Or at least allow us to buff vehicle damage in portal.
This isn’t a complaint. Just a thought on where this game is going if the nerfs keep coming due to devs trying to placate complainers.
Why buffs? Because I like to play games to get a sense of using something powerful. Like “supers” in Destiny, or the massively OP heavy weapons. This was balanced with low ammo count and recharge timers, so it can still be balanced. Why the hell play something where it feels like you’re shooting a BB gun that only sounds like a real gun? Because that’s how BF feels sometimes, even in vehicles. Even before the nerf, but worse now.
Or are weapons of war supposed to be less effective, just so its fair to the enemy? If everything is buffed, then it’s equal force on opposing force, so balanced no matter what. It just takes more skill to survive.
Tanks should have way more splash damage, you know, as if you’re shooting tank shells and not big, slow bullets. A 57mm cannon shouldn’t need a direct hit as if it’s a sniper rifle, the 30mm cannon Bolte was actually one of the only things that was fun and unskilled people complained it into dust. It had open windows and low armor and it could be countered by numerous methods like SOFLAM, emp, well placed shots through the window, the NTW, etc but the 30mm was too effective so it had to be made boring, right? Rockets and missiles? Why do they have such small splash damage? In the future, ordinance actually becomes less effective I guess? You can bombard the whole enemy team from a helo and only get like 1-2 kills. That’s not realistic at all, nor is it fun. But god forbid, it actually works like actual air support or complainers would be outraged. People don’t even want to get in and be gunners in tanks or whatever because the vehicles plain suck and just get killed fast.
Don’t get me started on the infantry guns. It’s boring. But here’s a few examples: a 50 Cal NTW that boasts a 1500m range in the description can only do about 300m in the game because of bullet drop (do these shells only have half a load of powder or something?), and damage falloff means you need a headshot. You get a hit with a real 50 cal on an arm, leg or torso in real life, that guy is NOT walking away. Like in more realistic games like Insurgency, any hit with the 50 cal anywhere is a kill. It’s fun to use. It’s balanced by the huge reload time and awful handling. The NTW is fun, but only because it sounds powerful and sort of feels powerful, but in reality, it’s outclassed by the lower caliber snipers and even DMR’s as far as range and effectiveness. The MG recoil should not have been reduced, but damage increased so TTK is quicker if you land the shots. As it is now, players are basically bullet sponges.
All this needs to be buffed and more impressive to use imo, or the game just becomes more and more mediocre. Just my 2 cents because it seems really watered down after all these nerfs..
