As many may know by now, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare is set to release November 3rd(For those who pre-order the game, at least). As the first full Call of Duty title for Sledgehammer Games, this is a very important game for the studio. As the Call of Duty coming after last year’s less than stellar “Call of Duty: Ghosts”, Advanced Warfare is the game that can make or break the franchise for many players.
Well, Sledgehammer is coming out swinging with this one, as they recently talked about the controversial topic of “Quick Scoping.” In an interview with 3 news and Micheal Condrey, found here, they talked about various topics, including balancing in multiplayer, Kevin Spacey, and Quick Scoping.
The interviewer asked Condrey the following,
“Another problem with Ghosts, indeed a problem with most Call of Duty games, is how quick-scoping can ruin multiplayer. What do you think of the issue?”
Condrey responded to this, saying “Haha, well, quick-scoping is a controversial one, as you probably know. We spent a lot of time focusing on game balance. We’re calling this the most customisable Call of Duty experience to date, you can really customise your play-style a lot. But at the core of it, Call of Duty is meant to be about skill, rather than an overpowered create-a- class. We’ve spent three years focused on that. So a player that has perfected play as a sniper, we want to allow that to be a really fulfilling experience, equally balanced to someone who has spent time perfecting their ability to use an assault rifle, a SMG, a shotgun or whatever. We want to provide a tremendous amount of choice, so you can play your style, which is probably somewhat different to mine. But it’s the skill that makes us different, not the selection. Does that make sense?”
So, does this mean Quick Scoping is in Advanced Warfare? Well, according to Condrey, “Well, that comes down to your definition of quick-scoping.”
The interviewer went on to say “That’s hard because different people have different definitions for quick-scoping!”
And this is very true, as Quick Scoping has held many different forms throughout COD history.
Condrey replied to this by explaining “That’s exactly right. Let me put it this way, sniper classes are not going to be overpowered relative to their peers. The ability to master a sniper rifle and be great at it will be equal to the ability to master any other class.”
Condrey goes even further, talking about how he and the team at Sledgehammer have “…done some things to make sure snipers are not able to take advantage of their properties – for example, there are attachments based on weapon classes that are specific. The ability to quick-draw with an assault rifle is important, but you don’t want to have the ability to quick-draw with a sniper rifle because that lends itself to being a faster, quick-scope model. We spent a lot of time trying to focus on it so I think sniper class players will find that it’s a really rewarding experience, but it won’t be over-powered relative to their peers.”
These quotes come directly from 3 news’ interview, and the full interview from 3 news can be read here.
From this, we can assume that even though Quick Scoping seems to be in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, it is much more difficult to do, and is not as effective as it used to be in previous games.
But, what do you guys think of this? Are you glad Quick Scoping will be more difficult and less effective? Are you upset? Will you be playing Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on launch day? Leave your thoughts below. And remember, stay tuned to Gamer Headlines for all of you Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and gaming news!
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