Why the separate burst fire mode?

Why not just make burst fire a standard fire mode selectable beyond 'aimed' fire with the assault rifle? I find it gets annoying to toggle between the two modes of operation with the little click button (especially because it seems a bit bugged for me and sometimes doesn't click over). I don't see a good reason to separate out the fire modes, and unless someone has a good reason why the two modes should exist, I think I'd like to see the 'burst' fire mode incorporated into the standard right-click cycle options for shooting at a target (so when you right-click a target, it goes: snap, normal, aimed, burst, snap.)

As annoying as you find it, with the introduction of suppression, burst fire is here to stay. However, a little UI streamlining so all modes are accessable from the right mouse button does sound like a good idea.

As annoying as you find it, with the introduction of suppression, burst fire is here to stay. However, a little UI streamlining so all modes are accessable from the right mouse button does sound like a good idea.

To clarify, I don't want burst fire mode to go away at all. I just want it incorporated into the right-click cycle menu rather than being a separate little 'gun fire mode' function.

Because the right click is for more accurate aiming not alternative fire modes. Maybe there could be a key-bind for this.

Because the right click is for more accurate aiming not alternative fire modes. Maybe there could be a key-bind for this.

For changing the fire mode? Press "B"!

Because the right click is for more accurate aiming not alternative fire modes. Maybe there could be a key-bind for this.

I could understand that if we had things like 'snap burst fire' and 'aimed burst fire', but we don't. There's just one 'burst fire' mode, which it appears to me could be incorporated seamlessly into the right-click cycle.

It could, but that's one more thing to cycle through. I'm comfortable with just pressing "B".

Yes, that's true. I'll put it in the beta tweaks document so we can think about it in beta. It's something that might be worth doing, although it's not a high priority change.

2 pence worth: I agree that adding it to the right-click cycle makes sense and would aid fluidity of play.

2 pence worth: I agree that adding it to the right-click cycle makes sense and would aid fluidity of play.

I 2nd that.

Yes, that's true. I'll put it in the beta tweaks document so we can think about it in beta. It's something that might be worth doing, although it's not a high priority change.

Cool, thanks for the consideration.

It does spoil the flow a little though.

If you want to fire a couple of bursts at an enemy using your assault rifle you would need to click something like 8 times instead of just pressing b then clicking twice.

Would it be easier for right click up bring up a little starburst of icons to pick your fire mode if you wanted all of the shot types to be available easily?

What would be better there is if the icon remembered the soldier's fire type - then if you want to burst fire all day you set it and it stays on burst fire (or aimed, or whichever) for that soldier.

It would be nice if it remembered fire mode for each soldier.

I'd like the menu as well with an option to cancel the firing mode (I really want to right click to end firing mode I wonder why )

Personally, appart from the bug that doesn't allow you to change the firing modes properly, I'm pretty satisfied with the way it is right now... But that's my opinion.

Can't you use the scroll wheel on the mouse to flip between the different firing modes including burst?

Personally, appart from the bug that doesn't allow you to change the firing modes properly, I'm pretty satisfied with the way it is right now... But that's my opinion.

I'm with you bro.

I like the current system as well.

Only improvement I would like is for individual troops to remember their last fire mode rather than it carrying over from trooper to trooper.

If we had a rifle with an underslung grenade launcher then fire mode switching would make sense.

Or if guns had single, triple and full auto fire modes that would be good too, then you can have snap and aimed triple fire on the rifle.

Umm, am I the only one who can do exactly what Comassion says? When I use the mouse scroll it goes snap, normal, aimed, burst. That was in the KS build, so it could have changed, but still.

No, I use the mouse wheel as well, a lot quicker than right clicking, but I see no reason it shouldn't be added to the right click cycle.

Didn't even know there was a right click cycle. Whadayaknow...

Didn't even know there was a right click cycle. Whadayaknow...

I didn't know there was a mouse wheel cycle.

There are guns??!?