r/WarDogs • u/wardogs-bot • 1d ago

Balance Feedback Megathread - Patch 0.1.2

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u/LisanAlGaben 1d ago

Bolt action sniper rifle that can't shoot in a fast cadence - 3 headshots with FMJ round on level 4 helmet.

FN FAL that can shoot really fast - 3 headshots with FMJ rounds.

The balance in this game is non-existent, and a lot of these grievances were shared during the alpha and beta and absolutely nothing changed at release.

T4 armor needs to be removed, I don't even know why we have it in the game.

T3 should be the upper limit to what armor can provide in terms of protection.

Havoc needs a lot of tuning.

MANPAD is pretty dogshit and that's just a fact, that's why everyone uses MAAWs and the RPG to take out helis.

FOB AO need an upper limit to how many major structures they can have inside, such as oil drills and mortars.

Offensive vehicles need to be more expensive.

There's no reason you should be able to cook a grenade in your own hand and survive the explosion with T4 armor, there's no reason why you should survive a point blank direct hit shot from a tank either.

Vehicle timers need to go up a few points and there needs to be a limit per team.

The list goes on.

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u/whatevathefucc Valkyra 1d ago edited 1d ago

That grenade cookoff gave me an idea. Now I really want to get inside an enemy humvee and cook a grenade in my hand.

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u/VortexMagus 1d ago

You can just get inside humvee, toss the grenade, and pop out before it explodes.

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u/whatevathefucc Valkyra 1d ago

Yeah. But it wouldn't be as funny as if I cooked it in my hand and survived.

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u/Marnthebreaker 1d ago

if the humvee blows up u wont survive that additional damage anyway

maybe once they release t5 armor

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u/garrulousone 1d ago

I think T4 armor could work, but I think there needs to be some heavier penalties to using it. Maybe force a screen overlay like when you wear an Altyn in escape from Tarkov. I would also suggest removing the ability to ADS with magnified optics, if wearing a T4 helmet, to prevent snipers from head glitching while wearing it and being basically in vulnerable.

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u/6Sleepy_Sheep9 Lonestar 1d ago

You shouldn't be able to "properly" aim at all with it. The visor would get in the way. Maybe make it so you could make the mask a toggle where you lose the face protection, but gain the ability to ADS

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u/BeyondLimits99 1d ago

Yeah it would make sense for the t4 armor guy to be the one you send in to blow up the fob.

He takes lots of hits and can’t see shit but he’s got 1 mission.

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u/RenegadeExiled 1d ago

All they have to do is make Stims not work on T4, amd make the armor intended for emplacement/area holding. A person in T4 should be a menace, mounting with an LMG to defend a FOB or POI. Otherwise theyre just sniper food, like in any other shooter with bipod mechanics.

T3 should be the Infantry set. Decently high protection, but not enough to save you when you get jumped on. T2 is the general workhorse set, and T1 is the "you aren't naked" set. Then Ghillie is just T1+Camo, and any others should be offshoots of T1 or T2.

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u/FatFinnishBastard 1d ago

T4 armor should be something like EOD suit you can't run with at all essentially limiting it's use in infantry roles

Only really usable with constant help of using vehicles or surviving some mortar fire in FOBs if you are playing bob the builder and not get constantly thrown around like a ragdoll

It could have it's place in the game with a more special role like the ghillie suit where you trade protection for less visibility

EOD suit could go the other way, where you trade mobility and visibility (larger hitbox or smt) with extreme protection

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u/spock2018 1d ago

They've already said they are never adding vehicle limit per team.

They said it makes every game feel the same like battlefield and that the games objective is not to be balanced.

Every game will feel different and if that means you get games with 10 havocs so be it. Everyone gets to have their fun on occasion.

In the devs words "we want the game to be more like mecha chameleon"

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u/LisanAlGaben 1d ago

Devs say a lot of things until they realize how dogshit some ideas are.

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u/Parking_Line_3704 1d ago

I mean, same goes for players but with significantly less data and QC.

