u/Deadly_Pancakes

Now that most Pistols & Revolvers are 1-slot, I suspect they aren't going to be seen as much due to the strong combinations of 3 slot primary rifle + 2 slot secondary.

How about if you could sacrifice loadout slots for Upgrade Points. For each loadout slot sacrificed you gain 2 Upgrade Points.

For those people who would rather have a fresh Hunter with 12 Upgrade points rather than 10, they can take a 3 slot primary with a 1 slot secondary.

This gives more options and makes 1-slot weapons more viable for a fresh Hunter.

The update isn't out yet of course, so we'll have to wait and see, but hey, it's fun to speculate.

Now that you are going to be able to bring a mix of tools and consumables, weapons with a melee attachment essentially got a slight buff, so I think we will see them used more often.

A bayonet attachment essentially costs you nothing whatsoever, so Instead of a knife you can take an additional consumable instead and restock additional consumables mid-match.

Edit: also, now that tool boxes can't be used to replenish consumables, bringing more into the match with you is going to me much more impactful.

Scarce ammo boxes are going to be more common than before. It is a military themed event after all. There will be plenty of leftovers to go around.

There are ammo supply crates that can be carried to the extraction point and extracted which I'm sure will keep you well supplied too.

Overall I suspect that the ammo types will become less common than before, but not so uncommon that you never see them.

Here's my suggestion to make Bounty extractions more rewarding. Each extracted Bounty grants a Currency that you can spend to grant a Hunter a Bounty Trait themed around the boss it was derived from.

The Butcher: Inflammable: Immunity to Fire Damage and Melee Attacks cause Hunter's to Burn an additional Health Chunk.

(When you are set on fire with this trait, the flames are green rather than orange so other Hunter's know you have the trait).

The Spider: Arachnid: Jump height and speed is increased, you are Immune to Poison, and more actions can be performed before triggering the Movement Penalty.

The Assassin: Shadow Fade: See Bleeding Hunters through walls up to 25m, and you can hold the Swap Weapon key to Teleport short distances with an 8 second Cooldown.

(The teleport works similarly to Shadow Leap (with Assassin teleport visuals), but only requires you to point to a surface rather than an AI and it triggers faster with no loss of HP. Seeing Bleeding Hunters works similarly to the Pain Sense effect, but does not require you to be in Dark Sight to see them).

Rotjaw: Electrify: Hold the Swap Weapon key to infuse your Weapon with Galvanic Power. Projectiles shot with this Weapon apply to Electrify Status Effect.

(The electrify effect slows and damages similar to Rotjaw's Electricity. The Effect is applied similarly to Incendiary ammo, where multiple hits are required for compact ammo at longer ranges etc etc for other ammo types...)

Hellborn: Firebreather: Hold the Swap Weapon key to breath out a torrent of Hellfire up to 5 times.

(Works similar to the Fire Breather's attack).

Pledge Mark Bounty: Oath: You Pledge Mark capacity is increased to 10.

These are supposed to be abilities that are fun to play around with the incentivise Bounty Extraction, they aren't necessarily supposed to be super OP. I'm sure they can be balanced better, but these are just some initial ideas.

I'm sure you guys can come up with some more suggestions below.

I've see far too many posts of team players complaining about the solo MMR modifier, so lets put this argument to bed once-and-for-all.

Lets apply logical reasoning to why the MMR system works this way and why it will ALWAYS work this way, regardless of the presence of an MMR multiplier.

For this discussion, indicated MMR is the MMR that is displayed in-game, while actual MMR represents an accurate skill assessment of the player.

If all matches were solo vs trio where all players are the same indicated MMR rank, the solo will lose more often than the trio's they are fighting due to the numerical advantage trio's have. If not, then their indicated MMR would rise.

As the solo loses vs trio's of the same indicated MMR, the solo's indicated MMR will drop.

They will then fight trios that have an indicated MMR equal to theirs once again. This time, they will win more often than they lose because their actual MMR is higher than the trio's they are fighting.

Therefore if we want a system where indicated MMR = actual MMR, we have to give the solo player a multiplier.

Even if the system was changed, nothing would actually change. This is the reality that comes from strength in numbers.