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Subject: The Boltshot

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I never use it because it only seems to one shot when its used against me

  • 12.09.2012 2:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mister Donut
I don't understand why people keep saying this. To be honest, it isn't effective except for in close quarters. And even then, if you hadn't killed him before he got close to you, you'd be in a melee battle anyway.

With this logic, is melee OP too?
I love running up to a guy with a Scattershot and killing him with my Boltshot.

  • 12.09.2012 2:22 PM PDT

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Posted by: Garland
Posted by: Mister Donut
I don't understand why people keep saying this. To be honest, it isn't effective except for in close quarters. And even then, if you hadn't killed him before he got close to you, you'd be in a melee battle anyway.

With this logic, is melee OP too?
I love running up to a guy with a Scattershot and killing him with my Boltshot.

Does the Scattershot sometimes kill and sometimes doesn't kill for you too? I feel like it is horribly inconsistent.

  • 12.09.2012 2:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: COLONELSANDERSW

Posted by: Garland
Posted by: Mister Donut
I don't understand why people keep saying this. To be honest, it isn't effective except for in close quarters. And even then, if you hadn't killed him before he got close to you, you'd be in a melee battle anyway.

With this logic, is melee OP too?
I love running up to a guy with a Scattershot and killing him with my Boltshot.

Does the Scattershot sometimes kill and sometimes doesn't kill for you too? I feel like it is horribly inconsistent.


Yeah it's pretty inconsistent. I'll get one-shot-kills, and other times I'll get three sometimes even four-shot-kills.

[Edited on 12.09.2012 2:26 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 2:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: COLONELSANDERSW
Posted by: Garland
Posted by: Mister Donut
I don't understand why people keep saying this. To be honest, it isn't effective except for in close quarters. And even then, if you hadn't killed him before he got close to you, you'd be in a melee battle anyway.

With this logic, is melee OP too?
I love running up to a guy with a Scattershot and killing him with my Boltshot.

Does the Scattershot sometimes kill and sometimes doesn't kill for you too? I feel like it is horribly inconsistent.
I think the problem is that with the Scattershot the blast has to be 100% on-centre, while with the Boltshot you have a little more leeway if the shot is off to the side a little.

I think because of the Scattershot's bouncing effect, it causes glancing blows to bounce off instead of doing full damage like the Boltshot does, though someone would have to do some testing and make slo-mo videos to prove it.

[Edited on 12.09.2012 2:28 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 2:27 PM PDT

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Yea, totally not overpowered

  • 12.09.2012 2:31 PM PDT

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The boltshot is actually difficult to use well. More difficult than the shotgun that it. The time between (charged)shots is enormous and fixed. You need to have it ready before-hand; you can't just turn a corner and reflexively kill anyone.

As far as weapon design goes, the boltshot is incredibly well balanced.

  • 12.09.2012 2:31 PM PDT

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I get killed with the bs like once every hour of playing...

  • 12.09.2012 2:37 PM PDT

The bs rustles my jimmies.

  • 12.09.2012 8:06 PM PDT

There's no way it kills farther than the shotgun. The shotgun has a huge killing distance, and the boltshot's is within a couple feet of the player.

  • 12.09.2012 8:07 PM PDT
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I got an untouchable with that thing in regicide extremely OP and it outshoots the DMR even at mid range due to its rate of fire.

EDIT:That things best used on abandon and haven although i prefer to use it 4/5 of the time on abandon due to so many corners nooks and crannies to lure someone for boltshot kill.

[Edited on 12.09.2012 8:10 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 8:07 PM PDT

It ruins close quarters combat.

I don't even use the Shotgun or Energy Sword anymore because the Boltshot is the better weapon, when it shouldn't be. That is stupid.

  • 12.09.2012 8:08 PM PDT
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YOU SUCK if you can't counter such an easy weapon to counter. Let me guess, you're one of those horrid players who sprints and double melee or doesn't know how to properly use his radar?

I will agree however, that the range is a bit too much.

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Posted by: Xannder
Yea, totally not overpowered


Oh look, an example of a good player against bad players. ANY gun can look OP if the player using it is good and the other team sucks. Their fault for continually rushing the guy when he clearly is using the Boltshot. Not hard to counter, not hard to counter at all.

  • 12.09.2012 8:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: Xannder
Yea, totally not overpowered

This proves how ridiculous the Boltshot is.

If he had a shotgun and shot people from those ranges he would hardly have put a dent in their shields

  • 12.09.2012 8:18 PM PDT

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Because Awesome weapons need that! I love that gun! One of my favourites!

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  • 12.09.2012 8:24 PM PDT

Nerf dat -blam!-

  • 12.09.2012 8:25 PM PDT

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People need to admit it IS overpowered...as a spawning weapon. Unless it's a gametype where everyone spawns with a potentially 1 shot kill weapon, we should never be able to spawn with one hit kill weapons in standard gametypes, period.

We can't nerf it, then it's useless, the only course of action is to remove it from the spawning list, and make it a random drop/weapon spawn only, but since it's less powerful than a Shotgun, make it spawn more frequently/higher chance than a shotgun or sword, this keeps the weapon relevant and useful, while making it so it isn't abused.

If you disagree, present a good argument.

  • 12.09.2012 8:37 PM PDT

timing is the key; it's harder to time it.

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