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This topic is lockedOne of the things I hated most about MW4 and to a lesser extent MW3 was how all the weapons were pinpoint accurate to the reticle. That meant you could stack 2 PPCs and 2 Gauss rifles in the same weapon group and even at max range they would all slam into the same part of the mech. It would act like a giant AC/60. The most common scenario was seeing an entirely pristine mech with the center torso carved out like a giant metal donut.
Please implement some mechanism to spread the damage around from various weapons. Two mechanisms come to mind:
1) Reticle spread. A lot of FPS games have a reticle spread where the bullet can fall anywhere inside a given box centered on the reticle. If you calculate the random deviation for each weapon seperately then it should cause the damage to spread out a bit. This mechanism would also feed in nicely to weapon accuracy over ranges, or even for possible future implementation of targeting computers in reducing reticle spread.
2) A second approach was something I saw in that cancelled Battletech 3205 game. In that game it would apply a percentage of the damage from a volley directly to where the reticle was, and then it would randomize the remaining percentage over the rest of the mech.
Thanks for taking the time to read!
Edited by MysticWav, 01 February 2012 - 09:08 PM.
