Weapon Balance and Gameplay Discussion

[JMM]

1) NO! The skill to do a head shot is _exactly_ the same. The head hit box was not changed. The difference is that if you miss the head shot, you do not hit the invisible area over the shoulders.
2) I must agree the inclusion of helmets in all maps made the game dynamics very different, but this affects all weapons, not only the sniper.

1) I see... but, well, that just means going for the head poses more of a risk, so it still makes it more challenging.
2) I see, but I just feel it affects the weapons differently.

No... the damage is the same. But since everybody can get helmets, the effective "damage to kill" got higher. I think the nade range of impact should increase 10% as well the damage. BUT, this is a very delicate issue.

Ah ok. In that case, I'd vote for increasing availability rather than power, i.e. more nades per pickup or less spawn time. *I* would go for the latter option, would make more sense with the max carry of 3.

What do you mean?

You know when you throw a nade and suddenly a teammate pops up right in front of you, the nade hits his head and instead of dropping some ~6 cubes from him like you would realistically expect the nade will bounce right back at your face like the guy was made of rubber and blow you into bits. I hate it. Also, I've messed about with .93 a little and I like how they're less bouncy in general.