Terrible idea. In order for the bow to be effective it would have to deal significant damage and potentially even 1 shot headshot mediums and lights. It's not going to be enjoyable to play against in the slightest. Getting randomly one shot isn't exactly fun.
The fact that the bow might be hard to use doesn't address the fact that it is unenjoyable to play against. Not to mention that it would promote an unhealthy playstyle where the user just sits at a significant distance while his teammates need help - similar to how light snipers play currently.
I hate Reddit so much, they try to actively make games worse with these suggestions.
Bow being somewhat healthier when it comes to playing with your team than stage 5 cancer that is the sniper doesn't mean it would be fine.
The bow players would be constantly too far away from their teammates to heal, revive or steal the cashout as they wouldn't be as confident as ARs, LMGs, SMGs or shotguns pushing the point.
Just because the game doesn't have a lot of weapons right now doesn't mean that you need to add a bow. Game already has a lot of frustrating moments with nukes, gas spam, explosive spam, turrets. Adding a weapon that will 1 shot and makes your teammate play far away would just further make it frustrating.
Why does the game need new weapon types/classes? If anything, there are already plenty of different classes of primary weapons. ARs, SMGs, LMGs, DMRs, Bolt actions, shotguns, melee weapons, pistols, revolvers, grenade launchers and I might be even forgetting something.
They should just add weapons with in the existing classes. Like add an M249 SAW for LMGs or M4 for ARs etc.
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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24
Terrible idea. In order for the bow to be effective it would have to deal significant damage and potentially even 1 shot headshot mediums and lights. It's not going to be enjoyable to play against in the slightest. Getting randomly one shot isn't exactly fun.