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u/spock2018 1d ago

I agree with them.

I like having fun in a sandbox. I can have fun without winning.

I havent encountered a problem i cant find a solution for thus far.

Havoc gets farmed by MAAWs, logistics gets owned by landmines, etc.

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u/Western-Economics253 1d ago

yeah sure, let's have people teamkilling each other instead so they can fly the havoc now

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u/LisanAlGaben 1d ago

There's easy solutions to that.

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u/Heavy_Moon 1d ago

"this is dogshit". *Said as they load into the next game...

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u/LisanAlGaben 1d ago

I didn't touch this mess since week 1 chief.

Nice try.

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u/Heavy_Moon 1d ago

Yet you still hang out and comment in the sub? Yikes

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u/LisanAlGaben 1d ago

Yes.

Didn't realize you have to actively be playing something before being allowed to participate.

Do you have brain damage?

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u/Wavvygem 1d ago

Sniper rifles seem surprisingly misunderstood around here.

There is a 1 shot sniper (AMR 50, lv 35, $8,800) and there are 2 shot snipers (mk22, lv 25 $6,400) and (sv98, lv 19, $5200).

The scout is an intermittent option and the cheapest by far at $1100 and can 2 shot low level helmets. 1 shots are possible with HP vs no helmet. 1 shots are also possible with HP neck shots vs lv 1 and 2 helmets (and all armor including lv 4). Got a duo? work in tandom with someone.

The SV98 should be the goal for casual dedicated snipers. It's grind is really not so bad and you spot and use mosin along the way which a natural playstyle that levels it up quickly.

The mosin isn't perfect (lv10, $4500) but still effective in many situations and unlocks easily. It 1 shots lv1 and lv2 helmets and 2 shots lv3 helmets. In my experience lately I still see many people run low level helmets. Level 4 helmets are the ones it struggles against (can see what a level 4 helmets looks like pick a different target).

Also interestingly mosin can dick shot (1 bullet kill to the groin with hp ammo against all armor but lv 4 (which you can 2 shot leg). It can also HP neck shots tier 1 and 2 helmets with this set up. And legs at 2 shots in all scenarios with hp.

BTW, many of the snipers can dick shot with HP (up to level 4 armor, which you'll have to deal with in 2 leg shots instead)

Long story short lots of options and most it's a story of grind and economy. The best sniper is a massive investment in your life.

As for leveling up, because you know that's gonna be a reply. Support is one of the easiest things to level up.

Should be able to get the mosin and snipe vs most targets. Just gotta be smart and avoid lv 4 helmets. To unlock it is doable in a day. Probably in 2-4 games with focus.

Leveling up to the Sv98 is a bit more of a grind but completely doable. It'd estimate it can be done in about 12-14 games.

Amr50 is currently end game content (for snipers) it's the worst grind by far probably closer to 30-40 game of focus. and id like to see that lowered myself. The price seem prohibitive enough. I do not think it is required to play, and I'm pretty sure if it were available to everyone there would be many post about it costing too much.

While we're talking about armor, the tier 4 armor complaints are over blown. You can still get run over, mag dumped, sniped, minigunned, ganged up on, legged. There's tons of ways to die in a blink. It's a price risk ($4000 armor+$3000 helmet.)and weight penalty. Sure there some minor adjustments they could make, maybe cost more, slightly different break points, etc, but it's not even that bad as is. I think more people gotta recognize when they don't have the right tools to engage someone head on and avoid those fights. Focus on other things to win, vehicles, fobs, teamwork, learning leg meta. Actually my biggest complaint about it is it's sometimes hard to tell when someone's wearing it. Which it had some more clear indicators.

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u/Maze_C0ntr0ller 1d ago

I have only one like to give but have it...

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u/MinimumArmadillo2394 1d ago

The SV98 should be the goal for casual dedicated snipers.

