I think a big reason why people don't mess with the weapon powers in WA is that there isn't any indicator of the adjustments shown on the weapon panel. It's really confusing for people if weapons are changed. And in a lot of cases more intricate adjustments have been made with third party editor, so you can't even see what the changes are in the in-game lobby's scheme info.
Ok, lack of proper settings display leads to avoiding of those settings, fair point. But it's been 17 years already; during such a long period it's likely to find someone who doesn't necessarily need a friendly interface and could put into an use the whole "huge potential" of power settings. If there's a lot of possibilities to make unique schemes with many non-standart powers, where these schemes are?
oh BTW, AFAIK 4-shot shotgun isn't exactly a power setting - it is enabled through the "Cheats" sub-menu
And what about Ninja Rope?
I assume that's why I thought I missed something
Well, since WMD got a full-powered Ninja Rope as a separate weapon, that has addressed the most popular (and pretty much the only one seen on a regular basis) use of power settings.
ok, do you know any other weapons that have their power varied so often?
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@TheKomodo
I see you only listed BnG and Darts, and in both cases those are pretty minor changes which are not critical at all. If we wouldn't have power settings, both standart shotgun and drill would be accepted as is and would unlikely be complained about as a critical issue; instead, Darts map makers would just make additional borders to prevent mass kills on start, and BnG players would try to be more accurate/careful with their shotguns, or choose more appropriate hides.
Did that 1* shotgun become a standart?
How many of those "Classic" schemes make a big use of power settings (except ninja rope's power)?
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can you link me to the post where I humiliated you and you decided to start following me around making nonsensical "goes" at me? I legit forgot and want to realize what was it that caused the aperture of your anus to these levels of butthurtfulness. I'm not advertising myself man, I'm doing the opposite, I'm calling you nonsensical because I couldn't give two flying f@#!s on your opinion on me, nor the vast majority of the simploids here with whom you'd struggle to have a reasonable conversation with. And by reasonable I mean exchange two words without wanting to kill yourself.
lel, you just got vesuvio's nerdrage king crown
he'd have to work hard to get it back