I'm almost on the other bomb site and I'm still dying from the bomb on A. I think that's incredible.
I've been playing this game since 2014 and I don't even know why the bomb radius is so different on various maps. Is there an official explanation? Is this a bug?
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Hide on car when bomb is planted on window at d2 = barely a scratch
Be in the same map as bomb in nuke = goodbye team nice knowing you
Because Valve and consistency is impossible.
There are logical reasons for why this could be a game mechanic, and that is to force T’s to risk something by running away from the bomb at the last seconds, and this changes based on how the map is built.
Obviously this is not the logic used when choosing how strong the bomb should be, because Nuke has the strongest bomb in the game while logically needing the weakest bomb in the game. If you plant on B you can’t both save and defend the bomb at the last seconds.
Instead Valves rolls a dice.
yes various explosion sizes have been implemented into the game. it differs from map to map with vertigo having the smallest blast. it is to do with individual map balance. i think as a T a circle could be implemented that shows where bomb deals 100hp on minimap, could help a bit with that issue, and as CT well you learn from the T side i guess hehe otherwise it could give bomb position away ^.^
Close to a decade ago Valve came to their senses and removed the arbitrary differences in explosion radius for all maps making them all the same size. Then in 2019 when they were working on Vertigo they made its radius smaller because of how small the map is. Now in CS2 theyve regressed and starting making the radius on certain maps way bigger so they can stop Ts from saving so close to the sites without having to do the actual hard work of making the maps in question less shitty.
Only the boys from valve can tell you. And if I guess they dont know too
not sure about different explosion radius for each map, but i got moment on Dust2 A site where still alive from c4 while standing on above CT entrance. Barely got damage like -15. Well, maybe different map different radius
because maps have different sizes and layouts?
You were at 3hp, a light breeze would have killed you.
some maps have american cardboard w alls