Willy
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Post by Willy on May 3, 2005 10:37:31 GMT -5
I agree with Lost. Wasn't the BAR known for being a bad-ass weapon? Castrating its potency doesn't add to the realism. Id prefer the 3 round burst if that would be considered more "fair".
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Woody
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Post by Woody on May 4, 2005 14:39:41 GMT -5
My vote is leave the BAR as is...We have the ability already to change a "sniper" map to "sniper only" etc. It makes one a better player using a rifle on MG maps, does it not? Also keeping the BAR as is gives new players a better chance of competing.
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Post by feliks on May 6, 2005 14:30:09 GMT -5
I could not have said it any better than LostChild, Woody and Willy. Sir Shootsalot and I had a short conversation about the subject today as well. Not wanting to upset anyone, he's not put it to words here yet, but he'd like maybe one of his nades back. He's good with them, (The ones he was using when he was voted in as an LPmember) and doesnt throw them randomly. He, I and at least one other I know of have felt badly about using our smg's or MG's when someone complained about them. If I remember correctly, complaining and whining is rude and a violation of the rules and can get anyone 'da boot'. Emailing Lamron or airing it out here at the forum is correct, I believe. I understand that sniper maps are designed for the eye popping shots from a distance, employing tactics, but smg's do have scopes on them, and I pray by mentioning that, I dont lose the smg scope too. But I dont often see LPmember's getting a request to change to all sniper/rifle often. I would do the change myself if members present agree, happily for I enjoy a good sniper or rifle match. But after 45-60min of crouch walking and stalking, I like to wake up a little w/ some rock'n roll time. Anyway, I love LamronsPlayground and want whats best for its advancement. If thats retiring a smg/m1carbine/MG player like myself because I've become a problem, so be it. For the record, I believe[glow=red,2,300]Noones[/glow] comments here are alltogether right or wrong for all. Its my world, and its your world too! Friendly debate is good for understanding, but making people feel bad for choices they can make is un-cool. Hope to see you all in the game soon, and Thank you Lamron for room to ramble on here...Nuff said!
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RedRock
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Post by RedRock on May 6, 2005 16:42:17 GMT -5
Back to the very original issue raised by Lamron, that of heavy mg usage on the server and an apparent advantage to those users, and away from the anti-smg tirade that I prompted discussion to, apparently: I'd like to see all LP members have the same numbers of nades, mines, knives, pistols, etc. REGARDLESS of the primary long gun chosen, and I still don't see the logic in taking away the 2 incendiary rounds (at least, not the way I play, with half the time firing them into the wall where I'm peeking around!). Since the mg "problem" seems to me mostly to be confined to non-members, and since non-members already get a limited number of airstrikes (? and also limited prox mines....can't remember), perhaps the non-members could have the somewhat limited grenades/incendiaries settings for them only, say 2 nades and 3 incendiaries instead of members' 3 nades and 4 incendiaries (or whatever Lamron giveth). If visitors' settings are too restrictive, they won't come around or won't come back, and then I'd never have gotten to know Marauder or Feliks or Shootsy, etc., and y'all'd have never had the chance to put up with me, too!
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Lamron
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Post by Lamron on May 6, 2005 22:34:20 GMT -5
Ok, we'll call this a failed experiment. I'm always looking for ways to balance the weapon strengths and weaknesses. Far be it from me to give the impression that any playing style is less than welcome. The opposite is true; I try to make it so players using different weapons CAN play together, by trying to make it so no one feels like they HAVE to use the same weapon as others just to be able to compete.
It appears that there isn't any real way to do that without making ALL the weapons so similar that realism and choice are thrown out the window. The real weapons are different, so the ones in game should be too. We'll just have to use the restricted weapon modes whenever we want an exactly even match.
So, I changed it back to all players getting 3 frag/smoke grenades, except shotgun which gets back it's 4 incindiaries and silenced pistol which gets extra knives instead (same as it was before).
I read and consider carefully EVERY post. Sometimes I'll just let a thread run on for a while without my input so I can get a feel for everybody's opinion. I hope nobody ever feels like they are not respected and listened to if they don't see immediate change/results. Sometimes it takes a little while to come up with a solution that makes everybody happy (and to work out the technical issues).
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desmo2
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Post by desmo2 on May 7, 2005 9:49:06 GMT -5
Experiment away, Lamron. I'm happy to be one of your lab rats... ;D
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Willy
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Post by Willy on May 7, 2005 15:48:10 GMT -5
Thanks Lamron. You truely are "t\The Benevolent Dictator" Happy belated birthday!
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RedRock
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Post by RedRock on May 7, 2005 18:19:48 GMT -5
Experiment away, Lamron. I'm happy to be one of your lab rats... ;D Lab rats cause cancer, you know that, right, Des?
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Post by feliks on May 7, 2005 19:50:09 GMT -5
Lab rats cause cancer, you know that, right, Des? Not if you light them up with Alt shotty fire and dunk them in BBQ sauce.
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