6 years ago

Bows,crossbows and other projectile weapons

Silly thought for such a fast paced game I know but I think it would be cool to have more silent weapon options like crossbows and shurikens that take more skill to use but are more powerful in retur...

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EA_Blueberry

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6 years ago

@Pretzelnutcake

We've seen some chatter for silencers on weapons, perhaps as an attachment. How would you describe the power and abilities of the crossbow?

Pretzelnutcake
6 years ago
I'd say deadly at close range but has either heavy damage or projectile falloff at distance, or maybe a bit of both, kind of like shotguns but silent. Maybe give them a hopup called armour piercing where they do extra damage to shields.

As for suppressors I personally don't think it's a good idea unless it's limited to secondaries and SMGs or something, would promote camping if someone could use weapons like the R301 without any sound, just camp a hotspot like Bunker or Skulltown and melt any teams going by without fear of being third partied
- wqvh655RHOsjwr
  6 years ago
  I was thinking about this too, and with the availability of ammo, you could do a lot with bows and crossbows I think.
  Light crossbow would be like a wrist bow, and the light bow should be a short recurve for high shot times.
  Heavy crossbow could be like an old school crank crossbow with a little bit longer of a reload, but much higher distance and damage, the heavy bow could be more like a compound long bow with high draw times.
  Energy is where it would get interesting I think, there was a game I played long ago that had “solar powered” bows that essentially shot lasers, instead of having arrows and bolts for the energy types you can do batteries and give them a “magazine” if you will where instead of having to knock an arrow/bolt you can pull back the bowstring and the arrow materializes in the right spot.
  Another thing to take into account would be the speed at which they fly and maybe a hop-up that is for all the bows, but does something different for each that would play into ammo type. If equipped to the short recurve for instance, it might have a faster draw speed, or the arrow could have a higher projectile speed, whereas if equipped on the heavier arrows, like you said an armor piercing effect, but instead of doing more damage to armor, possibly punch 10% damage through armor. Energy would be a tough one, maybe something with a better “battery” (extended magazine) or a lesser arc star effect, shorter duration, less speed loss.
  I put some thought into this every time I get third partied when I’m going HAM on a squad. I’d really like to see weapons like this added to the game, but I don’t really want classic bow and arrow type stuff, I think you could do a lot with it, and I would absolutely use a bow if they were worth it.
  Also something of note, a bow requires a certain amount of distance to get power behind the arrow, I know it’s a game, but realistically if you shot someone point blank with a bow it would do less damage, especially if they are within a short enough distance where the string can’t fully release pressure, if that were the case it may still do damage to the target but it would be insignificant in comparison to if that arrow had more room to pick up speed. It would take some fiddling to get them right for sure, but they can be powerful tools.