21 Jan 11, 03:30PM
I did not test with players yet, only with bots that didnt know how to use their guns. (is there a new command? /botsshoot 1 didnt work and I'm pretty sure I had the latest svn, sry if this has been answered before!)
This are only first impressions.
Sniper:
I think Panda said that scoping feels weird before and I think I know what he means. Is it that a scoped shot feels like an unscoped because its not hitting where it should have hit or you thought it should have hit? I had that feeling in my first tests with the sniper.
I tried it again after playing with other weapons tho and I did hit nearly every shot, everything was fine! I like the sniper rifle. A sniper/pistol combo is even better again, I liked the combo how it is in 1.1.0.4 tho, it was perfect but I think its good that the pistol is a bit better now (see Shotgun)
SMG/AR:
I think the SMG pretty equal to the AR in the svn BUT with the short range advantage because of the high rate of fire. It wasnt useless on mid ranges at all but an AR/carbine/sniper would dominate. The AR was exactly the other way round. It would dominate a smg on mid range but not on short range. I think none of them is useless compared to others as they both have their advantages and disadvantages!
Shotgun:
I am no good shotgun player but this weapon does good damage on close and short ranges. It was even quite useful on mid ranges, used in a combination of it and the pistol like we know it from the sniper. The better pistol is really good in this case and I think it will help many shotgun players to get a few more kills!
But as I am not too experienced with this one I dont want to judge it yet especially as I only played against non shooting bots :(
This are only first impressions.
Sniper:
I think Panda said that scoping feels weird before and I think I know what he means. Is it that a scoped shot feels like an unscoped because its not hitting where it should have hit or you thought it should have hit? I had that feeling in my first tests with the sniper.
I tried it again after playing with other weapons tho and I did hit nearly every shot, everything was fine! I like the sniper rifle. A sniper/pistol combo is even better again, I liked the combo how it is in 1.1.0.4 tho, it was perfect but I think its good that the pistol is a bit better now (see Shotgun)
SMG/AR:
I think the SMG pretty equal to the AR in the svn BUT with the short range advantage because of the high rate of fire. It wasnt useless on mid ranges at all but an AR/carbine/sniper would dominate. The AR was exactly the other way round. It would dominate a smg on mid range but not on short range. I think none of them is useless compared to others as they both have their advantages and disadvantages!
Shotgun:
I am no good shotgun player but this weapon does good damage on close and short ranges. It was even quite useful on mid ranges, used in a combination of it and the pistol like we know it from the sniper. The better pistol is really good in this case and I think it will help many shotgun players to get a few more kills!
But as I am not too experienced with this one I dont want to judge it yet especially as I only played against non shooting bots :(