Hello everyone, greets and compiments to the Wolcen-Team

I just joined this game and played 90 hours in 6 days I think. In general I am a very experienced gamer (over 30 years of gaming) and my preferrable games vary a from shooters to RTS- and fighting games. I do always pick my games keenfully and stick with them for years and master them. Now that I saw your game and its just fantastic - I decided "OK, I am gonna DIVE into this game" and intend to stream it a LOT.

The thing is, ofc I cannot compare myself with casual gamers, but I think with the change for "Gunslingers Brand" you are going to wipe the potential of a higher "skill ceiling" in this game. So what I do, I use this skill to oneshot or trippleshot oppoents / bosses with it, which is sooo muuuch fun (when I also predict the piercing goes through targets so you aim different directions: against crowds).

What is the problem?

• the problem is with Wolcen 1.0 is: "Gunslinger’s Brand now selects targets automatically as you swipe your mouse cursor over them."
• so you are going to make it easier to apply to different targets and take away the chance of clicking in your targets manually; or multi-click a single target which is the biggest problem with 1.0 then.
• the real problem is: I cannot target a single target anymore with just clicking a boss for stage-boss for instance. or picking two targets with two shots each to make use of the skill bonus (stacking, higher damage)
• you also take away skill, fun, a unique playstyle. - and most importantly control over my game !

The idea, or better, the mechanic behind "Gunslingers Brand" was just genius and its a fjgfjfng LOT OF FUN to play as of now (BETA)

I welcome you to watch my last 4,5 hours stream on twitch and have a look yourself. I just got to champion with playing like a beast and I rarely had soo muuch fun in the last 10 years.

Here is the full 4,5 hours stream
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/550391080

You can just click along the stream and see the play I am talking of. You can see how I use gunslingers brand and how I use it differently against different kind of targets. OFC it's micro-heavy, so I guess its not for everyone - but its just GREAT if you like to play like this. I will have nightmares if this option is GONE for eveerrrrr

What to I suggest?

• watch the recorded stream and have a look at it (how do I hyperlink? =) )
• dont tweak this skill and make it appealable to everyone (or make it optional)
• You want to simplify the skill I guess, and not because its overpowered in a way.
• If you think the skill is overpowered in a way (when you use to snipe single targets with the bonus), then please introduce a skill option so I can choose targets with clicking in (as it is now)
  - TL/DR: Dont make it too casual (easy), or give it back (optional).

Gunslingers Brand:
Here everything comes together for me: skill, it feels like a shooter, RTS and an assassination game to me when I play this build. I beg you, dont take it away, at least make it so, that I can enter my targets for each shot manually. Maybe as per skill within the ability skill tree (AST) of gunslingers brand.
​
​
I know Wolcen 1.0 is around the door and OFC you have other business than this "problem" here. But, as you have time again and want to improve the game, I hope you gonna consider my points. Also, sometimes it's better to revert some things as they were better, or at least - and thats the beauty with this kind of game - you can just
"add it back to the game" without breaking it. in an RTS game this would not be possible.

I do hope I outlined the issue enough and you can see the points that I have made. Thank you for this game and thank you for listening / reading all through. Please just click through the stream to get an idea of the playstyle I was talking of and build your own thoughts !