back 250ish HP if they are hit once. The resulting burn tic deals roughly another 20-30 damage, depending on if they stand still to let the flames go out faster or if they runaround "feeding" the flames. Most event jobs that I've run across tend to kill me within a few shots even though I have maxed stats, and even then I sometimes only get in a single flash on them and set them burning before dying. I'mma leave a -1 because there's not many owned on the server, and more often than not several events go by without a flamethrower used in them. They're not used often enough to be a real annoyance and when they are people get upset at the people who saved up for them by using something that they earned.