Idea An idea to play with a gun in the lobby

So basically PearJRs idea but you can use every gun? Seems alright but this post is redundant.

 

I think it should only cost money to go in the shooting range if you are using a gun you don't have, not if you already have it.

 

How would u be in the lobby for 5 minutes? you can only be there until the game starts. (1 min)

 

I think it is 1 minute × 5 times.

 

@JudeK1 said in the initial post that a player could chose to practice rather than playing the game to serve the 5 minutes. I don’t like the idea of players missing a game to play with guns in the lobby, I think as many players as possible should play the game. Give them 30 seconds - 1minute when they’re in the lobby but don’t let it interfere with game time.

 

But if there is a server with 10 players and 2 choose to practice instead of playing that will really affect everyone else's gameplay.

 

You shouldn't have to pay for a demo, that's ridiculous.
Imagine if you had to pay before test driving a car at a dealership; You should be able to know full-well what you're buying, car or pixel, no charge.
Other than that gun range would be nice.

 

I think without paying is fine. Like people could test donor weapons for free in the shooting range back in legacy

 

If there are less players in a game it makes it less fun, so people choosing to skip games to test weapons impacts everyone.

 

This idea sounds fun and all but just as Ben said this could really affect the gameplay. I don't know what the limit might be of how many players could actually stay in the shooting range, but if half of the players choose to stay there it will really change the game that is currently being played. And this idea sounds kind of big, so I doubt that a developer will ever work on this. When I think of this idea I also have a feeling that it could cause a lot of exploits to be found and abused. I don't exacly know what that could be but maybe players could find an exploit where they still have the gun that they tested and use them in an actual game. Or they could end up with two primary weapons. These are just a few ideas of what could happen. Exploits like these could be really hard to fix which could ultimately lead to the shooting range being removed.
I'd rather just have all the players join a game since War never really has a high player count.

 

So I've been thinking a bit on this idea. I've come up with some ideas for it to keep it fun and interesting. Not allof these are my ideas but this is how I think the idea would be be implemented. Open to feedback.

• You can open a menu at the end of a game to choose which gun you want to try. You pay a small amount of credits to try guns you don't have and none to play with guns you do have.
• You can purchase the gun for 1 intermission, 3 intermissions, 5 intermission, 10 intermissions, or 1 hour, 5 hours, 24 hours? Each costing more the longer it is.
• You CANNOT keep trying your gun once a game starts, it puts you in the game and you can come back after and use it again after the game.
• It makes different noises for body shots and headshots, so you can practice your aim with certain weapons.
• There is a firing range but you can still run around the normal lobby shooting to practice on moving targets.

I also considered an infinite clip, but I'm not sure whether this is a good idea or not. Seeing as some guns such as MG4 have long reload times of around 6 seconds, it really decreases the time you have to actually shoot.

 

I really don't understand how this at all seems logical, to be honest. If a player doesn't want to play the round, they will more than likely just spectate or straight-up quit, still having the same effect on gameplay that you're implying. If anything, wouldn't giving them something to do during rounds that they don't want to play keep them in the lobby...? You might argue that they might intentionally choose to practice over playing the game, but how will a player that wasn't even going to be there in a first place affect the gameplay? The only difference between the practicing player and an offline/spectating player is that there's more of a chance they will hop into a game when they feel ready, and the fact that they're taking up a slot, which also doesn't matter. I also know that for extremely inexperienced players it's very off-putting joining a game just to be farmed by players like us, which will in turn make them rage-quit. Giving them an environment to attempt to close the gap will benefit them greatly. Obviously it won't compare to real gameplay with good players, but if the shooting range is implemented correctly, I genuinely feel that it will help War, not hinder it. The notion that adding one will negatively affect gameplay is utterly absurd.

 

It could encourage people who maybe wouldn't miss the game to skip it, having the same effect. I see what you mean however, good point, and I think this should be taken into account also.

 

Yeah Ice Bear agrees there is virtually no tutorial to playing. Ice Bear says maybe when they first login it is a person telling them how to scope hipfire and knife then give them a few targets to shoot at.