why?

and the thread is pretty pointless if you don't give a suggestion as to what you might want it to be. just looks like mindless QQ right now.

True true, to be honest i dont know what to change it too, i kinda like the scrambler pistols +1 ammo per level, i also dont feel that the skill is helping, maybe its a bug like the magsecs skill thing

+1 ammo would be pretty cool. and I didn't know the magsec's skill was bugged.

why?

and the thread is pretty pointless if you don't give a suggestion as to what you might want it to be. just looks like mindless QQ right now.

Because kick reduction is pointless when it recenters before each shot
5% reduction to charge time per level would be good
Also damage needs a significant increase as it's current DPS is ~210

Whered you get 210? 1 shot is 1 second right? so thats like 135 dps at basic right? i might be wrong tho. please confirm

Shot interval is .4 but because of .25 charge before each shot the actual shot interval is .65
To get the ROF you need to do 60/.65 which gives you 92.3 RPM

Slower than a tac sniper .-.

It's long range and the skill reduces kick. Seems great to me.

Anyone else think it would be cool if the op skill made the bolt pistol's rounds penetrate through mercs (at reduced damage)? For example, at lvl5 the bolt's pistol round could hit up to 5 mercs with a single flechette. To balance this, the flechette could deal 10% less damage for each merc it has to pass through.

This would certainly make the gun unique.

I would want this in addition to the damage increase though.

It's long range and the skill reduces kick. Seems great to me.

Shot interval is .4 but because of .25 charge before each shot the actual shot interval is .65
To get the ROF you need to do 60/.65 which gives you 92.3 RPM

Did you even read any of my posts?
It's a useless skill

There's very few situations where this would help though
Something like a charge time reduction combined with a damage increase would balance the weapon much better

It does have more range than the other pistols though the dev blog description says its the most powerful pistol on the market. Also most calculations are assuming that you are consistently at the optimal range and if so against other pistols you are appling the most damage with the bolt pistol. Another thing is headshots as far as I know the ion pistol does 165% to shields what does the bolt pistol do because if run into someone with low shields the distance you put yourself between u and your target could put the odds in your favor.

Breach basic does 128 and has less range basic bolt has 135 and much farther range proto has 148.5 dmg while the advanced breach has 134.4 the bolt is better. Though It really depends on the situation at close range the breach pistol will be better it should shoot faster but suffer at long ranges. Vice versa for the bolt if someone pulled out a bolt and the other a breach and they both stood at the optimal range of the bolt pistol who would win? Its clear to me that the bolt pistol user would win that match up and if they stood at the optimal range of the breach its obvious the breach pistol would win. The effective range on the bolt pistol is 72 meters and optimal is 54 how could the breach compete.

I think a damage increase would be enough to balance it in a 1v1 scenario. The penetration op skill would be to give the bolt pistol a unique trait. As is, the BP is just a pistol.

The ScP has its headshot bonus
The Ion Pistol has its charge ability
The Flaylock has explosive rounds that deal splash damage

All of the other pistols have some trait that makes them more than a standard pistol.

Bolt pistol bullets completely disappear at 65 meters unless they fixed it in the hotfix
Also the breach pistol still has a advantage because of its headshot multiplayer and higher ROF and DPS
Alternatively compare it to the magsec which kills faster at all ranges and all situations
If the bolt pistol is going to be long range and low DPS then it needs to shoot much faster and get a bigger mag, with even more range, to make it easier to use

You have to be in range to apply full damage bolt gets 165% headshot bonus on armor at 54 meters you can't beat that. Factor in caldari assualt skills and bolt pistol skills you have a badass sidearm that is good at hipfire from long distances and its fairly accurate down the sights the breach can't compete. Also let me repeat that the dev blog says Its the most powerful pistol on the market.