Goodbye sweet spot :D
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Yup.
It's confirmed by Mr EA himself.
No, not Andrew Wilson, he's returned by hydro-jet to his converted volcano island lair.
Westie.
Sounds like some of you new guys are going to have to learn how to actually shoot :P
It's confirmed by Mr EA himself.
No, not Andrew Wilson, he's returned by hydro-jet to his converted volcano island lair.
Westie.
Sounds like some of you new guys are going to have to learn how to actually shoot :P
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I can accept the loss of sweetspot, as long as it’s not airsoft style sniper rifles like bf4
lame is them making up random OHK distances to make every scout rifle "different."
But den most snipors will run to da hills and not ptfo because the rsc machine gun death squads will not let them get near flags.
This.
I'm fine with the sweetspot leaving (always thought it was kinda cheesy) but the sniper rifles needed the same velocity as BF1. BF4's sniper rifles were terrible.
In general though, given that scouts are already underplayed in BF1 statistically, idk what DICE will give them to redeem the class in BFV, or whether it'll be a net failure class.
Also, for what complaints you may have for the sweet spot mechanic, it did at least give you a reason to use one sniper rifle over another for different situations/maps. I have no idea what, if anything, there will be to differentiate bolt action rifles in BFV... which just seems to me to be a bad gameplay decision.
While I enjoyed the sweet spot, I totally agree with you on that. That's the problem with modern style snipers, just feel like different brand BB guns. Or the only thing that lets you know it's a different gun is name, round capacity, and bolt pattern
Scouts/sniping weapon handling decreased in difficulty in Hardline, making them easier to handle and more lethal.
I would say that sniping will be similar to that model.
You will have high velocity and bullet penetration.
A headshot is a OHK. Anything else will be damn near it, especially with the new health model.
If you can’t land two shots to the torso at mid or close range, then it’s not the class for your level of ability.
Differences in weapon handling can be subtle without such an overt mechanic that allows you to easily differentiate between them, however such concerns must take a back seat when designing the skill requirement for the weapon class as far as shooting mechanics are concerned IMO.
Is this confirmed or are you speculating?
I watched this sniping video after watching Westie's video.
https://youtu.be/yP9h0u1Swjg
What I'm saying is that based on that it looks similar to Hardline, especially the velocity. Its pure speculation.
Fair enough, I'll take your word for it.
I'm talking in general terms here, relating to the design ethos behind the rifles in the sniper class and why it might have changed back to models similar to pre BF1 games, like Hardline (yes sniper plagues are a concern).
One thing is certain and that's the gunplay as a whole has been changed radically, except this time they are being upfront about it and making sure the message is going out to the series fans before they get their hands on the game.
The two hit kill time of bolt action rifles is way too slow to keep up with semi-auto rifles, and it's unreasonable to expect scouts to get a majority of headshots if they're attempting to play anywhere close to the objective. Thus scout rifle performance will rely heavily on the enemy being pre-injured or standing still. Meanwhile medic has the advantage there as well since they'll rarely be pre-injured since they can self heal.
And from the gameplay I saw, the SLR TTK is pretty damn fast.
I'm hoping there's at least some relatively fast firing scout rifles, maybe with less damage per hit, but at least capable of keeping up with SLRs. Something along the lines of the RSC for example.