Balance Council(#3)

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ID	Category	Title	Creator	Status	Result
3	balance	Increase crylink's edgedamage to 10 effectively removing damage falloff and remove the 50% damage penalty from one pellet from spikes (hitting the ground near target) https://gitlab.com/xonotic/xonotic-data.pk3dir/-/merge_requests/883	Dr. Jaska	PASSED	6:1(2 abstained, 9 didn't vote)

2023-05-16T00:41:38Z - 2023-06-15T00:41:38Z

User	Decision	Comment
Freddy	ABSTAIN	I didn't find enough time to test this.
Antibody	NONE
Arch	YES
bones_was_here	NO	it's a mixture of one good change (bouncedamagefactor) one kludge with problematic side effects (edgedamage) and one change i couldn't get tested since it was added after more than half the vote duration already elapsed (refire)
Cloudwalk	NONE
divVerent	NONE
Dr. Jaska	YES	This seems to greatly improve crylink's damage consistency and removes weird almost no damage dealt when full volley should hit scenarios without seemingly buffing it too much based on some testing.
Halogene	NONE
illwieckz	NONE
LegendGuard	YES
Morosophos	NONE
MrBougo	NONE
nitroxis	NONE
Silent	YES	What SPLAT and Jaska said.
SPLAT	YES	This change makes sense from a standard of consistency which all weapons should have. I hope this segways into another balance discussions in the future and would only serve as a step forward towards polishing gameplay. I have tested Jaska's proposal in private with him and it certainly feels like an improvement. Overall, approaching weapon balance with more of a mindset of functionality and consistency is key, rather than tweaking damage values or artifically hampering weapons abilities is what I look for in proposed changes. While there will be exceptions to that rule, in this situation I believe it fits perfectly.
Spike29	NONE
terencehill	YES	since it's harder than expected fixing crylink so that when a spike hits the enemy then the other spikes that are automatically exploded explode at the correct distance and not 1 frame distance behind, I vote yes as this change makes the weapon more consistent
z411	ABSTAIN	Didn't get to test it myself