But standard flamethrowers have worse range, and deal less burst. It isn't hard to hit 90% of your shots with the DF against even good players, since it's so hard to dodge, so you can consistently kill anyone within about 1s (3 shots in 1.06s based off of wiki, enough to kill 175hp classes, only need .53s more to kill a soldier). I guess it's punishing to miss, but it isn't any death sentence. Just make the projectile have a smaller hitbox so it takes skill to aim, and maybe reduce firerate bonus or damage, then it'll be fine.