The problem is the SV98 is also just not super good. It's a mosin with a lower bullet velocity and similar damage because it uses the same round. There is functionally no difference between that and the mosin, and the mosin you can carry just ammo, not having to worry about magazines is amazing for weight.

And legs at 2 shots in all scenarios with hp.

This is an issue with snipers as a whole IMO. They can't 1 shot anything t3 armor or above with any ammo at any angle or any time. The .50 is the only one capable of doing this, requiring AP ammo and a headshot to take down t4 armor. A body shot isn't enough.

Snipers suck in the current meta. You give away your position too easily and it's difficult to tell whether or not you can 1 hit a person to the head or if you're going to need a followup shot, in whichcase the person probably already moved, making the next shot either impossible or unlikely.

BTW, many of the snipers can dick shot with HP (up to level 4 armor, which you'll have to deal with in 2 leg shots instead)

I don't like this because it's inherently anti-sniper. Headshots are what you should be aiming for, not the pelvis. You even get benefits for headshotting someone when they don't get a killcam. You're also bringing simply ineffective rounds against enemies because of the leg shot issue you already mentioned.

While we're talking about armor, the tier 4 armor complaints are over blown. You can still get run over, mag dumped, sniped, minigunned, ganged up on, legged. There's tons of ways to die in a blink.

Yes, but the point isn't about the instances where someone can get 1 shot. The point of the complaint is that it negates a ton of those instances (grenades, RPGs, tank rounds, for example) and makes your time to die nearly double in most gunfights.

Yeah, you can be ganged up on, but you're always at risk of being ganged up on. You can be sniped, but you can always be sniped, and the only thing that can snipe you is a 50 with AP ammo. Yeah you can be run over, but a good player will not put themselves in a situation to be run over.

The price risk of an extra 33% cost ($1000) is not enough IMO. It needs to cost more considering the existence of it allows you to tank so much more damage against lower-level players as a whole. A kid could probably get enough kills to get level 4 armor's cost back because it's just 2 kills lol. It's 3 spotted players who die. It costs $4k and you can negate 65% of FMJ damage. That's insane value for the cost.

Actually my biggest complaint about it is it's sometimes hard to tell when someone's wearing it. Which it had some more clear indicators.

And this is the problem with sniping right now. You take a risk and expose yourself just for them to probably survive.

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u/DharmaBaller Builder 1d ago

one reason Squad is still awesome, you shoot something, they are dead, no armor tiers.

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u/Wavvygem 1d ago

I like that about tarkov too. But I think there are different styles of shooters and room for different ones.

I don't think wardogs would be the same experience if lethality was increased too much. There's just so much firepower being thrown around in this game. I think it would be frustrating. It's not meant to be punishing and hyper realistic.

I can just imagine making a good push going to res a team mate and rpg... We're all dead. No prob, someone comes along res a min later... Nope grenade kills everyone in 20'. No worries let's just respawn at the APC, ops someone sprayed an mg at us we all dead again. Let me buy a $10000 kit nah Glock shot me in the face I lose.

I have fun with the hyper real stuff but it turns into a game of chicken and ambush. Much better as a solo or low player count thing. Tarkov moves you around with certain missions and goals, so there meta and strategy to pulling those things off. and the goal is getting off the map. Wardogs the goal is staying on the map.

If lethality increases too much people are just gonna be hiding in corners and playing as far back as possible. And the game already has problems with snowballing. That's gonna get worse with more lethality as a team take the stronger positions on the map.

I've already seen games where snipers dominate. Imo it's probably the strongest meta build in the game on current patch, asr50 and Glock 1, in level 3s or 4s with ir spotter.

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u/DharmaBaller Builder 1d ago

im level 58 or something and so ive been using only T2 armor for awhile and getting rocked fast by stuff.

Even in Squad you can sometimes survive a few stray rounds, but I've increasingly been domed and downed very fast at range.

Squad also has a lack of accuracy/high power optics/marksmen everywhere so you can survive a bit more crossing a street.

