Edit weapons stats allowed? | Forums

[Qwurdi]

Dear developers,

First off: I really, really, really (!) love this game. Its by FAR the best open world experience i ever had, and this is coming from a huge gta fan.

Theres only a few things id like to see improved. The biggest complaint i have is the unrealistic weapon stats. While i see why in such an open world game weapon range needs to be drastically reduced, i really dont like how its been done in wildlands. What buggs me the most is how silencers are balanced. I dont get why its not like in real life. I understand that silencers drastically reduce penetration so bullets dont fly through enemies and dont alert nearby enemies. But personally id rather see them work like in real life. Then you couldnt sniper every target undetected and sometimes you would have to use a close range weapon such as a pistol or melee (btw. knifes NEEED to be added!) Like just in real life.

So question is, are we allowed to change weapons stats? is it even possible?

[BlitzBoy526]

you change stats with attachments. and why does range need to be reduced? In real life you can use a silenced vector as an assault rifle. If you understand and are good with the weapon, you can even get a sniper out of a tower from 150 meters away. It can happen. it is realistic this way. and silencers arent fully silenced either. if you are close enough to an enemy with a silenced AR, since they have crap sound reduction without a silencer, and ok without, they hear you.

[Qwurdi]

and why does range need to be reduced?

Edit for clarification: I dont argue range needs to be reduce, im just stating that ingame weapons have a much shorter range than real life.
For balance reasons i guess. The map is the largest ive ever seen, but beeing able to snipe from 1km would be real OP the way the game works. NPCS detection is a whole lot reduced compared to real life. If you fire a hti 200m away, everyone would hear it. In fact everyone would feel it. Since range of npc detection is Highly reduced, weapon range needs to be reduced aswell for balance issues. I dont like that concept, but i iunderstand it balancing wise.

As for silencer, they actually increase performance in real life. Youll get less recoil, more range, more damage if you put a silencer on. It does nothing to penetration in real life, its quite the contrary.

im completely agree with you about the ar with silencers is still loud as ****. Id like to have it that way ingame. they should be way louder, but do full damage and penetration. Just like in real life. The worst is the hti really. That cal 50 would not only be loud as **** while airborne, it does also so much noise when it impacts. Its ridiculous you can use that hti for stealth missions. Id love to see this balanced like real life, where you would want to shoot smaller calibers for more sound reduction.