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i've encountered this issue a number of times: after fully charging up the hammer and swinging at an enemy, the swinging animation won't play out properly and end up having no effect.
and given that sledge has to be in melee range to make use of his gadget, missing your swing can be detrimental.



on that note, i feel like sledge is one of the worst operators. not particularly bad, but definitely on the lower end and could use some tweaks. maybe make him able to sprint while holding the hammer, as he's painfully slow while holding it and is outrunned by everything apart from a smasher, which brings a very high risk given that sledge has to fully charge the swing every time to stun an enemy, where it would just be better to shoot them or use anything else.
it'd be also better IMO if he could equip it as a separate weapon entirely because on repeated swings, if you mistime your next swing, he will holster the hammer and draw his gun and you'll have to go through the hammer equipping animation again wasting precious time.

over 2 years ago - Ubi-SpaceCats - Direct link

@nucleenix Hey there! I'm sorry to hear about this issue you're having with the swing animation. I'm not seeing this reported anywhere else, so that I can get a better idea of what's going on, could you provide a video of this occurring? Does this happen in any certain area or when interacting with certain things? Thank you in advance for your assistance.

over 2 years ago - Ubi-Thrupney - Direct link

Hey there @nucleenix , thanks very much for this video. I can see that when you try to swing Sledge's hammer at the lurker a few seconds into the video, the animation does indeed seem not to happen. I've gone ahead and reported this to our teams to investigate further internally.

Sorry for the inconvenience while we have a look at this issue. Welcome to the forums, by the way - I hope you're otherwise enjoying The Sprawl 😎

about 2 years ago - Ubi-Orion - Direct link

@nucleenix

Hey there.

The development team has asked how often this is happening for you on average?

Thanks

about 2 years ago - Ubi-SpaceCats - Direct link

@nucleenix Thank you for that, I've added this info to their report.