Community Question: Shooting While Sprinting

(tokamak) #181

You said something about it.

(Humate) #182

Please elaborate for badman, thanks!

(Kendle) #183

LOL, oops, in that case then rephrase my response, “I’d rather have recoil than spread”.

Regardless of the attributes of either, spread = luck, recoil doesn’t. If we’re designing the hypothectically perfect game, and wish to provide a diverse range of weapons without any being better than any other then they should be balanced using all the attributes weapons are usually balanced by, except spread. Make other attributes, like recoil, more defining before being tempted to adopt the lazy developers approach and bring spread into the equation.

I’ve now taken up 2 or 3 pages of this thread debating a single point, which isn’t the point of the thread in the first place, and I think I’ve explained why spread = luck and how recoil could be used to balance weapons and provide an immediate penalty if penalty is required that can be immediately and consistently countered with practise and skill. I’m going to leave it there.

(FrOat) #184

I voted “I want to be able to fire my gun while sprinting (but at a huge spread penallty)”

ET gameplay is da beeeeeeeest !

(Dthy) #185

I voted to be able to fire my gun (but have a huge spread penalty) simply from my experience playing against sprinty sprinty players on ET:QW. Best example i can think of is Axter.

(Humate) #186

^^^ You cant sprint and shoot in ETQW.

(Humate) #187

^ So you want it to be like Brink?

(Humate) #188

Whats a sprinty sprinty player dtwish? I dont know who axter is.
Do you mean players who run away from combat?
Or players who use sprint aggressively to lemming?

(Dthy) #189

Players who just sprint around enemies holding down the trigger not really aiming. it’s just a personal thing i hate because sprinting round someone gives the sprinter a huge unfair advantage imo and negates the need to aim properly, don’t want this to turn into a flamewar or anything, just stating my opinion.

(Humate) #190

Oh ok, I know what you mean. :slight_smile:
Yeh you can run forwards and shoot, but you cant sprint and shoot, because shooting interrupts sprint in etqw.

(Kendle) #191

It’s spread which negates the need to aim properly, not sprinting. If there were no spread holding down the trigger would just shoot bullets into the ether doing no harm to anyone unless the shooter was able to accurately place his / her crosshair on you whilst moving at that speed, which would be a skill to be applauded not something to get annoyed at.

Yeah OK, I know I said I’d shut up now :frowning:

(Apples) #192

By this he means playing with big sensitivity and flick shot ultra close quarter while bunnyhopping like a crazy, add unhit magical mastery to that and you have some of the most hated qw players :smiley: (Some of the toughest to beat usually too), I must admit I hate that too, but its a type of play we cant deny.

Peace

(INF3RN0) #193

H4rdc0re is a notorious sprinty sprinterton :).

(Humate) #194

[QUOTE=Apples;387043]By this he means playing with big sensitivity and flick shot ultra close quarter while bunnyhopping like a crazy, add unhit magical mastery to that and you have some of the most hated qw players :smiley: (Some of the toughest to beat usually too), I must admit I hate that too, but its a type of play we cant deny.

Peace[/QUOTE]

LOL, theres actually a revive-first medic that plays comp like that. Ultra high sens, crouch spams like crazy. Will either run like a mofo,to pack himself up or will use the revived team-mate as a meatshield. He will never engage an enemy head on either, its always a backrage or siderage.
Players who play like that, generally (and im being nice here), arent that tough to beat though. Annoying? For sure. :slight_smile:

I’m willing to live with players doing that, if it means keeping the base speed at a relatively quick pace. :wink:

(matsy) #195

I always crouch and shoot what ever game I’m playing, or I usually do.

I always found ET’s movement better over Brink / ETQW but that was probably down to the Quake 3 engine, got in to ETQW in the end…

Brink will come to me I’m sure…

(Humate) #196

new question imo!

(UJERebel) #197

Yeah :smiley: Something about teamplay would be nice :slight_smile:

(Patriotqube) #198

Voted others

firing with a sligtly increased spread

KEYWORD = Slightly

(kristus) #199

[QUOTE=Apoc;386276]I voted other, “you should be able to shoot while sprinting with no penalty”

Games need to stop slowing everything down…

Quake live/tribes/ETQWpro/etc[/QUOTE]
This. Why this is even a matter up for debate is beyond me.

(sanDIOkan) #200

you need a poll to understand that people want to sprint and shoot?
badman u are supposed to be ex quakers… why the hell do u slow down games this way when u already know that noone likes it?

anyways the game is dead does it make any differences?