Thread 718647724

no i should not have to wait an arbitrary amount of time for my hotbar to refresh. make a real mechanic for once, incompetent devs.
cooldowns are the worst aspect of modern shooter design.

>>718647724 (OP)
what's your suggestion? a mana bar?

>>718647834
if it were a magic game and mana substituted ammo, sure.
but adding mana to a game that already has ammo is just bloat.
stamina is particularly badly designed because its just a glorified movement ability cooldown which regenerates overtime.

>>718647834
>UHH, YOU CAN'T JUST LET PEOPLE ROCKET JUMP WITHOUT A COOLDOWN HOTKEY

>make a real mechanic for once, incompetent devs.
>cooldowns are the worst aspect of modern shooter design.
I know this is a troll post but I don't doubt nu-/v/ would unironically adopt this opinion if enough people kept repeating it.
Something like
>cooldowns are bad game design because it arbitrarily disincentives player and skill expression! old shooters had it figured it out with ammo and item boxes which rewarded players who explored the map by letting them be able to use their abilities more often!!!

>>718649363
>map pickups are contestable and scarce are better designed than a literal hud element with a timer, leading to more fun and emergent gameplay
precisely

>>718649613
Keep spamming this everywhere please. I'd love to see if this board is as retarded as it seems.

>>718649834
chinkval rivals and overwatch is the retarded

>>718648876
imagine if you could chain jumps together, that would be so stupid and broken. thankfully the cooldowns perfectly balance the game and prevent overpowered strategies taking hold.

low health? aight press this "Heal" ability every 10 seconds. what the fuck are devs doing!

A cooldown is straight up admitting you can't actually balance a thing in an interesting way so you will just arbitrarily limit how often it happens instead of influencing how often you want to do it.

>>718647724 (OP)
Doom eternal and ultrakill are the greatest fps games released this century so...............nah

>>718650978
i only play pvp games

Cooldowns and wait times are seemingly needed when it comes to ability design that is inherently aids and busted, hence Ultimates being a genre staple.

>>718650912
>>718652031
its snoozefest gameplay