Upcoming Release Balance Discussion (SVN)

[Stranz]

I’m not quite sure what the Devs are supposed to do about weapon balance.
Every issue we whinge about some weapon or other.
Perfect balance isn’t possible just because of the nature of the choice of weapon and the map we chose to use it on.
The majority of players tend to stick to one weapon only, no matter what the map conditions and state of game play, this I feel is part of the problem.
So exactly what are we complaining about now?
According to some it’s the shotgun, others say the A&R.
I see plenty of SMG players doing well. Does this mean the SMG needs nerfing as well?
As pointed out above players like Damiahn seem to play well with sniper.
Perhaps the balance isn’t so far out and it’s the players lack of willingness to adapt.

(A&R, SMG and occasional shotgun player learning OSOK atm)

I never asked myself how devs measure what is supposedly to be balanced or unbalanced, but make every weapon reliable.

Though, i see the opposite effect, because this game works in a way where we claim for a balance when we look out for a weapon which must be reliable for all our needs every time, why? imo could be many reasons, the little impact that maps have on guns(1), or that AC is a fast paced game and is not that complex to get hang of it, or simply that weapons can't fit the style this game have or intended to have.

In past version we had two guns which no matter where or how you used them it had a substantial effect among rest that you never had to think about sorting weapons for specific maps, 1.i can name a few but the effect was the same in the end. Maybe on pubs is less obvious, but in clan matches is clear to see the difference and the hierarchy on guns that have always existed.

All in all if we ever see a balance i probably would see my options straight. If I don't see any use on a gun that could have less use than other which probably could do the same or better i'll not think it twice and keep the most effective one and stand the whole game without problems than with it.

and for sake of make worth my words i use to switch weapons in this game but i barely do it 1-2 times per game. or simply just pick one of the weapons for a entire round. truth is i don't find essential make use of different weapons when i can have the same or better result with one.

cough, imo.