tracers, yay or nay?

[jackal22]

its just that when ever i find a good spot i can only get off so many shots until i shoot a tracer and some schmuck sees it and kills me. on city maps its especially a pain.

shouldnt it be limited to night maps only? and support kits where your going to be spraying anyway. or please make an option to turn them off. even if its a pick up kit.

and could someone tell me how to use the polls on this board? i still cant figure it out.

[WNxKenwayy]

Did you miss the giant thread on this topic? It's still alive somewhere I'm sure.

[HABO3]

make a "fire-direction" class with tracers and leave every other class (except support) out of it, it gives away your position

[ApatheticI]

and every time i play PR and see a mass of tracers comming at me i feel like i'm playing my old Star Wars Jedi Knight series of games again... not good

[mammikoura]

nay to tracers, I don't like them.
But here is something you can try, I do this sometimes, usually on open maps. You know when the tracer is coming. So shoot the enemy with normal rounds, and then when you know the next round will be a tracer you shoot it to the ground infront/behind you, so that the enemy doesn't see it. Then again you can shoot normal bullets. Sure it's a pretty slow strategy, and won't allow you to continuously fire at the target, but at least they don't see the tracers.

[Lucid Nightmare]

Originally Posted by mammikoura

nay to tracers, I don't like them.
But here is something you can try, I do this sometimes, usually on open maps. You know when the tracer is coming. So shoot the enemy with normal rounds, and then when you know the next round will be a tracer you shoot it to the ground infront/behind you, so that the enemy doesn't see it. Then again you can shoot normal bullets. Sure it's a pretty slow strategy, and won't allow you to continuously fire at the target, but at least they don't see the tracers.

Wow, that would be a serious pain in the arse to have to do that.

[Infidel]

You need the delayed fuse tracer and the tracer is less visible if it is fired right at you and less like a beam in general it is a bright burning dot that causes some optical illusions relative to the viewers position. I'm sure it would be hard to model perfectly I had no problem with the current set up.

If possible they could delay the tracer effect until the bullet is further away and reduce the brightness, but I would say leave it if that causes more lag or other problems.

Edit: Tried to find example this will have to do for now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ScwWNn66c

[{XG} non_compliance]

I think the tracers are fine... but they need to be toned down, and sniper rifles should NOT have tracers.

[DkMick]

That's all fine and well, but has anyone talked about the tracers yet??

[jackal22]

snipers have tracers too? what the... ive barely played the sniper kit so i guess i didnt see them but tracers on a sniper is really out... that just defeats the purpose of the sniper.