Prinny Waters
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Posted - 2014.10.05 02:10:00 -
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I feel like a militia/basic damage drop to around 190 with appropriate increases for adv/proto would work well, currently I am running around with a basic bolt pistol killing anything short of a Heavy in three shots. I'm not going to say this is a problem in and of itself but it is definitely an issue that I've got one rank in operation and I'm consistently butchering people with body shots, no modules or skill investment. Seriously, this thing made my basic light suit into a murder machine!
Also, I strongly recommend toning down the headshot bonus. I consistently one-shot medium suits if I manage to bean them in the head, which can leave me with mixed feelings in situations where I had no right to survive. I don't know what the current bonus is but it feels like its higher than 200%, maybe lower it to 175% total and see if that works with the lowered base damage? I would still have trouble with Heavies, as I am terrible at headshots, but at least it would keep me from accidentally one-shotting Mediums.
If people had to run modules, or at least equip a prototype bot pistol, to do this kind of damage then things might even out. As it stands, there is definitely too much damage on this weapon... the feel is perfect though, please leave everything else the same. |
Prinny Waters
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Posted - 2014.10.05 04:12:00 -
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I honestly don't think the bolt pistol was good in Charlie. I can't speak for how much damage advanced or proto versions did but I can't imagine the difference in damage making up for the fundamental flaws. Yes, it was possible to get nice results with it, but it lacked the punch of a cqc weapon while lacking the range to handle long range affairs. Its damage was not downright terrible but its range was so low it felt like any range where the bolt pistol was useful was a range every other sidearm would've been better.
Magsec had a similar first shot delay and range but put out solid damage with a lot more forgiveness if you missed. Smg was, and still is, a close range beast so you didn't need the magsec range you obviously wanted smg damage. The Scrambler pistol had a similar feel to the bolt but got more rounds per clip and the headshot bonus was so sweet that there did not feel like much point in the bolt pistol existing, since if you got even one scrambler headshot you did so much the bolt pistol felt weak... |