Charge/reload cancelling

[Metsudo]

There are now a number of forced fire charge type weapons that have been added to the game. I wanted to suggest that DE add a charge cancel function. It would work as a cancel for charged weapons so that the player doesn't need to perform another action to cancel it (like a doge roll or quick melee). It could work by doing a quick double tap of the reload key (meaning that it should also be usable on console controllers without the need to map another button). Personally, I tend to tap the reload key if i need to cancel a shot from my Opticor, and when on a full mag this works fine. However, if the magazine isn't full, I obviously get stuck in the reload cycle and having to do another action to cancel it is clunky and can be a significant waste of time, especially if I'm aiming down scope and trying to keep a quick fire rate.

This could also be used as a general reload cancel for all weapons that use a magazine, as there are times when you may want to stop a partial reload if another enemy comes into view. It would just be a small QoL addition that I think could be useful.

[taiiat]

it's much simpler to have Reload cancel Charging your Weapon, and simply not Reload it. if you did actually want to Reload it, press Reload twice. (note that this isn't a double tap or anything, just press it a second time. the distinction being that pressing Reload while Charging simply would not Reload, just cancel)

much simpler than introducing new functionality.

Edited May 5, 2017 by taiiat

[elitetrollz]

F and F

[Metsudo]

Cheers for the feed back, it's only a little idea that came from something that bugged me.