the big problem with quick swap is it feels cheap. its a day1 issue sea of thieves had and in the 1st year people just accepted it "this is the game" it wasnt till streamers made it so well known and the popular goto method of play that you decided to nerf it thus opening the door for exploits of people bypassing your mechanic.
remove weapon delay, period. this is a quality of life issue. the weapon draw delay makes gameplay feel sluggish and gross.
but thats not fair now people can 2 shot in an instant again.... not really. why? how?
easy.... reduce all damage. reduce all ai health to compensate for lower player dmg.
now combat lasts longer, a double tap in a 1v1 is impossible as minimum 4 shots to kill someone.
double ammo count to compensate for it taking more bullets to kill players. this also comes with the added benefit of making pve less tedious with running out of ammo. could kill multiple sharks with 1 ammo refill. while skeletons and phantoms tend to drop a good amount of ammo bags so thats become less of an issue with them
i say this as someone who rarely if ever double gunned, and hated running into double gunners. i enjoyed the fluid feel of weapon swapping when the game came out. and as much as being farmed by a double gunner felt awful i disliked the nerf more as it impacts the pve side of the game as well. and seeing how quick swap keeps finding ways back into the game my solution is a permanent no nonsense fix. and doesnt seem like it would be that hard to just halve all the weapon damages, halve all the pve health and double the ammo pouch size
