Okay, everyone seems to agree, but no one seems to be wanting to talk about it much: The M-14 EBR, despite being one of the potentially coolest guns in the game, is incredibly lame right now and an absolute joke in comparison to it's alternative, the Crossbow.
It's time to discuss exactly what's wrong with it and toss around some ideas to fix it.
First off, what's wrong. And IMO, there's a lot. A ton of it is hard to really explain, because a lot of it is just FEELING wrong, but I'll try to make a short list:
-Terrible ironsights. Whoever thought having a fork-looking gizmo instead of a simpler sight like the Lever Action was a good idea is crazy. Even if you get used to it, it's still not pleasant to use. It also makes it really difficult to use at long range.
-Ironsights don't seem to "Zoom" enough for a long range rifle.
-When aiming through Ironsights, the gun takes up a HUGE amount of screen area compared to other weapons, letting enemies get you from blind spots. Crawlers are particularly bad about this.
-Gun is black, thus the ironsights become nearly useless in the dark. It's not really alone in this problem (Lever Action and AK-47 suffer this too!), but it's a major annoyance.
-Laser isn't noticable enough to matter at long range, promoting a "Point blank headshot spam" mentality that makes the gun feel like an inferior version of the SCAR.
-Body shot damage is PATHETIC. I know this was done to counter bodyshot-spammage and I was one of the people in favor of nerfing the bodyshot damage, but it's gone a bit too far. This is a Tier 3 Weapon that can't even 1 shot crawlers...
Those are my biggest complaints. Most of 'em are about the terribad Iron Sights. IMO, to make the gun desirable again, give it some better sights to make something besides close range laser-aim spam viable. A headshot-based weapon NEEDS good iron sights. And increase the bodyshot damage to the point that it can 1-shot a Crawler (But not much beyond that!).
What do you guys think?
It's time to discuss exactly what's wrong with it and toss around some ideas to fix it.
First off, what's wrong. And IMO, there's a lot. A ton of it is hard to really explain, because a lot of it is just FEELING wrong, but I'll try to make a short list:
-Terrible ironsights. Whoever thought having a fork-looking gizmo instead of a simpler sight like the Lever Action was a good idea is crazy. Even if you get used to it, it's still not pleasant to use. It also makes it really difficult to use at long range.
-Ironsights don't seem to "Zoom" enough for a long range rifle.
-When aiming through Ironsights, the gun takes up a HUGE amount of screen area compared to other weapons, letting enemies get you from blind spots. Crawlers are particularly bad about this.
-Gun is black, thus the ironsights become nearly useless in the dark. It's not really alone in this problem (Lever Action and AK-47 suffer this too!), but it's a major annoyance.
-Laser isn't noticable enough to matter at long range, promoting a "Point blank headshot spam" mentality that makes the gun feel like an inferior version of the SCAR.
-Body shot damage is PATHETIC. I know this was done to counter bodyshot-spammage and I was one of the people in favor of nerfing the bodyshot damage, but it's gone a bit too far. This is a Tier 3 Weapon that can't even 1 shot crawlers...
Those are my biggest complaints. Most of 'em are about the terribad Iron Sights. IMO, to make the gun desirable again, give it some better sights to make something besides close range laser-aim spam viable. A headshot-based weapon NEEDS good iron sights. And increase the bodyshot damage to the point that it can 1-shot a Crawler (But not much beyond that!).
What do you guys think?