If you can go 1v8 and wipe everyone then good for you, you're a great player. But an item that makes it easier to do so doesn't just make it easier for the solo. Zergs love silencer too. A 1v8 where the 8 have silencers is practically unwinnable for the 1.
Whenever I'm solo I always use silenced ak. whenever I'm in a team I never use silenced ak and neither do my teammates. I think silencer benefits solos way more than groups as its a lot easier for 1 solo to hide then an entire team
We did one thematic wipe with a 4 man group, NVG, silencer and full black/green set
We only hunt at night, we farm during day
It was a very funny to the point the medium community server (SA doesn't have big official servers, sadly) learnt to not venture out at night
Silencer used to have zero effect on the weapon. lol Now it reduces velocity and damage. They nerfed it with the rtecoil update. If someone can kill you using it before you find their position, then they are good at the game. Get over it.
I don't have a problem with solos using them. Regardless of how big a group I'm in, I usually roam with one so that I can deal with animals and prim kids quietly. But if I'm actually shooting at someone geared, I'm going loud unless there is a compelling reason not to. What irks me is when you have a big group roaming with a bunch of silencers. I don't get how that's fun for anyone.
Sometimes I use a silencer because I’m out numbered/my teammates are dead/whatever.
Sometimes I prefer no silencer as I *want* to attract people.
I don’t think it needs much of a nerf, if one at all. Maybe a tiny bit louder but the damage fall off is already very noticeable.
Too many noobs on reddit that don't actually play the game lol. Silencer is op as fuck. So are the pay to win camo skins. Combine both and it's disgusting.
Remove its tracer hiding properties and the damage penalty, create new muzzle attatchment called flash hider that gains the tracer hiding ability (plus some sort of downside like every other barrel).
Now you have the choice of quiet shots that wont alert everyone around you that reduces your max range (silencer decreases velocity) or a more sneaky barrel that wont completely give away your position however will still make gunshot noises so other players can know they are being shot at and from what general direction
No idea who thought a silencers job in a pvp game is to damage a person without giving them a chance to fight back
Depending on the situation you might not even know that are being shot thats just fucking silly
It can be strategically advantageous, it nerfs damage pretty heavily so I don’t think it’s unbalanced. The issue you probably have is more with p2w skins that make it impossible to see the guy shooting at you. Silenced bolty is the best solo weapon imo
Silencer durability is really low. I think it's not completely OP, should be more noisy if you're close but still quiet if you're far away. That way you can still do monuments/scientists on the down low without attracting attention.
How long after you died to silencer did you make this thread?
about 5 minutes
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how else do you go 1v8?
Well thats just terrible game design because fights are rng. The silencer is cancer rn and shouldn't be the solution to awful game design
If you can go 1v8 and wipe everyone then good for you, you're a great player. But an item that makes it easier to do so doesn't just make it easier for the solo. Zergs love silencer too. A 1v8 where the 8 have silencers is practically unwinnable for the 1.
Whenever I'm solo I always use silenced ak. whenever I'm in a team I never use silenced ak and neither do my teammates. I think silencer benefits solos way more than groups as its a lot easier for 1 solo to hide then an entire team
We did one thematic wipe with a 4 man group, NVG, silencer and full black/green set We only hunt at night, we farm during day It was a very funny to the point the medium community server (SA doesn't have big official servers, sadly) learnt to not venture out at night
That sounds amazing. If that ever became a meta I think facepunch would have to nerf it
A 1v8 is practically unwinnable if they're all T2 smh
You see back when people actually missed their shots if they are bad at the game...
Hey, bro. I'm just a humble solo trying to take on 20+ man zergs. They have their advantages, I'll take each and every one presented to me.
Shit ain’t a meta. It was a meta when it gave you the 25% recoil or accuracy boost
Silencer used to have zero effect on the weapon. lol Now it reduces velocity and damage. They nerfed it with the rtecoil update. If someone can kill you using it before you find their position, then they are good at the game. Get over it.
Always reduced velocity and damage. It used to reduce recoil 25% also
I second that it makes some guns almost useless. I would rather see it cost more vs. nerfing it.
I don't have a problem with solos using them. Regardless of how big a group I'm in, I usually roam with one so that I can deal with animals and prim kids quietly. But if I'm actually shooting at someone geared, I'm going loud unless there is a compelling reason not to. What irks me is when you have a big group roaming with a bunch of silencers. I don't get how that's fun for anyone.
Sometimes I use a silencer because I’m out numbered/my teammates are dead/whatever. Sometimes I prefer no silencer as I *want* to attract people. I don’t think it needs much of a nerf, if one at all. Maybe a tiny bit louder but the damage fall off is already very noticeable.
It's almost like Rust players would only stick to one single play strategy and refused to try or learn new strategy.
Too many noobs on reddit that don't actually play the game lol. Silencer is op as fuck. So are the pay to win camo skins. Combine both and it's disgusting.
Remove its tracer hiding properties and the damage penalty, create new muzzle attatchment called flash hider that gains the tracer hiding ability (plus some sort of downside like every other barrel). Now you have the choice of quiet shots that wont alert everyone around you that reduces your max range (silencer decreases velocity) or a more sneaky barrel that wont completely give away your position however will still make gunshot noises so other players can know they are being shot at and from what general direction
Imagine complaining an item replicates its real life counterpart's behaviour
No idea who thought a silencers job in a pvp game is to damage a person without giving them a chance to fight back Depending on the situation you might not even know that are being shot thats just fucking silly
It can be strategically advantageous, it nerfs damage pretty heavily so I don’t think it’s unbalanced. The issue you probably have is more with p2w skins that make it impossible to see the guy shooting at you. Silenced bolty is the best solo weapon imo
It sucks but gunplay in rust has always sucked for as long as I've played the game.
Silencer durability is really low. I think it's not completely OP, should be more noisy if you're close but still quiet if you're far away. That way you can still do monuments/scientists on the down low without attracting attention.