The weapons from the Armory and Cargo should swap places

The__0003

As it is now, I have issues with how many of the weapons cargo can buy are just straight up better than the ones that security starts with in the armory. As it stands, Cargo can buy the WT550 and Enforcer for a pretty low amount [relatively], which are just outright better than the equivalent weapons that security has in their armory, namely the Drozd and Kammerer.

From a functional standpoint it doesn't really make sense to me, given that the security weapons have a hard limit on how many can be in a round at any given time, while the weapons from Cargo can be effectively distributed to the entire crew. As well, this kind of removes the usefulness of a lot of cargo weapons, as the MK 58 has no advantages over the WT other than size and the laser rifle is a complete joke for individual use.

My idea on how to fix this is to switch these weapons around, giving the Kammerer and Drozd to Cargo, and the Enforcer and WT550 to the Armory. As well, both the Kammerer and Drozd could probably have their prices significantly increased in order to make the MK 58 and laser crates more appealing. However, I also think this should also come with a nerf to the Drozd to make it a 4x4 in the inventory, and maybe some adjustments of its firing to make it on par with or slightly inferior to the WT550. I also think a similar nerf to the Kammerer would make sense to come too, possibly making it impossible to store in a backpack and only possible to store in a suit/back slot.

This could cause issues given how the HoS already has a WT550 as their main weapon [aside from the X-01 multiphase], and having the HoS just walking around with what is effectively a regular armory weapon would be really strange, but I think it could be remedied by making the HoS' WT550 unique. Maybe something like increasing its accuracy and giving its sprite a laser sight/some decoration or something.
And if adding the WT550 to the armory really just can't work, there's always the option of just removing the option of an SMG from the armory entirely and just giving sec more Lecters in order to create a better divide between the weapons used on green/blue and red alert.

Thanks for reading!
Also I deleted my old post in order to replace it with this one since the title wasn't very good.

The__0003

Also, from an aesthetic perspective the current state of things feels off. The heavy use of wooden furniture on the Lecter and Drozd from their recent resprite (which I am not a fan of) makes them feel a lot less like police weapons. In contrast, the WT550 and Enforcer are almost all black with cool futuristic lighting on the WT, making them feel a lot more like sci-fi police weapons.

Keir

I gotta agree with this, but maybe lower the amount of them in the armoury if this happens

The__0003

Keir Why would there have to be less weapons in the armory for this change? There's already only 2 of each weapon type, and that number is already limited, often only being enough to supply 1 weapon to each officer [relative to the intended population of the station].