Ok now that all the fun ideas are done let me actually tell you how to "fix" basing

Three things MUST be done to make basing enjoyable and skill based. These arent hard things. Very small things id imagine.

1. Nerf Pump Shotty. Seriously, why hasnt this been nerfed yet? Its ridiculous. Costs relatively nothing and any random can pick it up and mindlessely spam the entire level just by standing still and shooting. This game doesn't need broken spread weapons. Not all shotguns need nerfing, Rustle shotgun is fine, it shoots in a more focused fire which demands more of a skill-based mindset (loosely speaking, its still a shotgun)

2. Nerf Natures Destroyer. A stupid cheap hs weapon that everyone has, requires little to no skill and is so annoyingly op that it doesnt make sense to be only 30 hs. Btw the solution here is not "oh lets make ND 50hs instead then" or something. No, its too late for that, nearly everyone is spamming this thing and its out of control. You cannot dodge between the arrows and if one of the arrows so much as clips you you take nearly 1/5 of your health, thats not fun. Nowadays i see entire gangs of people spamming only this weapon (or pump shotgun) and just causing utter bullethell chaos.

3. "Miniguns" Sandshell-gun and egg-launcher... Really? Who thought of this as a good idea for basing? 5 people can now all run up and press against the front of the flag and spam these weapons eventually taking it without fail. Absolutely no skill whatsoever and its just plain boring. Its ruined tactical base taking in every way conceivable. Why work down the opposing side slowly but surely and eventually taking the flag when you can send a bunch of scrubs to kamikazee the flag and take it instantly? It shouldnt work, but it does. Make it so Shellgun and Egg Launcher bullets don't deal flag damage and i assure you basing will be more enjoyable

the "oh no too much peacing" is practically old news now. The only gang that has peaced everyone is essentially Legion which is silence 2.0. The gang im currently in is constantly warring and we still maintain a home base. Theres over a dozen gangs on the server at the moment all trying to home a base. Its great to some degree but the only thing stopping people are the stupid weapons that just shouldnt be in the game. (Don't get me wrong though, peacing is still an issue as always, but its not, in my opinion, the biggest issue with basing atm)


If you want to "fix" basing, thats what needs to be done at the bare minimum. Dont worry about the fancy new system suggestions and gun-skins. After coming back from a session of aggressive basing i found that the major thing deterring this way of playing is the "cancerous" weapons that plague the game. There are a couple but the ones i listed are the major ones that need some attention balance-wise.

If nothing else id like atleast one of these things to actually happen rather than gun-skins or whatever else. There is plenty of reason to base for those who seek it but there are some weapons that (although sound silly) really do ruin the experience. Thanks for reading