26 Apr 11, 01:58AM
(This post was last modified: 26 Apr 11, 01:59AM by Roflcopter.)
Balance would become far less relevant if weapons all felt easy to kill with and as I say repeatedly the only obstacle is spread for SMG and AR. I mean, good players very often engage at range (more than bad players) where the SMG feels like a peashooter. Even the AR hits sporadically. When one's aim decides results less than spread at long range players will feel unrewarded. People become frustrated by it.
Snipers are annoyed by shield which ruins their results. Just make sniper shots damage shield more than other weapons and keep the additional pistol rounds per clip. We (legacy) play the game to win and still some of our members pick snipers -- even in the current version. Snipers have a huge learning curve but they are still a good weapon for many situations (e.g.: main route on ac_depot, 3v3 where shield is scarce and headshots are plentiful). I do worry that snipers seem to expect their weapons to be suitable to every map and enviroment like the AR.
Shotguns are weak in clan matches and strong in publics. It's odd since I never play it in serious matches but yet always end up using SMG or shotgun in publics. The reason is that in public games the players let me get close to them where it pwns. Ironically the reason it's weak in serious matches is that the players do the opposite, and will not come close even when I bait them. I suggest less damage, more range (less spread) and perhaps manual reloading.
Snipers are annoyed by shield which ruins their results. Just make sniper shots damage shield more than other weapons and keep the additional pistol rounds per clip. We (legacy) play the game to win and still some of our members pick snipers -- even in the current version. Snipers have a huge learning curve but they are still a good weapon for many situations (e.g.: main route on ac_depot, 3v3 where shield is scarce and headshots are plentiful). I do worry that snipers seem to expect their weapons to be suitable to every map and enviroment like the AR.
Shotguns are weak in clan matches and strong in publics. It's odd since I never play it in serious matches but yet always end up using SMG or shotgun in publics. The reason is that in public games the players let me get close to them where it pwns. Ironically the reason it's weak in serious matches is that the players do the opposite, and will not come close even when I bait them. I suggest less damage, more range (less spread) and perhaps manual reloading.