Balance - Stampede handling compared to other sniper rifles | Forums

[J J Marachev]

Balance - Stampede's handling is very low compared to other sniper rifles.

Description: The Stampede seems to be based on a Winchester Model 94. This rifle weighs in at a scant 7lbs 8oz. It should be very fast to point, in fact faster than any other sniper rifle in the game. Especially given it's going to weigh in less than most of the assault rifles, especially when fully kitted out. In it's present form, it's a nice conversation piece for multi-team game play. Style ... but not terribly useful. Give it a descent handling, and you could use it to snap shoot in close quarters. In addition, level action is faster than bolt. This gun should chamber in a new round in 75% of the time it takes the bolt sniper rifles to get one in there, perhaps even 50%. A few tweaks would make this a fun item to play with. Which is what you want for permium content if you want people to keep purchasing it.

Solution: Bring the handling in line with the best assault rifle. Drop the time it takes to level a new round into the chamber by 75-50%.

[J J Marachev]

Still think it would be cool to tweak the Stampede into a fast handling rifle.

[Rivverrabbit]

I agree, and that's basically the reason why I haven't purchased it -- it doesn't behave the way it looks like it should. That, and you can't have a "modern" version that you can put attachments on, which would also be great.