Why do people hate on the M99?
- Thread starter DarkPixelBlade
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how about servers using this mutator?
Mutator: Items Remover
it's a whitelisted mutator, is that works on m99?
Mutator: Items Remover
it's a whitelisted mutator, is that works on m99?
There's already a video of a Hell on Earth patriarch being solo'd by one m99 shooter on the front page.
Not to be rude, but this isn't a very good demonstration of the M99 being OP. Any lvl 6 perk against a 1-man beginner Patriarch is OP. I think a lvl 6 firebug could just hose the Pat down with his flamethrower and not take a single hit.
Yeh M99, we totally banned it from our team games. I feel sorry for the sharpies thou, all they have is the xbow which i find good but lacking in the animation/sound department. They should at least make something similar to the xbow like a cs arctic rifle that makes a big bang to freshen things up abit. Also gives more satisfaction when you kill a zed.
1: An increase in reload time would be a pretty good change, at least, whatever the actual number might be.
2: This is a must. Because the M99 is WAY to accurate unscoped. Its basically can act as a 1-shot, big bang, long ranged shotgun. lol. It's silly.
I don't think only changing a few stats will ever fix the M99, but making it radical different to how the crossbow functions might make it fit its role better. Making it very inaccurate unscoped, or with the fire button locked while unscoped, will go a long way to make this weapon fit a better role in the game.
Also, a suggestion: When the M99 is held while unscoped and it cannot fire, the M99 should be held by the player in a way as to suggest it cannot fire, eg, the weapon not pointing forward. Maybe held in a cross position?
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I thought going into "aim down sights" didn't actually provide any bonus to a weapon's accuracy (in KF, I know that's the case in some other games)? I agree that forcing players to scope to fire gets rid of that last-second panic no-scope headshot on raging Fleshpounds, that way the Sharpshooter actually gets punished for fuc-(remembers infraction for using asterisks)...I mean...messing up. Yes. That's the ticket.
I agree with the others. This is a bad video demostration because why would a level 6 player go on a beginner difficulty server and solo it? Any level 6 perk can easily solo a map with that difficulty, even a medic.
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That's not actually a bad idea.
Sure, it's a supermodern sorta gun, but it is British. Unless it's hilariously OP as well somehow, I have no reason to argue against it. Scoped alternative to the crossbow that isn't OP, hay-ho. Though it should have its "railgun" effect reduced to compensate for the fact that it's a magazine-fed boltie, and not a single-shot xbow.
An enfield rifle as an alternative to the LAR would be cool too btw.
What version of testmap is that?
And it's Beginner. The Hunting Shotgun can do that as well.
wut? Decapitation calls TakeDamage(), where all bonuses are applied. Only bonus you won't receive is an additional headshot multiplier inside projectile's class (e.g. x4 for xbow, x1.5 for shotgun).
Playing with level 6 perk below Suicidal is overpowered no matter of weapon you use. On Beginner even Machete is overpowered
On Beginner even Machete is overpowered
On beginner 1man you can solo a scrake with a clip of offperk MAC10.
Hi everybody! Now that I finally got a grip of myself and created an account, I thought I'd go a head and bump this one. After playing with M99 on HOE a lot recently I can't help feeling god-like. After you've overcome the technical difficulties (money) with the help of your teammates there's nothing that would compare. I still think M99 could be balanced better by giving it reasonable pricing but reducing perked reload times by a second or two. This thread is filled with awesome balance ideas and it'd be nice to see something implemented in the future (if TWI even is planning future patches other than events). Awesome game, but there's always room for improvement, right?
The thing is, because the price of the bullets, the M99 has become a moron magnet, because the noobs who use it WILL drain the teams' funds, and they will rage-quit if nobody supplies them with money, often with their knives out.
What needs to be done is to reduce the price of each bullet to 80 pounds, and cap the ammo max to 10 bullets. Increase the time between bullet reloads as well.
Another thing that can be done would be to reduce the price of each bullet like the previous suggestion, but instead of capping and increasing delays between shots, you can reduce the base damage to 210 and multiply the HS bonus by 3x.
Each of those ideas will serve to amplify the high-risk, high-reward idea behind the M99. The first one does this by reducing the number of opportunities you get to fire it, the second one by making body-shots far less viable and headshots that much more important.
What needs to be done is to reduce the price of each bullet to 80 pounds, and cap the ammo max to 10 bullets. Increase the time between bullet reloads as well.
Another thing that can be done would be to reduce the price of each bullet like the previous suggestion, but instead of capping and increasing delays between shots, you can reduce the base damage to 210 and multiply the HS bonus by 3x.
Each of those ideas will serve to amplify the high-risk, high-reward idea behind the M99. The first one does this by reducing the number of opportunities you get to fire it, the second one by making body-shots far less viable and headshots that much more important.
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Agree.
What fun of the game, when you are capable of making only 10 shots per wave? Boring!
So you're suggesting to make M99 weaker than xbow. Just LOL.
But that's basically the state of the gun right now on HoE :/ Too often you either can't fill your clip or you'll only get to use it in the later waves. Even when your team gives you enough support it's just not very sane to shoot husks and sirens with M99. And where's the fun in not shooting?
I mean, limiting the gun's availability makes it kind of an on-off situation - either you won't use the gun at all or it will be every bit as powerful as it would have been without any nerfs. Sure it could be handled more delicately?