How do we balance automatic weapons? Firstly, there can be projectile and hitscan versions each balance in the ways discussed above. In a vacuum, these weapons are stronger than a semi-automatic version… You can simply deal out damage much faster. Automatic weapons rapidly fire shots when you hold down left click. As long as hitscan weapons are kept in check, I think having both hitscan and projectile weapons will add depth to gunplay, increase the amount of decision making, and overall increase the skill-ceiling of the game.Īutomatic weapons are another thing I see a lot of people say “don't belong” in Realm Royale. I think we’re lose out on a lot of interesting gunplay opportunities. Right now we have all projectile weapons (except the venom pistol) and they all feel like they serve the same purpose. The most important thing is each weapon feeling unique and excels in specific situations. I believe hitscan weapons belong in Realm Royale with proper balancing of damage fall off. In longer ranged fights skilled players can deal big damage with projectiles and taking hitscan weapons shots aren't too punishing. You will have to approach fights differently than others and I think that's a valuable addition to gun play. Having a hitscan weapon or fighting against one changes your gameplay and decision making. Projectile weapons can be balanced to be more desirable in certain situations by having higher base damage, no fall-off, and larger projectile size (which I think is too large right now but that’s another conversation). This is balanced by implementing damage fall off, the further away the enemy is the less damage a shot deals. Obviously the hitscan weapon is stronger as it can hit shots more reliably. Let's take two identical weapons but one is hitscan and the other is projectile. Hitscan weapons are weapons that instantly deal damage by clicking on an enemy, the bullet travel time is instant. Let's focus overall if they are good for the game or not. But when you fuck up several patches in a row, telling yourself they'll fix it because 'it's only an alpha after all' is starting to look like a far-fetched wish, rather than a realistic thing that could/will happen.I want everybody to ignore Realm Royale’s implementation/balancing of hitscan and automatic weapons. Not to mention chicken mode is virtually useless now. It punishes good players and helps bad ones. Bloom isn't a good way to balance automatic weapons, either. Hoping you get lucky and find the right weapon isn't a fun way to go about things (this is why early shotgun wasn't fun and early mage wasn't fun either, they relied on you finding specific weapons or skills to do well).

Even if you lost, you could say it was because of them being better than you, or you getting outplayed/making mistakes. The slow TTK and the skill-intensive nature of the weapons in the game (yes, even without bullet drop weapons like the Crossbow, Revolver and Slug Rifle are skill based) made the gunplay and -fights feel rewarding when you won. This game was fun, because you could pick your fights (and even back out of them, if you had good timing) and the fights would be slow and skill-heavy. With the introduction of SMG's, LMG's and even the changed auto-rifle (it wasn't this bad before) the balance has shifted from looking for early fights to get your class weapon (not even going to mention the forge changes, patiently waiting for those to be reverted), to hoping you get lucky and find an smg or AR. In big fights, chicken mode was an asset and you would be able to kite and dodge effectivelly. Fights were slow, but could be over fast if you made a mistake (bad movement, exposing yourself from a wrong angle). You had to lead your shots, predict movement while still looking for those headshots. Difference between then and now, however, is the fact that most weapons took skill to use.

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