[Community] Damage drop off / effective range for weapons Vote!

Hello Freestylers,

A few of the staff have been talking about another way we could bring something new to the weapons and balance in game. We thought that adding a damage drop off(effective range) to weapon types may be a possible way to do this.

Here is just a very rough representation showing the idea of how it would work.
http://i.imgur.com/Hwu3wu4.jpg?1

To go into a little more detail, essentially each weapon type would have a different effective range. For example a sub machine gun would do 100% damage up to 50 feet/15 meters, then it has a quick drop off to 30% damage and would maintain that regardless of how much further it goes out. Please note these are not the numbers that would actually be used, its just a hypothetical example.

This is not a for sure thing, but it would allow us to better balance the weapons in game.
We are just trying to collect feedback on this idea so vote if you feel like it and post your feedback.

Voting Options:

1. Yes. I am interested in the game having a more dynamic weapon system.
2. No. I can't adjust to a new meta! McSic save us!
3. Neutral. I don't know what this balance you speak of is, but I will continue to pummel my enemies!

i like the 2nd and 3rd options phrasing :o.o

3. Neutral. I don't know what this balance you speak of is, but I will continue to pummel my enemies!

I am interested, but, only if had another example to compare the SMG to.
I mean if the damage is 100% at close range, does that mean it's going to do more than it does now?
Or are you guys going to remove the accuracy(?) that's not the word, but the spread of each select weapon type?
Because if not, essentially all that is happening is you're making guns do less damage when it is already harder to hit?

Really not feeling like getting used to damage all over again

Dunno really how this could help. I say leave it as it is. I feel like its balanced enough right now.

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Originally Posted by Buddhism

I am interested, but, only if had another example to compare the SMG to.
I mean if the damage is 100% at close range, does that mean it's going to do more than it does now?
Or are you guys going to remove the accuracy(?) that's not the word, but the spread of each select weapon type?
Because if not, essentially all that is happening is you're making guns do less damage when it is already harder to hit?

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E.g. We could potentially increase the shotgun damage on very close / close range, and add a high damage drop-off for mid and long range.

Im afraid this will be as bad as the anti lead

What's weapons would come into effect exactly? At the moment shotguns do this well in a sense since further the distance the wider the pellet spread, meaning the range the shot is taken determines the pellet spread which then determines how many pellets are capable of hitting within the opponents hitbox causing damage at example of 10 damage per pellet.

May I ask what happened to the idea of weapon rebalancing as a whole that was debated awhile back?

https://freestylersworld.com/showthr...apon+balancing

@Qwins posts are fatastic

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Originally Posted by McSic

E.g. We could potentially increase the shotgun damage on very close / close range, and add a high damage drop-off for mid and long range.

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that would only encourage spb's which in my opinion is a bad thing '-'

seeing Gunz have a actual weapon meta would be pretty cool makes use of all weapons.

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Originally Posted by McSic

E.g. We could potentially increase the shotgun damage on very close / close range, and add a high damage drop-off for mid and long range.

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I'm all for it, it would have to be tested thoroughly which I'm sure it would be though..the SMG sounds overpowered up close as well because of the extremely low delay..probably a lesser initial damage and the most gradual decline of all weapons? But definitely not 100% DMG imo. I actually really like the idea if done correctly.

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Originally Posted by Notorious

May I ask what happened to the idea of weapon rebalancing as a whole that was debated awhile back?

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That is still planned. Regardless if this gets implemented or not. This would just be an additional piece taken into account when that rebalancing takes place.

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Originally Posted by Buddhism

I'm all for it, it would have to be tested thoroughly which I'm sure it would be though..the SMG sounds overpowered up close as well because of the extremely low delay..probably a lesser initial damage and the most gradual decline of all weapons? But definitely not 100% DMG imo. I actually really like the idea if done correctly.

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The smg is just an example and not the actual values we would use but 100% means it does its listed damage. Could we make weapons have a sweet spot where they get a small bonus? sure. But im not too keen on that idea though.

Balance and competitive server can approach a lot of players which is good. Don't disappoint us :)

Very interested, i'm all game for dropping the shotgun meta in GunZ, it just gets tedious when it's the only thing that's used in DM/TDM/CW/CTF. Only gamemode that uses pretty much all weapons is infected and gungame right now.

Thank you all for your feedback and votes. We will post again if we decide to include this in a future patch.