Hi there,

Just a discussion starter how the weapon ballance should look like in the game.

The varietyof weapons is already awesome :) Great work :)

I saw that the in-game survey had also a question about the weapons. And to be honest, I think the game is currently favoring the long range weapons (I know, it's early stage, but I'm sure the devs and game designer can use always a little bit of extra pool for ideas ) :)

(In VanHelsing, this is pretty good ballanced, so I'm sure, the guys will manage this here as well.)

1. Meele weapons:

So basically the basic gameplay features mostly separated groups of enemies where you have always a few meter or few secounds time to regenerate or take a breath until you get to the next group. And the mobs are mostly ranged enemies.

Therefor the ranged weapons which have a precision attack mode and also an area denial mode (Bolter, Heavy bolter, Plasma Cannon, GarvGun)  are way more effective than meele weapons and/or short range guns like shotguns.

Why?: 

a.)  Because most meele weapons are less effective agains bigger crowds.

Possible Solution?

- Some meele weapons already have an AoE attack. These could be buffed in the terms of area affected

- Add a weapon throw like ability to some 1 handed meele weapon.

- Add some kind of active ability to cast on self, like: Use psyhic power to rotate the weapon around you like a wirlwind to hit every enemy surrounding you (But I don't know how it would fit in the WH40K lore and universe)

b.) You have to get close to the enemies and in the mean time you get shot.

Possible solution?

- Maybe add some kind of ability to meele weapons to get instantly close to the enemie. (Leap/Dash/warp to the enemy and strike)

- Or add some kind of deffensive ability for the time you get in meele range: 

     - 2Handed Hammers: raise the hammer in fron of you to generate an energy shield which absorbs shots

    - Some kind of channeler parry ability

    - Shields: Add a feature to some shields to hold it in front of you and generate a big shield bubble or just mitigate the attacks on a bigger level while channeling a skill.

2. Energy based weapons:

Some of them are pretty cool like the Gravigun and Lascannon

But there are weapons like the Melta gun which is overheating after 4 shots and has a very long recharging time.

There is no benefit for using it currently.

3. Close quarter guns/shotgun:

Deals far less damage to a close enemy than the bolter but has less range.

The spread of the bolter covers also the spread of the shotgun, so basically the bolter is a better shotgun.

Solution(?):

- Add a bigger damage on lefcklick on close range

- Add 1 ability to shoot a concentrated shell which is high damage but minimal spread.

- It would be a perfect elite enemy killer if it would have also a focusing ability to shoot down a limb or head of an enemy. :)

What do you guys think?