Quick note: I’m not saying remove descope from 5, its likely to late for that, but to not implement it in future titles.
Descope is just really irritating. The only thing it should be on is sniper rifles if anything at all.
The main problem is that even if your finger is still on the trigger, descope still affects your sensitivity.
It actually can take away the thought and skill in the game (before you post a comment, let me explain). Ignoring the armor mod and Linda’s sniper rifle Nornfang, you cannot see the tracker when scoped in. You need to exit the scope to check it, which is something players worried about their flank will do, but if someone is too focused on someone in front of them, they wont descope to check. If you flank them and start firing on them, they are forced out of the scope, and then twitch reaction turning and firing happens. No skill involved in reacting to getting shot at. If you are not forced out of descope, some players who are way to focused on their current target will not attempt to defend themselves. One specific time comes to mind, when i almost dropped some guy using the sniper variant that doesn’t descope. He was so focused on his target that he didn’t realize he was about to die. I cant remember how he managed to escape, but he was close enough to death that I was satisfied with the shots i landed. Had he been using another weapon that descoped, he simply would have hit B without thinking about it and cowered behind cover. Weapon balance is also completely thrown out the window with descope.
Non precision weapons are at a significant disadvantage when you are hip firing. Your accuracy is decreased and you are at the mercy of the fully bloomed crosshairs, meanwhile, someone with a DMR, Carbine, BR, Pistol, is not affected adversely accuracy wise via descope, only the penalty to red redicule range, which doesn’t matter in this scenario. No matter how skilled you aim your weapon (Auto weapons require skill, despite what some people may think, but thats a topic for another time), if both you and your opponent have the redicule centered on each other, the person with the precision weapon will win. For other weapons like the Hydra and the Light rifle, they become effectively worthless if not using smart link. The Hydra cannot lock on, and the light rifle not only loses its 3 shot kill ability, but also the ability to achieve perfect kills. (And also its subjectively more awesome firing sound) When not scoped in, the lightrifle takes 4 shots to kill. The game does not consider a 4 shot kill a perfect kill though, cheating players out of medals.
Probably the second most important reason why it should be gone is there is no reason for it to exist in the first place. There is no single objective reason why descope is enforced other than it has been in all previous games besides 4. Any arguments about it affecting balance can be countered with changes to the game to negate any unbalanced side effects of no descope. I cant think of a single time when I was taken out of the scope and though,“Man I love this feature.” Its either something thats a minor inconvenience, or something that removes my own personal skill from the equation, and causes me to miss my shot through external forces I have no control over.
What are your guys’ thoughts on descope, is it good, bad, why?
