Remove Rate of Fire Penalty From M4 Stocks

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Remove Rate of Fire Penalty From M4 Stocks

Post by Fritigern » 02 Aug 2016, 03:22

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): The M4 stock is good in theory, horrible in execution. Like many other things in CM, it's a noob trap. Increased accuracy sounds great, but the massive blow to your RoF coupled with a meager accuracy bonus (burst fire still sprays all over the place, and a stock M4 is almost laser accurate on single shots already) translates to a massive drop in DPS and overall reduced combat effectiveness.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): We'll remove one more noob trap from the server while providing a small buff to marines who are currently very much outgunned in the field.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): No seasoned, robust marine would be caught dead using the M4 stock on their rifle. It's a dramatic and indisputable nerf to their damage and capabilities in the field. By removing the nerfed rate of fire (which doesn't make sense anyways, that's not how guns work) we can make the stock an appealing modification that even veteran players will start to use.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): Find the rate of fire calculation attached to the M4 stock in the code and highlight it with your mouse. Then, carefully stand up in front of your keyboard, drop your trousers, and slap the BACKSPACE button with your dick as hard as you can. Feel free to then pat yourself on the back for successfully removing one more jankily designed player trap from the server.

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Re: Remove Rate of Fire Penalty From M4 Stocks

Post by YungCuz » 02 Aug 2016, 10:35

I think this is a thing since the M4 stock was ment to be like a marksman thing sorta like the sniper rifle so technically if you shoot farther (i think) it might be more accurate? Neutral for the time being.
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Re: Remove Rate of Fire Penalty From M4 Stocks

Post by forwardslashN » 02 Aug 2016, 10:41

Fritigern wrote: Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): Find the rate of fire calculation attached to the M4 stock in the code and highlight it with your mouse. Then, carefully stand up in front of your keyboard, drop your trousers, and slap the BACKSPACE button with your dick as hard as you can. Feel free to then pat yourself on the back for successfully removing one more jankily designed player trap from the server.
I don't know if you're trying to be silly or what, but that comes off as really inappropriate all the same.

As for the stock, it is meant to be used along with the scope to make the rifle into a pinpoint accuracy machine. I don't see the reason for changing it right now, considering there are other options to increase accuracy, and all of them carry downsides. Either from other items in the same slot, or from the attachment itself. And the stock does not affect the burst speed of a weapon. Denied.
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