Officer Gun

[FiveOO]

Once you exhaust all shots, how do you reload the gum??

[Kurt_Cower]

You cannot reload a revolver, that's made to avoid "rambo" behavour.

[XIII James Brock]

When you exhaust your gum, you simply spit it out and put a new one in your mouth.

[Zeldov]

are they gonna add a reload anytime soon? it's just weird, especially for the remington which can be reloaded easily.

I get that the revolver is extremly OP, but like, one or two extra "mags" for the remington aka 12 bullets for the other pistols or more for the Lemat, wouldn't ruin the game

[wildgoose]

Originally posted by Józefi Krakowski:

are they gonna add a reload anytime soon? it's just weird, especially for the remington which can be reloaded easily.

I get that the revolver is extremly OP, but like, one or two extra "mags" for the remington aka 12 bullets for the other pistols or more for the Lemat, wouldn't ruin the game

I'm not really an expert on firearms from the period, but everyone I've asked has told me that this particular kind of revolver isn't something that was really reloaded on the field. I saw a recent movie, I think it was Free State of Jones, where they were getting charged by a bunch of guys and retreating. One of the guys goes around collecting pistols from everyone who had one in a bag so he could basically go rambo on the people attacking them. So I don't think reloading revolvers was really feasible in a field setting.

[Zeldov]

Like I said, it's weird for the Remington New Army to not be reloaded, because what was so revolutionnary about this weapon is that you could swap barrels. Reloading a revolver back then took 20min minimum, so i understand you can't reload most. The remington, however, it just feels weird. If you add a 20min long reload animation for the revolvers, no one is going to reload that. The remington, however, gets an advantage.


I feel like it would add a degree of realism, simply being *able* to reload your gun, but it would be so long that it wouldn't really be a buff.

[tabten]

Officers primary focus should be directing their men, not shooting and killing.

[Zeldov]

That's true, but an officer alone is not just gonna stand there and let himself get killed cause he can't reload his darned gun.

[tabten]

He has a sword, and frankly, he should be thinking about self-preservation so he can re-group his men quickly instead of gallant last stands.

There’s too many Officers dying recklessly which often leads to units breaking down in cohesion while the Officer is respawning or running back to the unit.

[Zeldov]

I don't know man it just doesn't feel right not being able to reload. A revolver with 6 shots will always lead some officers to do Rambo stuff so why not give them maybe one extra "mag" for the sake of realism

[tabten]

Up to 6 kills is a lot and you simply cannot miss with the Officer gun at close range. It is the best defensive weapon in the game.

12 shots might upset game balance.

Gameplay quality and balance should always come before realism.

[Zeldov]

it's not "12 shots"

it's 6 shots, 20 minutes of reloading (whilst standing still) and 6 more shots

unless it's with the 1858 remington, in that case maybe they can nerf it somehow

[Zeldov]

20 mins is an expression, it takes a whole lot more than to reload a musket is what i'm saying.

Get this. Your troops are in a line, you order them to fire, etc. You don't really need to move, so you can reload during that time.

Or here's another idea. The confederates have the LeMat, which is an OP-ass unicorn revolver with 9 rounds and a shotgun barrel underneath the pistol one.
How about we give the ability to reload the Remington New Army once or twice, and give it only to the North, as they were the main buyer.

[tabten]

The Officer should only be fighting when things go extremely wrong.

As it stands now, an Officer can easily kill more per spawn than anyone else, and he isn’t designed to be a fighting rank.

[Zeldov]

yea but still I think giving something to the US officers that would balance things out against the LeMat sounds like a good idea.

[tabten]

Why? It’s rare that it comes down to an Officer vs Officer duelling contest to determine anything significant in the game.

And applying your balance principle should also apply to the ranks?

Confederate rifle muskets on the whole are older and not as good at range as Union guns in the game and that will never be balanced out.