Weapon Suggestion: CrossBow

[thegreatninjaman]

Ace of Spades needs a quiet ranged way to deal with enemies in there base but with stealth comes a price.


My idea is the Crossbow
-1 Shot per reload
-35 bolts
-2-3 second reload time
-medium range
-1.5 block drop rate per second
-completely silent except for a short "clicking" sound on reload
-no bullet tracing on map
-100 headshot damage, 35 body damage, 25 limb damage
-NO block damage
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE NOT FINAL STATS, THEY CAN BE CHANGED AT ANY TIME

so why a crossbow?

because we need a weapon that can be extremely useful when sneaking around but not overpowered. it is a "Risk vs Reward" weapon, it will allow players to sneak around and remain useful but not completely own the enemy even if you are found.

[ciento]

nice i love that idea

[Eagle7]

LOVE IT

[finchdude123]

Good idea! But imagine if someone held V while shooting. DOUBLE SILENCE. Still if it's a sneaking weapon how about make the scope a rifle scope

[FrostWolf]

Good idea, I think the crossbow should have a little bit less bullet drop but other than that it's a great idea.

[MrHaaaaaaxFF]

Basically as same as Rifle in general, but silently. But really, since there are no insta-respawning(you still have at least 1-2 seconds, depends on the server), chances that you could see your attacker(in this case, i got shot by a crossbow-user).
Meh. Just mod your rifle already.

EDIT: Opps, haven't read the whole post, my bad :P
BTW, that would be pretty good acctually, but it's a little bit OP if not include damage falloff. And bullet drop, too.

[thegreatninjaman]

i WAS going to suggestion poison bolts that slow down the enemy and blur the screen but that sounds a little overpowered

[ChaosTLW]

Meh, people are going to complain because it turns the game into "CoD". I have no problem with a specialized sneaky weapon, but I don't think a crossbow would really fit. Does anyone knows any other specialized silent weapon roughly from the 60s? Preferencially used by the US, or allied.

[thegreatninjaman]

Meh, people are going to complain because it turns the game into "CoD". I have no problem with a specialized sneaky weapon, but I don't think a crossbow would really fit. Does anyone knows any other specialized silent weapon roughly from the 60s? Preferencially used by the US, or allied.

Actually Crossbows were used as assassination weapons up to the 1980's. Some countries special forces actually used Cyanide tipped arrows so they would be as powerful as silent pistols.

[ChaosTLW]

Meh, people are going to complain because it turns the game into "CoD". I have no problem with a specialized sneaky weapon, but I don't think a crossbow would really fit. Does anyone knows any other specialized silent weapon roughly from the 60s? Preferencially used by the US, or allied.

Actually Crossbows were used as assassination weapons up to the 1980's. Some countries special forces actually used Cyanide tipped arrows so they would be as powerful as silent pistols.

Well, what I actually meant is that I can't really see a crossbow in the blocky enviroment, fitting in with the rest of the game. I never liked Crossbow(with one or two exceptions) because of that, it seems kinda out of place, specially because the game does not involve "Spec Ops Assassination Clandestine Plots", but Normal Infantry combat.

And if I'm not mistaken they are still used ocasionally, aren't they? I know that the SAS trains with bows or something like that, but I'm not sure about other countries/special forces.

[thegreatninjaman]

Meh, people are going to complain because it turns the game into "CoD". I have no problem with a specialized sneaky weapon, but I don't think a crossbow would really fit. Does anyone knows any other specialized silent weapon roughly from the 60s? Preferencially used by the US, or allied.

Actually Crossbows were used as assassination weapons up to the 1980's. Some countries special forces actually used Cyanide tipped arrows so they would be as powerful as silent pistols.

Well, what I actually meant is that I can't really see a crossbow in the blocky enviroment, fitting in with the rest of the game. I never liked Crossbow(with one or two exceptions) because of that, it seems kinda out of place, specially because the game does not involve "Spec Ops Assassination Clandestine Plots", but Normal Infantry combat.

And if I'm not mistaken they are still used ocasionally, aren't they? I know that the SAS trains with bows or something like that, but I'm not sure about other countries/special forces.

i think i would fit in pretty nicely. how many more regular infantry weapons could we add?

[ChaosTLW]

Well, what I actually meant is that I can't really see a crossbow in the blocky enviroment, fitting in with the rest of the game. I never liked Crossbow(with one or two exceptions) because of that, it seems kinda out of place, specially because the game does not involve "Spec Ops Assassination Clandestine Plots", but Normal Infantry combat.

And if I'm not mistaken they are still used ocasionally, aren't they? I know that the SAS trains with bows or something like that, but I'm not sure about other countries/special forces.

i think i would fit in pretty nicely. how many more regular infantry weapons could we add?

What do you mean?
Meh, I still think that a Silenced, low-RoF(Bolt action?) gun would fit better.

[thegreatninjaman]

Well, what I actually meant is that I can't really see a crossbow in the blocky enviroment, fitting in with the rest of the game. I never liked Crossbow(with one or two exceptions) because of that, it seems kinda out of place, specially because the game does not involve "Spec Ops Assassination Clandestine Plots", but Normal Infantry combat.

And if I'm not mistaken they are still used ocasionally, aren't they? I know that the SAS trains with bows or something like that, but I'm not sure about other countries/special forces.

i think i would fit in pretty nicely. how many more regular infantry weapons could we add?

What do you mean?
Meh, I still think that a Silenced, low-RoF(Bolt action?) gun would fit better.

to similar to the rifle. need more variety.

[ChaosTLW]

to similar to the rifle. need more variety.

Well, we already have a long-range low-to-medium RoF gun(Rifle), full-auto medium-range SMG and a short-range pump-action Shotgun. I don't see much other combinations we can make to create variety.

Anyway, brainstorming is always welcome. What about the ability to supress guns? Maybe switching the grenades for a supressor for the rifle and the SMG?

[thegreatninjaman]

to similar to the rifle. need more variety.

Well, we already have a long-range low-to-medium RoF gun(Rifle), full-auto medium-range SMG and a short-range pump-action Shotgun. I don't see much other combinations we can make to create variety.

Anyway, brainstorming is always welcome. What about the ability to supress guns? Maybe switching the grenades for a supressor for the rifle and the SMG?

well yeah but did they even have suppressors in WW1? the reason i think crossbows would be perfect is because you can have a heavy bullet drop rate on them to keep them from being over powered and crossbows where used as Assassination weapons due to being almost silent. even silenced guns aren't very quiet.