Serious unofficial HL2RP² launch feedback thread

[mårten]

. also gives an opportunity for more long-range gameplay for snipers

sniper gameplay isn't fun in an rp gamemode
this was tested and proven in ww3rp idk why ppl keep talking about it as if it's any fun in the slightest

 

[OneClassyBanana]

I would love to see the combine take down one of their outposts in the city like the warehouse or apartments, and move that build to somewhere outside the city

So would we. Honest. But the simple fact of the matter is that it would meet the same fate as the rail station outpost within an hour. The second someone mentions something about it in ROOC, it’s a safe bet that the majority of the resistance playerbase shows up to engage what’s at most a small scout/capture team.

Cue S2K or rebels trying to infiltrate and dismantle the new outpost as soon as the cops or transhumans go back to grab more supplies to bring out to it.

With the state of on-sight aggression and lack of what might be even loosely defined as ‘proportional response’, it’s just not viable for the Combine to try and build outside the city. Nobody wants to deal with the same frustrations that came about from the rail station hardpoint lasting quite literally less than an hour after the time they spent building it.

It sucks, but that’s the state of things on the map right now.

 

[bilack]

sniper gameplay isn't fun in an rp gamemode
this was tested and proven in ww3rp idk why ppl keep talking about it as if it's any fun in the slightest

not fun for you. but it might be for others

 

[Ond]

not fun for you. but it might be for others

its fun for nobody but the guy shooting

 

[bilack]

its fun for nobody but the guy shooting

thats why both sides shoot. did you read my rant

 

[mårten]

thats why both sides shoot. did you read my rant

so there's a very limited amount of people on either side that can have fun

the average players gets to go around and be a walking targets for opposing snipers

 

[Ond]

thats why both sides shoot. did you read my rant

no i didn't because i don't have to to tell you that its only fun for the people involved in the gunfight who have a weapon identical to the sniper

 

[bilack]

so there's a very limited amount of people on either side that can have fun

the average players gets to go around and be a walking targets for opposing snipers

nearly everyone has a gun or some sort of weapon on this iteration

and those who dont, i suggested the roleplay strip that they can go to

 

[mårten]

nearly everyone has a gun or some sort of weapon on this iteration

everyone did in ww3rp too
doesn't change the fact that they're outranged by the snipers and don't really have a chance

 

[Gary]

I'm on the side that snipers are nothing but an annoyance, can recall at least two assaults (one being an event?) which just turned into crouching and not peaking because of a single sniper behind a smoke

Not sure how they could ever really be balanced for our iteration

 

[Appetite Ruining Kebab]

the only fun counterplay to snipers is to have insane mobility/concealment abilities beyond what is realistically possible in ww3rp & hl2rp settings for the majority of players

 

[Komchan]

Only enjoyable snipers are event S2M ones

 

[avralwobniar]

the only fun counterplay to snipers is to have insane mobility/concealment abilities beyond what is realistically possible in ww3rp & hl2rp settings for the majority of players

the only counterplay to snipers on gmod is to either have your own sniper or not connect at all to be shot by a sniper

nearly everyone has a gun or some sort of weapon on this iteration

and those who dont, i suggested the roleplay strip that they can go to

I have a pistol, I am being shot at by a sniper from a mile away. I am having fun?

I have no gun, I am being shot at by a sniper. It is my fault for trying to roleplay outside of your designated roleplay strip?

 

[bilack]

the only counterplay to snipers on gmod is to either have your own sniper or not connect at all to be shot by a sniper


I have a pistol, I am being shot at by a sniper from a mile away. I am having fun?

I have no gun, I am being shot at by a sniper. It is my fault for trying to roleplay outside of your designated roleplay strip?

Fair point

However I still find the idea interesting

 

[Kafe]

you really want a map that built itself around the half-life 2 sniper combat distance metrics, and a a cover density that gives people a shot of navigating them. lot of our maps don't do this as they're more about offering roleplay or representative environments of their locations, rather than being built for combat.
You'd want something built custom, or have staff do a lot of prop work for it to have a good shot.

 

[Rabid]

Snipers are only fun when they're easily seen - ie; the Combine Sniper with its big obvious laser, very loud firing sound, actual round travel-time and fairly slow RPM.

Otherwise snipers (and to a degree Vorts, but Vorts have their own weaknesses to make up for it tbh so I don't count them as much) inherently aren't very fun to fight.

 

[Dallas]

I've personally seen Cops turn down informants myself, so it's not like this situation was isolated.

If you want to accuse @Keller of lying about his experience, go ahead, grab the logs too.
We're all waiting.

i went up to the combine to become an informant on rp_apocalypse and they turned me down, it happens

 

[john]

Next

 

[Rabid]

hm

 

[Andrew]

gamers finally realizing snipers make these games boring