As with everything posted in the Suggestions forum, we read and listen to the recommendations made by members. The following is a result of the Boltshot issue, Personal Ordnance issue, and a few other smaller ones.
First of all, the votes cast in those two aforementioned polls were split pretty evenly. They are obviously divisive issues at the moment, and therefore deserve a nice compromise.
There is one way to remove Boltshots without going to preset loadouts. This was told to me by Jam, who discovered it while messing with settings.
In the base player traits, you can designate a secondary weapon, such as the Magnum. This will override the personal loadouts, meaning that all your loadouts will use the Magnum instead of Plasma Pistol or Boltshot, but you can still select whatever Primary, Grenade, Tactical Package, and Support Upgrade you want.
Now, this would be a way to remove it completely, but as a side effect it also removes the Plasma Pistol. What we can do is add them to the Personal Ordnance, which would also end up making the heavy power weapons less likely to occur.
This would also be accompanied by a remodeling of the Personal Ordnance setup, as well as adjusting the number of points required to receive Ordnance.
Here is an early proposal of a possible Ordnance setup:
Regular Ordnance would have the Rocket Launcher and Sniper Rifle removed, which will be featured more on the maps.
Heavy Ordnance would have the Gravity Hammer, Beam Rifle, and Spartan Laser removed, some of which will likely respawn on the map itself, depending on vehicles.
Ordnance would be earned every 150 instead of 200 points.
Additionally, since the Boltshot and Plasma Pistol would be almost never used in the Ordnance, they will spawn on the map (not with 5 minute respawns, probably 30 seconds most of the time), so this will allow you guys to pick up the desired secondary weapon, but won't immediately have it off of spawn. This will be especially true of the Plasma Pistols.
On a side note, we may be adjusting power weapon respawns on maps. Before, we had everything respawn every 5 minutes. We may adjust that so that certain weapons spawn faster than others. No specific details, as this is something map-specific.
TL;DR:
- We can force you to spawn with Magnums but still keep Personal Loadouts.
- Boltshots and Plasma Pistols in Ordnance.
- Rockets/Snipers removed from Regular Ordnance.
- Gravity Hammer, Beam Rifle, and Spartan Laser removed from Heavy Ordnance.
- Ordnance received more frequently (150 instead of 200 points)
- Boltshots and Plasma Pistols on the maps, able to be picked up if wanted.
- May adjust other power weapon respawns on maps.
So, vote in the poll above with you opinion of this, and give us your thoughts in a reply below.
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