SMGs still too good?
Yes, the patches have made the situation better but I feel that SMGs are still a tad too good, especially at range, compared to other weapon types. On the subject of range...... I am torturing myse...
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Nothing wrong with the smg’s it’s the other guns that are so poor
@emerson1975 Totally agree. What is the point of giving us huge open maps and then weapons with COD range limitations?
Sniper rifles should be able to reach out to a thousand metres effectively, but take skill to use. Make them slow to aim and inaccurate when standing (you currently get no accuracy bonus for kneeling or going prone).
LMGs should be effective out to 500m, Assault rilfes minimum 300m and SMGs between 100 to 150m. Even pistols should be lethal (but not necessarily accurate) out to 100m. Shotguns would be dependent upon load.
The poor effectiveness of the weapons just means most people play meta and you end up with tight balls of combat with huge empty spaces.
- @Rusty Rat And another contradictory post!
You agree with someone who disagrees premises then proceed to spell out the way things should be which broadly follows the threads premise!@Trokey66 Not contradictory, just agreeing with the other post answering your OP question. No SMGs are not too powerful, the other weapons are too weak. The answer to a weapon type being too powerful is usually a nerf, when what we need is a buff to other weapon types to make them more effective at longer ranges than an SMG.
SMGs should be effective at close range, but over 100m they should begin to lose effectiveness and rifles, LMGs, etc take over. When even sniper rifles start to lose effectiveness at 150m, then of course the close quarter weapon will be ascendant.
- @Rusty Rat the problem is, take SMGs out the equation and with the possible exception of a few outliers, weapon balance is good.
If all other weapon types are buffed, they can all reach a level where there is no real difference and weapon choice becomes personal and not situational.
SMGs throws all that out the window, SMGs are, in my opinion the outlier and therefore nerfs here are appropriate.
