All I can think of is people rage quitting the game because of such a weapon. I can't imagine something more annoying than being frozen. When I have connection issues and nexuiz freezes because of pl, I feel like punching my computer in the face, this would pretty much the same thing except you can actually watch people shooting at you while you can't move. I would even go as far as refusing to use that weapon, it's just lame and no fun for people getting spammed with it.
Or if I saw someone abusing that weapon, then I would concentrate on him, freeze him and wait by his side until he unfreezes, then freeze him again as soon as it's possible, and repeat that for 20 minutes or until he rage quits.
For a mod where that weapon would be part of the actual mod (ie: freeze tag), then sure.
For regular gameplay, no matter what you could suggest to make that weapon work to counter abuse or anything you think would make it balanced, I would still disagree 100% with it. There is just NO way such a weapon would be fun other than if your whole idea of fun is being annoying to other people.
[EDIT]Also, can we please fix (or even, make one) balance of current weapons before suggesting 100 new weapons that would break everything else?[/EDIT]
Or if I saw someone abusing that weapon, then I would concentrate on him, freeze him and wait by his side until he unfreezes, then freeze him again as soon as it's possible, and repeat that for 20 minutes or until he rage quits.
For a mod where that weapon would be part of the actual mod (ie: freeze tag), then sure.
For regular gameplay, no matter what you could suggest to make that weapon work to counter abuse or anything you think would make it balanced, I would still disagree 100% with it. There is just NO way such a weapon would be fun other than if your whole idea of fun is being annoying to other people.
[EDIT]Also, can we please fix (or even, make one) balance of current weapons before suggesting 100 new weapons that would break everything else?[/EDIT]
