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AQ2 balance suggestions | Blue Vex

 I got so bored this morning, I started thinking about how to balance

  the weapons and items in AQ2. Most of the time its all about Sniper and M4 with

  Kevlar or Laser. At random times, MP5 and M3 pops out to say hi.

  What about the rest of the items? And why cant M3 and MP5 be as great as the M4 and Sniper?

  Sadly there is no hope for the Handcannon, and I dont consider Akimbo Pistols

  or Knives to be unique weapons.. So here are my suggestions on how to balance

  the "leftout" items and weapons in AQ2. Its nothing serious, just for fun and sharing my ideas.

Items:

- When choosing a Bandolier, you must select two unique weapons to spawn with.

  You no longer need to kill an enemy to aquire that second weapon.

- Silencer increases the Pistol and MP5´s accuracy by 50% (same accuracy as when

  STANDING still), but reduces damage with 20%. Sniper Rifle gets 20% increased damage,

  and 50% increased accuracy when unzoomed (Sniper+Silencer kills players with

  Kevlar Vests in one hit, but is very vulnarable to chest damage).

- Wearing Stealth Slippers now makes you draw your weapons instantly when

  switching between them (just like in Quake), or start/finish bandaging.

  Also removes the arming sound when switching to an MP5, M4 or Pistol.

  This makes bandaging a little bit faster and no more arming of your weapons

  when picking them up (improves stealth).



Weapons:

- Increase the MP5´s rate of fire to 12 bullets per second (up from 10).

  This is to let the MP5 empty its magazine at the same time the M4 empties its clip.

  It will be a fast but weak gun vs a slow but powerfull gun, instead of a slow and weak

  gun vs a slow but powerfull gun.

- Give the M3 an option to switch to slugs with the ´weapon´ command.

  This is so the M3 can compete over distance with the Sniper, MP5, M4 and Pistol.

  Slugs should do 150% the damage of an M4 bullet, and have the same bullet spread

  and accuracy penalties as the Pistol. Slugs ignores Kevlar Vests, and when shooting

  slugs you lose your shell ammo (gameplay over reality).

- Shotguns can use ammo called slugs, which are patrons that dont spread pellets,

  but instead go straight forward as a hard projectile. The Railgun in Quake2 uses

  slugs for ammo, although its a bad example.



Gameplay:

- In teamplay mode, players will spawn with the maximum ammo loadout for their

  unique weapon and Pistol. This will make the M3/HC get 14 extra shells,

  MP5 2 extra magazines and Sniper 20 extra bullets. You can only carry one

  M4 clip at the time, so you would still spawn with only one M4 clip in teamplay.

- IR vision now makes enemies turn red and teammates turn green.

- Ability to roll the grenades over the floor if you crouch when throwing them.