Second, it completely overhauls the strategy in playing capture the flag--for worse, in my opinion. Because of the speed boost they grant, someone could simply hold a hammer in their other hand while they carry the flag back, making it impossible for anyone without a hammer to catch them. On the contrary, if the person opts to not use a hammer while carrying back the flag, they don't stand a chance getting to the other side of the map without someone with a hammer catching them.
#Issues with the New Paintball Hammer
delicate glade
I have a few suggestions to fix this. The simplest is to make team battle the default game mode for this map. Team battle already doesn't get enough love in the first place, and I believe the default game mode should be shuffled for all maps, but if not that, make it the default for the Merry Midway map. We can clearly see the power of the default making team battle unplayed when it isn't a daily challenge. The hammer's speed boost is not a problem in team battle, and making it the default would make team battle almost the only game mode played on the map, which would essentially make the issue with capture the flag not prominent enough to be an issue. You could also make changes to the speed boost itself, but that might be more complicated or still have drawbacks. Maybe the speed boost only applies while the hammer is charged or while it isn't charged, but only having the speed boost while it's charged would only further incentivise players with the flag to avoid others and dodge and only having the boost while not charged would nerf the use of the hammer in regular combat. A simple idea is to just reduce the speed boost, but that still means players with a head start can easily get away. My last idea is to make more spawn in the map instead of just 4. At least 8 is my suggestion so theoretically every player can have one, or the more fun version would be to make players spawn with a hammer instead of a pistol. That way, everyone has the speed boost. "And if everyone's super, no one will be."
What are y'all's thought and ideas about the hammer and what do you think of mine?
dense widget
I have a few suggestions to fix this. The simplest is to make team battle the de...
i just need it to not have dual wielding a weapon with it, it's because you can use it as a speed boost to just movement around and shoot but there is other stuff i think shouldn't be with it.
delicate glade
i just need it to not have dual wielding a weapon with it, it's because you can ...
I do like that idea: not having a speed boost while dual weilding. But that still has the issue of it being impossible to get the flag without being caught by someone with a hammer.
spark slate
Use the speed boost to your advantage instead by attaching paint mines, and swinging it to explode in people’s faces