steep geyser
First off, this is not a buff at all to smoke trails.
I am all for helping players identify sniper's locations, and smoke trails helping people line up very far shots. Though for players who don't need this assistance, this should be able to be turned down/off. The current values for the smoke trails are 4s for friendly, and 2s for enemy.
My purposed suggestion is to:
- Add a setting that allows adjustments for friendly smoke trails from 4s - 0s
- Add a setting that allows adjustments for enemy smoke trails from 2s - 0s
These could be either a slider, or fixed intervals
This would help players who:
- Do not engage with snipers that often, who feel like the sound indicator is enough
- Are snipers and do not need a visual indicator from bullets to figure out a sniper(s) general location
- Are snipers who are experienced enough to take shots without need of an assistance to help with drop off
- Are snipers who feel like the trails visually distract/block their view when they're engaging in sniper v sniper fights, or who are remaining in scope to take multiple shots within the 4 seconds
- Think the sniper trails last too long, and need less time to process the trails
This is a QOL feature that I feel is easy to implement, and gives players more freedom to customize the experience to their liking, without giving an advantage over anyone.