The "Fuze issue" and how to solve it | Forums

[NikolajSlav]

I hit plat twice so far, both times in solo/due set up. Both times with Fuze and Kapkan and I now have 100 hours on each. I have tested every biuld possible. In total i have 1200 hours in this game and im rn level 190.
Im saying these things to give validation to my next statement.
Fuze is an extremely well balanced operator in platnium ranks and if the midseason reinforcments are to be belived the same is true for diamond aswell.

The Fuze issue is essentialy an operator having huge negative stigma around him/her despite being well balanced.

1. Fuze has the best assult rifle in the game
2. He has the best pistol in the game.
3. His gadget is amazing if you use fuze like you would use tatcher or twitch.
4. He has smokes.

Finally his only downside is being 3 armor on attack.
Post armor buffs he runs as fast as a 2 speed with his pistol out.
So why is he underpicked? Because people 1. Find playing 3 armor boring
2. Try his shield realize its garbage^2 and quit fuze
3. Consider him a noob operator.
4. Use his gadget at random dont get kills, use his drone less get caved and give up.
But the people that keep playing him get a more or less even 50% winrate meaning he is actually fine.

I think the best buff for fuze would be if Ubisoft would sponsor MacieJay to do another fuze video. In which he would show of best fuze spots, showcase more the fuze mindset and not cut out the "boring droning"
In addition it would be nice for a compilation to be made what difrence a meter ingame makes in terms of cluster charge positioning on the effect. The amount you can actually milk from a single cluster charge especially after thermite goes off is insane - if you do it right.

To those calling me a fanboy of macie, im fine with anyone doing such a video as long as he knows what he is talking about. But i do consider fuze to be the second highest skill cap operator to play in the game, and I do think only a few people understand the gadget in depth enaugh to talk about it.

TL DR: ubisoft wants to increase the pickrate of balanced winrate operators. Fuze is underpicked as **** but doesnt need a buff. Fuze should get payed propagnda.

[nrod3041]

I hit plat twice so far, both times in solo/due set up. Both times with Fuze and Kapkan and I now have 100 hours on each. I have tested every biuld possible. In total i have 1200 hours in this game and im rn level 190.
Im saying these things to give validation to my next statement.
Fuze is an extremely well balanced operator in platnium ranks and if the midseason reinforcments are to be belived the same is true for diamond aswell.

The Fuze issue is essentialy an operator having huge negative stigma around him/her despite being well balanced.

1. Fuze has the best assult rifle in the game
2. He has the best pistol in the game.
3. His gadget is amazing if you use fuze like you would use tatcher or twitch.
4. He has smokes.

Finally his only downside is being 3 armor on attack.
Post armor buffs he runs as fast as a 2 speed with his pistol out.
So why is he underpicked? Because people 1. Find playing 3 armor boring
2. Try his shield realize its garbage^2 and quit fuze
3. Consider him a noob operator.
4. Use his gadget at random dont get kills, use his drone less get caved and give up.
But the people that keep playing him get a more or less even 50% winrate meaning he is actually fine.

I think the best buff for fuze would be if Ubisoft would sponsor MacieJay to do another fuze video. In which he would show of best fuze spots, showcase more the fuze mindset and not cut out the "boring droning"
In addition it would be nice for a compilation to be made what difrence a meter ingame makes in terms of cluster charge positioning on the effect. The amount you can actually milk from a single cluster charge especially after thermite goes off is insane - if you do it right.

To those calling me a fanboy of macie, im fine with anyone doing such a video as long as he knows what he is talking about. But i do consider fuze to be the second highest skill cap operator to play in the game, and I do think only a few people understand the gadget in depth enaugh to talk about it.

TL DR: ubisoft wants to increase the pickrate of balanced winrate operators. Fuze is underpicked as **** but doesnt need a buff. Fuze should get payed propagnda.

I like the idea. I am a Fuze main. I think he should be more popular amongst players. He is a very easy operator to learn, has a gadget that can help noobs get some kills while learning the subliminal parts of the game (like teamwork for example - Have to notice where your team is before you fuze an area), and has decent weapons.

[The_.Riddler]

I don't see the "issue" anywhere. Fuze is a decent operator - particularly for Bomb and Defend Area maps - and even works great in Hostage if you know what you're doing. Most people are pretty aware of this though, and the only squawking I ever see is when someone picks Fuze on Hostage. The problem there is not "Fuze" though. The problem there is that you never know if you've been teamed up with some goober who wants to kill the hostage on purpose or maybe a complete noob who will kill the hostage by accident. In that situation, people tend to be cautious and warn the player to be careful, but they don't have anything against "Fuze" as an operator per se.

