18 Feb 12, 04:47PM
(17 Feb 12, 10:44AM)Orynge Wrote: You have consider what effects it has on the game. I am not experienced in this either, but:
- Does it affect framerate?
- Does it affect ping?
- Does it affect gameplay in such a way that weapons would need to be rebalanced? (SMG would be even more of a luck game than it is now)
As far as the first two go, the hit-boxes shouldn't have a heavy effect on frame-rate or ping because although they're being re-visited constantly, setting the dimensions of an object doesn't take a very large amount of load.
The weapons wouldn't necessarily have to be rebalanced unless the developers decided to give each hit-box it's own specific damage calc. And if they did decide to chop it up (say hands and feet take AR dmg/x and then legs and arms take AR dmg/y) so long as they kept everything relative, it shouldn't affect the balance very much.
Honestly though, how many times does someone aim for your hands or feet? The occurrences in which small, non-vital, areas are hit are very limited. This mainly occurs when making large motions or during recoil. So honestly, whether they added more hit-boxes or not, it wouldn't break the game.