MKB has its issues and I am not making light of them. However, the fact of the matter is the AA are other issues are something that will not be tweaked, ever. We need to accept it and accept the fact that controller users need AA.
What we can do is ask for QoL improvements and features that make the MKB experience better WITHOUT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE CONTROLLER GUYS since it will be more easily implemented.
One thing that I would desire to see in this game are customizable crosshairs, especially, the ability to customize the size and color of the crosshairs.
The default crosshairs for the BR, sidekick and other staple weapons are too big. It is not an issue on controller since the AA and RR work in tandem to ensure that a certain shot will land if the RR activates. It is totally alright, however, this is of no use to MKB.
I would like to be able to make my crosshair as small as possible, all the way down to the small dot that appears on screen while sprinting. This is an entirely harmless feature that will take away nothing from the controller users while giving MKB users better visual cues about our shots.
I would like for all MKB users to co-ordinate their efforts and ask 343 to implement such a feature. I don’t want the level of crosshair customization that CSGO or Valorant possesses, I just want them to be able to make them as small as possible and change their base color.
As for bloom and bullet spread, we can estimate the average bloom of a weapon by eyeballing it. The reticule bloom-indicator is not something that I will miss so 343 doesn’t need to figure out a way to implement bloom indicator for smaller crosshairs. It is entirely optional for them, I am okay with static crosshairs.
There have been issues where I have been pointing my crosshair at someone at a distance and some of my shots missed because my crosshair is simply too big to estimate where my bullets will go, tactical slayer on large maps is a common case where this issue occurs… Other times, in a frantic gunfight, you feel as if you shot someone but what really happened was that your entire crosshair was not on the person and the bullets missed. Since the reticules are giant circles, moving targets are especially prone to this issue. A smaller crosshair will help us immensely and it is nothing game-breaking. It is something that provides better visual cues.
A lot of maps in the game have white walls with a bright setting and the PC reticule, which is white in color sometimes blends in the wall, thereby making it difficult to discern where one is actually aiming. Since there is no RR on PC, this can sometimes put one at a disadvantage in gunfights. I would like to have a basic color selection to allow us to choose the color of our crosshairs (red,blue,green, yellow etc).
Nothing regarding the weapon and how they fire will have to be changed. The bloom, recoil and all the mechanical traits of a weapon will stay the same. We’ll just get to know with better accuracy where our bullets will land.
Controller users, I would like it very much if you were help us out here as well. This feature will raise the satisfaction of the newcomers without taking away any of the tools in your arsenal. Satisfied playerbases directly leads to a boost in the overall population, contributing to the longevity of the game.
I understand that a lot of people have their woes but lets get the mechanical issues sorted out first, then we can deal with cosmetics. In my opinion, mechanical issues are far more important than cosmetic ones.
The next thing that I would like is raw input. It is very important for a fps with MKB support to have such a setting.
Let us all take this matter directly to 343 and try and keep this thread active. It is of the utmost importance that these two things (which are relatively simple and don’t disrupt balance) are added to make MKB more viable and closer to how it is implemented in other shooters. Please, let us focus on one thing at a time and try to get this fixed before trying to address our other grievances.