[nrod3041]

I don't see the "issue" anywhere. Fuze is a decent operator - particularly for Bomb and Defend Area maps - and even works great in Hostage if you know what you're doing. Most people are pretty aware of this though, and the only squawking I ever see is when someone picks Fuze on Hostage. The problem there is not "Fuze" though. The problem there is that you never know if you've been teamed up with some goober who wants to kill the hostage on purpose or maybe a complete noob who will kill the hostage by accident. In that situation, people tend to be cautious and warn the player to be careful, but they don't have anything against "Fuze" as an operator per se.

No, there is an "issue" in terms of Fuze's popularity. I play him all the time, and I know this. For every given 100 times I play, I probably fathom someone picks him 5 times before I do. And, there is hardly any griping after I pick him - like, "Can I have Fuze please?", at which point I gladly trade and play someone else as I am a Fuze main and play him all the time. It would be nice if Fuze were more popular but he is not and I think the OP illustrated some valid points about it.

[Luckydevil_010]

No, there is an "issue" in terms of Fuze's popularity. I play him all the time, and I know this. For every given 100 times I play, I probably fathom someone picks him 5 times before I do. And, there is hardly any griping after I pick him - like, "Can I have Fuze please?", at which point I gladly trade and play someone else as I am a Fuze main and play him all the time. It would be nice if Fuze were more popular but he is not and I think the OP illustrated some valid points about it.

Its more of he doesn't fit into the meta properly. His gadget is meant to frag yet its best function is to clear defender utility but there are other ops better at that. Hes slow and loud which makes him an easy target for this roam heavy meta. His clusters are easy to avoid they always go in the same pattern and in the same way his gadget is noob friendly it makes it easy to deal with as an experienced player. His gadget is too simple just like kapkans was before the rework and like frosts ,if you know the other team has em you know what to do to counter em easily same thing with fuze there's no nuance to him. Ppl want to feel like when they use a unique gadget they provide something be it emping a wall for a hard breach or being the one to hard breach, fuze just doesn't bring that feeling.

[nrod3041]

Its more of he doesn't fit into the meta properly. His gadget is meant to frag yet its best function is to clear defender utility but there are other ops better at that. Hes slow and loud which makes him an easy target for this roam heavy meta. His clusters are easy to avoid they always go in the same pattern and in the same way his gadget is noob friendly it makes it easy to deal with as an experienced player. His gadget is too simple just like kapkans was before the rework and like frosts ,if you know the other team has em you know what to do to counter em easily same thing with fuze there's no nuance to him. Ppl want to feel like when they use a unique gadget they provide something be it emping a wall for a hard breach or being the one to hard breach, fuze just doesn't bring that feeling.

I dont disagree and your wording is a whole lot better than mines.

[Hope-Rises]

let me tell you something, when the game was in closed beta,open beta,season 1 and season 2, EVERYBODY said that Fuze is OP and he should be nerfed.because the strat for those times was to turtle in objective.i had a lot of aces with fuzes cluster.he's my first operator that i bought and in the first round of the first game i played in siege when the game came out, i did a 4k with him.
after 2 season he saw his downfall, not because he was nerfed, because how his gadget works.after a few season he got buffed and got 1 extra cluster charge and the pattern was normalized.
the pattern at first, if i'm right, was all random.AND his cluster pallets damage radius was increased too.he got a really good buff.

fuze was noob friendly operator in the first seasons but now, it's really hard to get a kill with fuze cluster.
don't get me wrong.i'm not saying he needs a buff.he's totally balanced.he can fill so many rolls.he can be a simple shield op, he can empty the objective with 1 or 2 cluster, he can destroy gadgets really really easy.
but he's underpicked.because he's gadget isn't that killing machine it used to be.the purpose of his gadget has changed i think.
as you said he has good guns.although i think his AK recoil kicks a little bit to left and right more than other guns but it has a really good damage and firerate.his LMG has a little bit too much recoil but can kills people with ease.he has one of the best pistols in the game.he has smoke which is good for bomb, and he can use the smoke to make defender lose the direction they want to go when he activates his cluster (we know it's not going to happen often )
he's main disadvantage is being 3 armor.fuze and monty are the only attackers who are 3 armor.but on the defense we have 6.being 3 armor in attack gives a lot of disadvantage to you cause defenders can hold an angle and because fuze is slow, he's more vulnerable.