Let's talk boomerangs
So if you pk, base, or do anything competitive outside of sparring on this game since the 2017 Christmas gift openings, then no doubt you've come across the 'Christmas boomerang'. I basically only play this game to pk and base, but this new boomerang has destroyed all motivation to do it now as it has essentially ruined the whole darn thing.
"But J*, are you dumb? Theres pump shotties and all kinds of other unbalanced weapons on this game, why is this new boomerang a problem? You're just mad because you don't live in the States and have a bit of delay so you can't avoid it at all."
Well said small intellectual boy, now let me explain myself.
Boomerangs have always been weird, glitchy and fairly unbalanced weapons, especially on close quarters like bases! So why am i making a thread like this now? The recent gifts gave you a chance at getting this new boomerang which does 12 damage and wasn't particularly rare. The problem with this is that it was extremely easy to obtain essentially giving the entire population access to this weapon type. Previously, there were only three boomerangs in the game; the VIP boomerang, which is no longer obtainable, deals 13 dmg and only a handful of players have it. The HS boomerang which requires a whopping 100 HS to obtain and does 16 dmg. Finally the Monster Sword, a boomerang that can be obtained through trades but is quite rare to see so getting one can be difficult, it deals 10 damage..
The trend here is that all of the previous boomerangs were difficult to get.
So what makes boomerangs inherently "unbalanced" anyway?
Well. Treat boomerangs like "a long ranged melee" it is thrown out and returns to you, at both states it can damage you, as soon as it hits a player it returns to you meaning you can spam it at close quarters very easily. The real kicker with these things though is the way it actually does damage. Unlike guns where if you are hit by a bullet from your perspective, you take damage, where a boomerang, even if you arent hit from your perspective, you can still take damage. From what i can gather, they essentially "ignore lag" in a way, which is fine if the other guy is teleporting or using vpn or something. But for anyone outside of where the servers are hosted, you're gonna have a bad time. So even if you have a stable connection but delay (or "eat" as you intellectuals call it) a bit, you will still be helpless to these boomerangs. For those unawares, delay cannot be helped. Telling someone to "fix" their wifi clearly doesnt understand how ping works.
I understand that this might sound like a minor complaint but there are many people with cbows, models and hs weapons that just use their xmas boomerang now instead as its just impossible to deal with. Pair it up with healing foods and you can just run at someone and kill them no matter how much you try to dodge.
There are, from what i can think of, two sensible ways of solving this problem. You could a) nerf this new boomerang to below 10 damage. It's easier to get than the monster sword and is significantly stronger. b) disable the use of boomerangs in bases. This has already been done with sparring previously which should show just how unbalanced these things are, you could still use your bonkers boomerang outside of basing, but for people seeking some skill and (relatively) enjoyable pking, bases would be a safe haven.
or of course c) do nothing and continue to downward spiral this game for no sensible reason. You implemented the new gp system so we all know you can make wise decisions, just make this Christmas boomerang a very weak weapon that would have niche usage, and 90 percent of your players will be happier.
-with regards
the entire pk community
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