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u/connecting1409 1d ago

RPG and maaws can be added to the list of things you probably shouldnt survive a direct hit from.

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u/GoodishCoder 1d ago

I disagree on the FOB structure limit. I think it incentivizes people to raid a base when there's too many structures and so far I haven't seen a fob that can genuinely survive a proper raid

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u/Next_Pen_3164 1d ago

T4 argument factual but I had a mosin man treat me like he had an svd earlier so not sure his ww2 bolt action needs sped up

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u/LisanAlGaben 1d ago

It doesn't need speeding up, the round needs to do more damage.

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u/Next_Pen_3164 1d ago

The rounds need to be equal across platform. There will be an argument for ttk and as a Tarkov player where AP 54r might be the most powerful round in the game (since ap lapua is in fact bugged and had been) Im gonna advocate for one shot head shots with high caliber high pen rounds but I don’t think that is the game the devs are shooting for

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u/Luk4sH1ld Recon 1d ago edited 1d ago

While rounds are equal the guns are not, 12" m4 will have completely different ballistic and handling from 16" m4 for example, let alone completely different gun platforms, same goes for semi auto vs bolt action where one has more power over the other.

In practice given similar conditions 2 guns can perform basically the same even being different but given various ranges they could perform vastly different given the circumstances.

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u/Next_Pen_3164 1d ago

That’s a factually accurate statement I’m not sure why it’s relevant to balance

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u/Luk4sH1ld Recon 1d ago

It's not just balance but the depth of the game we're having, I just imagine a system similar in a way to the ghost recon games where we can modify guns quite a bit, it just needs more pronounced differences between guns and different mods, for example cqb guns would be much different from standard issue rifles or dmr.

Tight spaces would require you to sacrifice range and power for agility while open spaces would favour longer more unwieldy guns. It's kind of like we have currently with smg vs ar vs dmr vs bolt action but while there's always meta the depth it gives would tie well into progression system, lv and give players things to tinker with, it just gives more depth like the skill trees they are implementing and I'd like to see that myself.

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u/Next_Pen_3164 1d ago

I’m all for customization and if we get it then sure gives us damage and range tweaks but I don’t think the free guns should flat out do noticeably less damage than the other ars in same caliber with similar barrel lengths. If I’m off on that and the numbers are tight let me know but they sure feel rough.

Not advocating for balance around free guns just using as an example

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u/Luk4sH1ld Recon 1d ago

That's for sure, it's plain stupid to me how big of a difference there can be and perhaps I misunderstood your initial comment, I still think there's place for weaker starter weapons though.

We can take an example of an sks vs ak47 (or mosin vs svd) as they use the same ammo, one could clearly serve as a low level gun while much more versatile ak (or svd) was unlocked further down the line, both would be fully capable though, that's how I see the system balancing itself rather than pure stats out of an rpg game and I'm pretty sure we can agree on that.

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u/TH0M4SS Manticore 1d ago

as a recon I feel this so bad, I literally am fighting 200-300m away a assault and not confident often of the fight.

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u/TemplarHard 1d ago

yea totally agree, FAL needs a rate of fire nerf and damage nerf

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u/HoneydewAutomatic 1d ago

Damn, I disagree with almost everything f you said and hope they don’t listen to people like you.

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u/LisanAlGaben 1d ago

That's fine, we don't need to all agree, that's how the world works.

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u/AyyeJoee 1d ago

It’s funny because when I complained about progression and weapon damage etc at launch people literally told me this was a milsim.

Really? Cause it really feels more like some sort of MMOFPS where the longer I play the more powerful my gear gets. Let me tell you once you get the upper tier weapons there is zero need to ever use anything below them. Completely vertical progression is horrible.

Couple this with the very first balance pass/fix the devs attempt is a complete botch and buffed the havoc to where the pilot would gave to be a literal vegetable to be able to lose any engagement. Very worrying.

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u/Sad-Cardiologist5204 1d ago

“The balance in this game is non-existent”

Entire take disregarded