User blog comment:Respawnking/Is the Noisy Cricket OP?/@comment-4676581-20150305034238/@comment-24826734-20150305084120

Flare gun is STILL a 1 shot kill weapon. It's just that 1 piece of armor can survive one, but it doesn't mean it changes the gun itself.

Ah who cares. That logic still plagues almost every Respawnables player.