Regicide = FFA Boltshots

Games Other Halo
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I can’t stand it. Every time I think about going around a corner, I get an attempted boltshot to the face. Every time I’m at close-ish range, I get an attempted boltshot to the face. Every time I’m at AR range, I get an attempted boltshot to the face. At said range, which is also pistol range, I started unloading on a guy, all shots spot on. but before six came up, BOOM, boltshot to the fricken face. one shot kill from at least 4x melee range from a “secondary” loadout weapon.

This gun is ridiculous.

“oh, but the boltshot has to charge before it can be used that way!”

Yeah, and that charge is relatively quick. maybe about four magnum shots worth of time. Not to mention it only uses half a magazine, which is far from enough to kill you in regular firing mode.

“oh, but if you miss, you’re screwed!”

It’s not all that hard to aim with this weapon. If you can aim a shotgun you can aim the boltshot. why do i say that? because it’s a shotgun.

“quit chasing bad kid!”

I put a guy one shot, he runs, and I don’t see a power weapon on his back. my instinct is to pursue to finish him off. Generally speaking that isn’t a bad call.
It’s not hard to spot a boltshot -insert insulting name with alliteration here- considering they usually dip around the corner for a second to buy time to charge their boltshot, at which point I backpedal immediately from the door, though sometimes they still snipe me with the fricken thing.
Another relatively frequent occurrence is coming down a hallway, seeing someone coming down the other end, so I whip out my AR, it being the appropriate weapon for the situation and start firing, but then I hear the charge and BAP, I’m dead before I can pop his shields. I can avoid this if there’s enough time to react, but there’s a small window for that in some cases.

Screw this weapon. Lower it’s range. Make it take the ENTIRE magazine to kill someone, in BOTH firing modes.

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343 Weapon designer 1: You know what I miss?
343 Weapon designer 2: What’s that?
1: The Mauler from Halo 3
2: Yeah, best Shotgun pistol ever.
1: You know what? Let’s remake it as a Forerunner Weapon, sort of like the Plasma pistol.
2: What do you mean?
1: Useless firing normally, but when you charge it up, it’s like a shotgun!
2: That is a great idea, let’s do it!

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> 343 Weapon designer 1: You know what I miss?
> 343 Weapon designer 2: What’s that?
> 1: The Mauler from Halo 3
> 2: Yeah, best Shotgun pistol ever.
> 1: You know what? Let’s remake it as a Forerunner Weapon, sort of like the Plasma pistol.
> 2: What do you mean?
> 1: Useless firing normally, but when you charge it up, it’s like a shotgun!
> 2: That is a great idea, let’s do it!

you forgot the part where they gave it a damage boost. it’s like walshy dual maulers but only one.

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The BolShOTT is compoTiTIVE. AdOOPT NUuB.

No1 NoEZZ to counter ItTT cEpT uSS toO skILLuD pLyAz. DiS the same BS with Armor LoKK, which after 2 yaRs the compunity STILL doesn’t NoEZZ hoW 2 couuntER and so 343 butchered iT WIt a -Yoinking!- TU! GAWD! -Yoink!- -Yoink!- internet rage They’ll ruin the BolTshOTT next, the only SkULFULL wEP in the game…

^ Boltshot fanboy logic and not my own. The gun needs to be nerfed.

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> 343 Weapon designer 1: You know what I miss?
> 343 Weapon designer 2: What’s that?
> 1: The Mauler from Halo 3
> 2: Yeah, best Shotgun pistol ever.
> 1: You know what? Let’s remake it as a Forerunner Weapon, sort of like the Plasma pistol.
> 2: What do you mean?
> 1: Useless firing normally, but when you charge it up, it’s like a shotgun!
> 2: That is a great idea, let’s do it!

There would be nothing wrong with the Boltshot if this were Halo 3. Where the Boltshot goes wrong, however, is the fact that you can spawn with it through your loadouts.

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They may nerf its range in the future.

Until then, I really recommend the thruster pack. BShotters are easy 2 hit melees when they miss because you tap the Armor ability to the left or right.

If they are consistently camping in the same spots. Spawn with stickies, jump around a corner and stick them. That’ll embarrass them and get them to start moving.

FFA is my favorite playlist, and with these tactics BS is not my biggest problem anymore. You can take em.

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> > 343 Weapon designer 1: You know what I miss?
> > 343 Weapon designer 2: What’s that?
> > 1: The Mauler from Halo 3
> > 2: Yeah, best Shotgun pistol ever.
> > 1: You know what? Let’s remake it as a Forerunner Weapon, sort of like the Plasma pistol.
> > 2: What do you mean?
> > 1: Useless firing normally, but when you charge it up, it’s like a shotgun!
> > 2: That is a great idea, let’s do it!
>
> There would be nothing wrong with the Boltshot if this were Halo 3. Where the Boltshot goes wrong, however, is the fact that you can spawn with it through your loadouts.

Oh ya, forgot about that part