Current arsenal of Hive is flawed and require some changes , so here is some ideas to make her guns better.
Lets start from current stats , my forge will be at the end.
Stats:
 
 MM6-6C:
Current DMG:
Leech: Normal 28 , Crit 112.
Projectile: Normal 9 , Crit 36.
Curently weakest Hive weapon , completely useless at range while having mediocre leech dmg , superior only in slight crit dmg from leech but crits very rare. Outshined by all her other weapons in utility.

 Shy:
Current DMG:
Leech: Normal 29 , Crit: 70.
Projectile: Normal 31 , Crit: 76.
Sniper rifle(DMR) with no projectile dmg , combine both very slow fire rate and dmg and you have very extremlely poor DPS. Decent leech dmg. Protective bubble is unreliable , sometimes it saves and sometimes its not.
Basically semi auto MM-6C with better projectile dmg , less crit dmg from leech and protective bubble.

 Plague:
Current DMG:
Leech: Normal 20 , Crit: 42.
Projectile: Normal 24 , Crit: 53.
Very subpar in both leech and projectile dmg , infection through object is very niche quirk,useful most of time to keep enemies stressed and possibly stop regen(impregnating with other weapons are easy,except MM-6C due limited projectile range,slow speed,poor accuracy). Extremely annoying and hated by community alt.mode(AKA fart mode),useful only PVP. Overall most controversial gun.


CHANGES:

 MM-6C:
Short leech range (4-5m).
New DMG:
Leech: Normal 40-50 , Crit 150.
Projectile: Normal 1 , Crit 10.
Highly aggressive weapon with high damage output up close but useless in range combat , need DMG buff to be more viable and competitive choice.

 Shy:
Long leech range (8m).
New DMG:
Leech: Normal 10-15 , Crit 35-40.
Projectile: Normal 60-70 , Crit 150-160.
More safe and range oriented weapon , highest projectile DMG but weakest leech DMG but with good leech range.
 
 Plague:
Hybrid of MM-6C and Shy , jack of all trades weapon.
Moderate leech range (6-7m)
Reworked fire modes:
Normal fire mode: Full auto assault rifle , simmilar to MM-5B.
Clip: 20-30.
Fire rate: Simillar to MM-5B.
Spread: Simillar to MM-5B , require short bursts to be precise at longer ranges.
Alt. fire mode: Use all ammo in clip to fire one powerful projectile what deal 50 dmg with direct hit , explosion from it create cone of mist what penetrate scenery and enemies , possibly infecting them.
DMG:
Leech: Normal 30 , Crit 90.
Projectile: Normal 20 , Crit 40.
Alt. Projectile: Normal 50 , wont crit
 
Raceme:
Balanced weapon , not needed any changes.

 Wasp:
Need alt. fire mode , with first you charge her(leech mode) and with second (you need to switch manually to use it) use fully charged mode(shotgun mode).
Some sort of buff for Antag Hive , right now Wasp is worst weapon for it.
Maybe ability to leech fellow AI but it will kill them.

In the end we have:
Two weapons for aggresive playstyle (MM-6C and Wasp)
Two weapons for defensive playstyle (Raceme and Shy)
One jack of all trades weapon (Plague).

My current forge stats:
 MM-6c:
Caliber-15
Lethal-15
Effective-7
 Shy:
Caliber-15
Lethal-7
Effective-15
 Wasp:
Caliber-15
Automatic-7
Lethal-15
 Plague:
Caliber-15
Arsenal-7
Effective-15

Just increasing projectile dmg and nerfing leech dmg for example would be fair trade

Hans and Alicia was nerfed? I know only her rare gun was nerfed (mines dmg nerf) , dont know anything about else

