Upcoming Release Balance Discussion (SVN)

[Roflcopter]

The SMG and the AR are supposed to be mostly versatile weapons: SMGs kill faster up close while ARs kill faster at a distance, but they are roughly the same at the midpoint.

Actually the AR has less spread and kills the same or quicker than SMG for all amour values if you can handle its recoil.

• 100 health, 0 amour: both kill in 480ms
  
• 100 health, 25 amour: SMG 560ms, AR 480ms
  
• 100 health, 50 amour: SMG 640ms, AR 600ms
  
• 100 health, 75 amour: SMG 720ms, AR 600ms
  
• 100 health, 100 armour: SMG 800ms, AR 720ms
  

Additionally, the SMG's spread starts at 40 and increases up to a maximum of 80 whereas the AR's spread starts at 20 and increases to a maximum of 60. The only downside to the AR is that its spread is random and harder to manage. The SMG's recoil in 1104 is completely constant.