[quote=“Black;194509”][quote=“Amerika;194229”]I think I need to remind people that the first time jump sniping was removed, rather randomly in a patch with it also being an unannounced change, there was a monster community backlash against it to the point that SD quickly changed it back to the normal mechanics on the next patch. Then, despite it rarely ever being brought up in any balance conversations both at the low and high end of the spectrum, it was removed again later on. And this was even after headshot gibs were removed. The change was explained on stream, which I transcribed and posted on this forum, and boiled down to, “I didn’t like it” with some other fluff.
Designers at SD didn’t like it so we don’t have it anymore. It wasn’t a balance decision. It wasn’t a community outcry that prompted it. It changed because SD wanted a more traditional sit still and fire sniper and that’s that.
It’s their game, they can do what they want. I just don’t agree with the change. And as history has proven it’s not been a positive change at all since it promotes the one playstyle we all hate…sit at the back of a map and do nothing to help the objective beyond be annoying.
Bolt-action play is rarely seen in organized competitive matches now and it’s more of a gimmick or liability in a game paced like DB. In other games I’d agree that jump sniping should not have been a thing. In DB though it most definitely should be from my perspective due to the speed of play.[/quote]
Thanks for this @Amerika .
This just about closes up this thread and topic from coming up again. Not that I think it’s because you are mod this has more value as I understand your opinions are your own.
It’s because you assert that there was a “monster community backlash”, which some people coughs @blonk just dosen’t seem to understand.
The amount of people who disagreed with it is overwhelming. It’s obvious. But like I said previously, I’m not going to tell SD how to develop a game, it’s their game and they can do whatever they want. I just have the opinion that it was a poor decision on their part and it made some players leave and others angry.[/quote]
I agree with you and Amerika supporting the idea that it’s SD’s game and they can do whatever they want but just the fact that they did this is overwhelmingly ridiculous. This is the first FPS game I’ve encountered where you have a jumping mechanism and a sniper but cannot jumpsnipe. And what’s even worse is that you used to be able to. I think SD should be rewarded something for this.