Hello and first of all i want to thank for reading this.I hope this feedback will be useful.
Im started playing back in ROTBP times , when Wardog campaign released.I instantly like this game but when i saw Hive...I just fell in love.
She is my main reason i keep playing this game and why i write this.
Steam says have 1330 hours and around 900 was on Hive only.My MMR varied between 60 and 80, until recent MMR hell.
I cant say im "pro" player but i think because of my long and vast experience with Hive, i can give constructive feedback.
I dont want Hive be "OP". Only fun,unique,useful and challenging in good way.
Lets start from her role and place in our game.
- Question to MSE: What MSE vision of her? When balanced , is she considered more as cqc specialist or tank?(Sometime ago , main site said she is a tank,now changed)
- Because of her effectiveness in cqc, she is good in elite hunting(if they dont have Aleph) and thanks to good leech(not anymore) decent grunt clear.
- On bosses, she is one of weakest Raiders , because of worst range(projectile) damage. Only on Kuzzman and Schneider bosses she is somewhat useful.
- Her ability allows her to tank some damage but in high difficulty matches and PVP its not enough, useful more for escaping than tanking.
- She is Wardog , means she always visible to enemy and have constant regen.
- She is definitely Raider oriented character , as Antagonist vs decent players she is weak. Her Wardog nature,one of weakest range(projectile)damage and cqc orientation(1vs1) makes her underdog in most situations.
Overall: Grunt-Elite clearing CQC oriented character with mediocre tank ability and extremely weak range(projectile) damage.

Now to her problems:
- Lack of options.One of biggest flaws what she extremely one dimensional character. No matter how you build or play her, she is effective in one way ,CQC.
She cant be true tank or be good enough in range fight(Raceme). For example, Locals are very deadly in range combat but if you want, you can use right cards(Patient and others) making them also extremely deadly in CQC.
- Easy to counter and predictable.Every character can counter her with just one simple thing, dont allow her to get close. If its a success, she cant do anything.
Enemy always know where are Hive and can ambush or just track and prepare, again , limiting her options.
- CQC problems. CQC is a bad spot now , its very buggy,inconsistent and ping dependent. This drags Hive at bottom ,again,because of no good options available.Before CQC was rewarding , giving you ammo and aleph,
Now there is no reason to go in CQC,again,only Hive need to use it because she dont have anything else.
- Leech. It was her trump card(IMHO) before but even then its not guarantee a victory in CQC , i have many situation when i infect, go in CQC and lose just because i dont have enough damage or health to kill enemy or countered by CQC builded chars.
By nerfing her leech, you reduced both her offensive and defensive capabilities,its much harder now to fill essence bar.
- Over health. Its very good in low mission difficulty matches, you can be true tank. But on high difficulty and in PVP its not enough at all.It wont help you to break the distance or tank,you will be easily gunned down. Its good only as escape or to survive some hazards. Most of Raiders will deplete your full over health in few shots.
Overall: Because of her one dimensional playstyle,lack of options,very ping depended,CQC limited nature,mediocre tank ability,extremely weak range damage and now leech nerf she is compplete underdog. There is no reason to pick her,other characters can be more useful. Rak with Pheromone can replace her and will be more useful because of his ability and cards(speed up,healing,increasing damage)
Before i can rate her 6.5/10 and now 4/10.

What can be done:
-Rollback leech nerf.
-As trade off to leech nerf,increasing projectile damage, allowing her be not completly useless in range fight.
-As trade off to leech nerf,increasing her tanking potential, for exampple increasing her over health to 450-500hp.
Thank you for reading this. I hope this feedback is constructive and reasonable.

So nerf is because of collected data? I have about 900 hours on her , tested so many builds , played as Antag Hive and versus Hive. And she was absolutely FINE. Not OP , not trash. Just fine. Any nerf would make her weak and you done it. She is now useless except support build with stroma and Raceme. This nerf need to be reversed. Plague changes can stay

One question: WHY? Im sorry but im done with this game. I was able to tolerate bugs,ping,MMR problems,etc. But this is final nail in the coffin for me. I know this maybe sounds silly and stupid but Hive is main reason why i play this game. Good luck to you MSE and fellow Spacelords...

I forgot to mention Rak, he is only good pick, he can speed up, heal and damage from a far with his DPY. He is definitely most usefull Wardog now.

Here list of Hive bugs i found:
1) Hive leech doesn't damage mines.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDwLSH1j-HM&list=UUKzVKqpW9FhyUOwz2XG4Zpg&index=9
2) Hive have problem with ribs clipping. She have this problem with every skin she have.

3) Hive has problem with her Nityat skin

4) Hive have issue with Destiny Bride skin, some of her teeth abnormally bright or just change color to blue. Its probably a lighting issue and happens on many maps.