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Edited by Hylebos: 7/14/2014 4:14:27 PM
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Outdated: The Sniper Gun shoots too far: A Thread on Destiny Sandbox Balance

[quote][b][u]Disclaimer:[/u][/b] This thread is a year old and is wildly out of date. I have left it as is to represent my thoughts at that point of time, but compared to what we know now a lot of them are VERY VERY silly.[/quote] ____________________________________________________ [quote][i]"Is it me or does the sniper gun just have way too much range? Just because its accurate doesn't mean it needs to shoot far. I mean Tiger Woods is accurate, but he doesn't pull up from half court and score a grand slam now does he?"[/i] --Anonymous User (Deleted), June 7th, 2008.[/quote]He's right you know. The Sniper Gun does in fact shoot too far, and while this might not have been a problem in Halo, it most certainly will be a problem in Destiny if steps aren't taken to prevent the Sniper Rifle and other longer ranged weapons from completely dominating the sandbox. I encourage the reader to join me on an speculative journey as we embark to figure out exactly how Destiny's sandbox might work compared to Halo.[quote][url=http://www.bungie.net/en-us/Groups/Post?groupId=19148&id=60597516&path=1]Click to continue reading to the second post.[/url][/quote][quote]Edit: If you don't read the entire thread and instead skip to posting a silly response, I reserve the right to laugh at you.[/quote]

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  • Edited by ToxicruM: 7/23/2013 9:35:18 AM
    How do you think the three weapons slots in the game will factor in the gun play of competitive matches? Also the class abilities such the hunters one shot kill: [url]http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/1288/Destiny_42.jpg[/url] [url]http://files.destinyhub.net/images/e3/vlcsnap-2013-06-10-20h47m15s179.jpg[/url] Does it not raise another problem of different weapons becoming overpowered? For example a player using a pistol activates the said ability and not only does he dominates in close quarter matches he also decimates in long range match types ergo its Halo CE pistol all over again. And lastly weapons have upgrade paths as seen here: [url]http://files.destinyhub.net/images/e3/vlcsnap-2013-06-10-20h58m38s130.jpg[/url] Now taking the sniper into consideration what if it has a less bullet drop upgrade or a quicker reload upgrade. Or a rocket launcher has an increased blast radius upgrade and coupled with the hunter one shot kill ability it becomes a Davy Crockett waiting to be used. How do you think the weapons can be altered for a PVP matches in such situations? I would really like to hear you thoughts on this matter.

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