Rebalancing weapons / realism Options

[a pookie]

I hate to be the guy that complains about this, but I think the servers can be greatly enhanced by reexamining the weapons and making them a little more realistic. I do like that a lot of the weapons are more deadly than many custom map servers...that's realistic, but the behavior of some is sub-standard to other servers. For example, the reaload time of the M14 is almost instantaneous. While this is probably due to making it better so that players might actually use it, I think that souping it up takes away from the game experience.



Of course, for those who have played me, my greatest beef is with the Noobinov. Listen, if it performed the way it does on these servers, we'd all be speaking Russian right now. A fully-automatic sniper rifle with a 20 round clip and zero recoil isn't a sniper rifle. It's a superweapon. It's so stupid to get in a close-quarters battle with a Dragunov vs. a MAC 11 and the Dragunov always wins. You guys have a ton of great weapons to choose from on this server and it is SUCH a shame to see everyone walking around with one weapon.



I have included a link to more information on the REAL Dragunov. It's a relatively less-accurate (as far as sniper rifles go), semi-auto sniper rifle with a 10 round (not 20) box clip.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragunov_Sniper_Rifle



I know things probably won't change, as people have now grown attached to their modified weapons, but the game experience has been far less diverse and far less realistic than it could be. I thought MOB was all about being the 'original' modern weapons mod and I'd be sorely disappointed if this was the first mod that came out and other servers were the ones which balanced the weapons and made them realistic. You guys have great servers... they just need a little balancing though.

-a pookie

[Cross of Iron]

If you want a relalistic game ,then why do you play on a server were you respawn all the time...?

If you dont like the way the modded guns are then dont play on the server its as simple as that.

[Jack]

think you want realism eh well check out ARMA or op flashpoint that sould kill your lust for realism





your right it wont change this post has been here to many times either learn to love it or leave it

i for one hate it its to unreal torment game play for me



its no longer about old school game play its about mods that will keep everyone playn this older game right?

[M@ster of Dis@ster]

The old Barb was almost full almost every night, untill one day something happen and no one is playing on it anymore Hmm i wonder why is that?

Video killed the radio star?

[a pookie]

If you dont like the way the modded guns are then dont play on the server its as simple as that.

Ok fine, you don't have to get all huffy. If you don't want suggestions then don't put a message in the game asking for them. All I wanted to see was if there was a legit explanation for having an overpowered weapon. Obviously, there is none that Cross could think of. At least Jack thought of one:

its no longer about old school game play its about mods that will keep everyone playn this older game right?

I guess that's the only reason. It's pretty sad that that's what it's come down to nowadays. Instead of fun, challenge and testing your mettle against players, it's about getting people to play and saving the server. I'm not picking just on MOB, it's a reoccuring theme in a few servers, but unfortunately it's overly obvious here.

I'm at least learning to deal. The ppl who use the Dragunov make nice targets for a real sniper. It did piss me off when I looked at the Skill Modfiers in the stats section later on, however:

ppsh (dragunov full-auto)+2-2

ppsh semi (dragunov semi-auto)+4-4

thompson (M-16)+2-2

springfield (Same for all sniper weapons)+1-1

luger (MAC-11)+5-5

Hmmm...what seems to be the problem here... oh yeah... the easier the weapon is to use THE MORE POINTS IT'S WORTH. Were you high when you assigned the point values (and I know you guys did because Stativore assigns different values on other servers)? At least make accurate automatic weapons worth like +1 -1. Even the M-16 is over ranked with +2 -2. Real sniping weapons (the USMC, Remmington 700 and SAKO) are far harder to use than the Dragunov, yet they are worth 4x less??? It's a simple change, it won't impact gameplay and it'll more fairly balance what real stats reflect.

[Major.Pain]

Don't take it to heart pookie. Quite a few of us have the same concerns for the unrealistic powers of the dragunov. I usually go one round of modern weapons and then I go to a classic server. I don't mind Italy so much but Barb is just too big with snipers everywhere.

But that's just me and I do what Cross suggested...I go to a classic UO server. My choice.



-Pain