Snipers rifles would just make it easier to dig a hole in a wall and overlook an enemy base, and the aimbot kiddies would just have a much easier time then they already have.

Rockets would be spammed and used for griefing.

he could make rockets not brake blocks, have low ammo, and be EXTREMELY slow

There are no aimbots, idiot.

>aimbots

You can not be serious.

Here's how you balance the rocket launcher SHOULD it be available.
-VERY Slow movement speed
-Only given 4 rockets, you must get more ammo at the tent, and even then, your ammo count only rises by 1 every 3 seconds you are near the tent. You are vulnerable to friendly-fire near the tent.
-*If a sidearm is introduced, no sidearm is available while using the RL*
-To fire a rocket, you need to stand still for 10 seconds. During these 10 seconds, you are vulnerable to friendly-fire.
-While you are preparing to fire the rocket, you are visible on enemies' maps as a red blip.
-After the rocket is fired, you need to spend 5 seconds reloading your rocket launcher. Again, for these 5 seconds you are vulnerable to friendly-fire.

-If someone is using the Rocket Launcher to grief, you have ample time to eliminate them before they can fire.

There, rocket launcher is balanced for combat and griefer-unfriendly.

I laughed at aimbot.

Me too.

I would like a Panzerfaust though. In contrast with King of Heart's way, here's mine.
1 Shot disposable - 1 shot and you're done. No refills besides death.
Takes up grenade slot - Pick between this and the grenade
3 second prime time - After you press fire, you are open to fire from both side for 3 seconds. During this time a nice firework display happens at the barrel of the RL. Very hard to miss.
Arming Range - Must go at least 15 blocks to explode, otherwise it hurts like a rifle bullet, except it breaks a block in 1 hit.
Long Range - Goes 25 blocks past fog. Then it drops and acts like an un-armed rocket.
Forced aim - You must aim down the sights to fire
Terribly Inaccurate - Large spread
Slowed switch - After firing, you switch to your primary weapon (or pick if you ran out of ammo. Sidearm if that has it's own slot. ) with a 2 second delay.
Slow rocket - It does accelerate, but you can still dodge it.
Radius - Grenade

Alternatively, if you wanted a balanced launcher that people would actually consider using, then as Bobbunny suggests, it takes up the grenade slot. You get two rockets, instead of your two grenades. You can run and jump as fast as anyone else, but while moving the RL has the 0.54 rifle cone. Standing still makes it pinpoint, but the projectile moves slowly anyway so good luck hitting a moving target. This way, the RL will only be used about as often as grenades do, because it isn't the primary weapon. That already solves people from overusing it, without implementing all these other limitations that render it nigh on useless. Teammates won't be able to teamkill you while you're aiming/reloading just to annoy you for one thing...

Now, the blast works one of two ways. Either a) it creates a fireball on contact that expands and kills anyone in the radius, but does little/no damage to blocks, or b) we take a leaf out of bf1942's book and give it almost no splash damage whatsoever. it will decimate the block it hits shotgun style, and maybe a grenade's worth of blocks around it/next few blocks and people along the path of travel, but will not kill anyone it does not hit.

Useful. Balanced. Actually worth using from time to time. Simple.

*The movement speed for everyone remains the same
*No weapon has a time penalty on restocking ammo
*Nobody is ever. EVER vulnerable to friendly fire unless actively griefing
*Nobody will ever appear on enemy radar unless the intel has been captured.
*You don't need a whopping 10 seconds to reload.
*Nobody gets forced to carry only one weapon with a miniscule amount of ammo at any stage.

how bout no lol

I hate how every suggestion has to be balanced around being griefer-unfriendly. I would be rich if I had a dollar every time I saw a good suggestion be shot down by the one argument that griefers could abuse it.

It isn't a good suggestion in first place if griefers can abuse it.
Griefing is a part of the game wether you want it or not.

Shut up, Devas. I'm pretty sure you're a griever yourself. I recall people saying that. It is a part of the game, but it's one of the many parts of the game that I hate. It's only part of the game because there isn't a way to get rid of them. And frankly, I'm surprised you're not banned. You've been here for so long and almost every one of your posts are you trolling. And just because grievers could abuse it doesn't mean it's a bad idea. All you need to do is change it slightly.

I like Beret's idea. Make it replace grenades and be used about as often as grenades would.

And what Euler said.

^ Lol I always giggle when I see the name "Rat fuck"

How to take care of griefers.
IP Bans.
Registration.
Name Bans.

@Bobbunny

1. Reset modem and you're done
2. One could make multiple accounts,I see people in minecraft doing that to return to a server to grief if they are banned
3. See above line

If they are dedicated, we cannot stop them.
However that should weed out enough of them.

Yes,you're right.
I will really cry if the aVo team discover this game.

the Alaska Volcano Observatory?

The griefer team that likes to go on minecraft servers and destroy shit.