READ- Weapon Rebalancing

[Moo V]

I've seen this idea mentioned in this thread several times, and I don't fully understand how this kind of change hurts the veteran players.

I would actually think this nerf benefits the veteran players more than the newer players, as veteran players have had time to get proficient at dodging bullets; and hence would be good with any gun.


Before the nerf, the overpowered BAR gave newer players a handicap to help bridge their skill deficiency (dodging bullets and timing shots).
Now that the BAR has been nerfed, they no longer have the option of letting their wallet fight for them.

I could be missing something -- but it seems to me like newer players are more disadvantaged now; as they have lost the option to purchase a handicap.

If somebody could clear up for me how veteran players are 'weakened' by this change, so I can get an understanding of your perspective? =D

Hmmmm, think of it this way: You spent $100 real life money for a OP pixel gun with insane stats. Now Bitzsam comes and change the stats but says its "hierarchy" isn't changed.

That alone makes a lot of people salty because people brought BAR because it was "Holy cow so op, wow amazing, wow i can rekt ppl, wow wow wow wow."

And you have a point about the veterans being able to polish their dodging skills but then again, now with these guns that are slightly slower the "newbies" will also have a better chance at learning the dodges and stuff, so its really beneficial to both sides. The issue I see here is that people are salty because their favorite weapon isn't as "glorious" as it used to be and they feel scammed of their money. Put it this way:
Bar (A): Fast Fire Rate, Low Freeze, 20 Clip, 200,000 price [Old]
Bar (B): Medium Fire Rate, Medium Freeze, 15 (or whatever the new clip size is) Clip, 200,000 price [New]
- What do you think the people would prefer?
They would definitely prefer A, since the stat for both the BARs is completely different yet their price remained the same.

Oh and we are weakened because take BAR for example. If BAR [old] vs a M4 then the [old] BAR will have a better chance at winning than if BAR [new] vs M4.
So we are weakened but not by much.