Re-coding Weapons

No point when we have limited dev time. -1

It literally just changes the look of the guns?

 

Already disregarding my post as an incorrect statement - good start.

Why we don't have developers for all gamemodes is an entirely irrelevant and off-topic discussion, in this thread.

The reasons for having the dev time we have (which, I agree, is not enough) does not change the fact that we don't have a lot of dev time. The reasons for this is irrelevant here; we still don't have a lot of dev time. There's so many projects being worked on at the moment and a lot of other projects planned (one of which is a Wild West rework). Like it or not, that's the truth.

I don't think recoding guns is a worthwhile use of the dev time we have, hence why I don't think there's much of a point in updating the guns. An equally small update could be used to fix cuffs, for example, which would make the gamemode better for new players (since they wouldn't just get cuffed out of no-where while processing, being put in prison for reasons they do not understand, and leave) and old players (the cuffing system is easily the most disliked thing in Wild West). Meanwhile, your reasons for rebalancing guns are:

• Historical Inaccuracy

Not very important, in my opinion. Getting the server historically accurate would be nice, but I'd much rather have a more balanced gamemode (which fixing cuffs, or making economy changes, would do).

• Give the gamemode a more fresh feel

For future new players, who won't know what the old Wild West guns looked like, this change won't make the gamemode any more fresh for them. For old players, a lot of whom don't play anymore, I feel as if the gamemode will need more changes than some aesthetic improvements to make the gamemode fresh again. I think changing the gameplay (once again, fixing cuffs or making economy changes) would be more effective at freshening up the gamemode.

As well as this, I think taking advantage of 3D models for guns would make the gamemode better. Having 3D guns may make the gamemode more interesting to new players and make the gamemode more professional, which may slightly improve player retention rate. However, I think it'd be a slight increase (and again, fixing cuffs or making economy changes would probably be more effective than 3D models).

As I said above, there are other things that I think would improve player retention even more. Also, Brawl's shop is very bare. There's not many things that you can buy for Wild West. Another thing that would be better than re-coding the weapons would be improving the shop, in my opinion.

Don't get me wrong, I think changing some of the weapons would be great, but I think we have more important things to do on Wild West alone, as well as on the rest of the network.

In my short response before, I did not address rebalancing the guns as it was not the main feature of the thread. The main idea seemed to be changing the aesthetics of the guns so its more historically accurate, and to make the gamemode more fresh. Only the last sentence even mentioned balancing changes.

I obviously wouldn't be against trying to make the guns better, but I think they're as good as they're gonna get at the moment. My only issue with the guns is the sheriff guns are incredibly OP against casual players so they don't really stand a chance, but that's not an issue that can be fixed easily (as just nerfing it will mean the sheriff guns won't be powerful to take out larger teams). In other words, I think the guns would need more complicated changes, which would require more dev time (which we don't have enough of). If you have any ideas for a system that'd quickly fix this issue, let me know. On a different thread though, as it doesn't really have much to do with re-doing the weapons.

If you could include more detail as to what exactly you'd want to see with gun rebalancing (you gave the name of two guns, one I think is balanced enough and the other I think should be buffed), that would be nice. At the moment, my opinion on the idea still stands.