Chaosforge Forum
DoomRL => Requests For Features => Topic started by: LuckyDee on April 27, 2012, 13:09
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Bit of a shame that there's only one use for the Sniper mod. Why not an advanced or master assembly, for example one that turns a plasma rifle into a cell-based shotgun?
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Bit of a shame that there's only one use for the Sniper mod.
Correction, there is only one assembly that uses the sniper mod. This is not the same thing as the sniper mod only having one use: if the "normal" improvement that sniper weapon pack provides is truly crappy then I don't mind buffing, but the autohit was too strong and we're not going back to it. (I assume this was really meant as "there is only use for sniper weapon pack on a shotgun", which is a legitimate complaint, but it's at least a step above having no use from previous versions.)
Generally speaking, I want to remove the dependency of certain assemblies requiring exotic mods as much as possible. Ideally, exotic mods should be able to stand on their own and not feel like yet another mod pack with which to make an assembly. We haven't gotten there yet, but hopefully we can in the next version, at which point there will only be a couple of assemblies with any exotics, if any at all.
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Sounds fair enough; I did indeed phrase my request poorly - or simply wrong. I'll have another look at it, I don't do enough with mods outside assemblies.
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Sounds fair enough; I did indeed phrase my request poorly - or simply wrong. I'll have another look at it, I don't do enough with mods outside assemblies.
This is exactly why I'm glad I haven't spoiled the assemblies for myself - I learnt to value the mods on their own.
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How about sniper pack also adding 1 or 2 to accuracy?Currently for plasma rifle S1 is worse than A2 in most situations, so it's a bit of a joke.
And for shotguns it could decrease damage dropoff i think.
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I started playing with this version so I don't know anything about the S-mod's former "auto-hit" capabilities but when it was nerfed it might have been nerfed too much. The only interesting thing about sniper mods (to me) is that they can remove the 50% accuracy penalty for shooting into the dark - but you need 2 of them. This makes S mods essentially useless for assembled weapons, and I've never found two sniper mods in one game anyway. At the very least, I think that the order of the sniper mod's bonuses should be switched around. S1: No accuracy penalty for shooting into the dark. S2: No accuracy drop-off with distance.