Simple as that.
If you allow a “pistol shotgun” as a secondary at least make it a non one shot kill or change the entire game and allow shotguns to be load-out primary weapons.
at least lower the damage on it.
Or learn new tactics and stop running around corners to melee someone pointing a gun at your face.
If it couldn’t kill someone on a charged hit it would be perfect. You could do damage before or after charging it up or melee after charging up and it would still kill overaggressive idiots, but it would be far more balanced.
Much better than how it currently is anyway.
If you lower the boltshot’s damage it will become a useless close-range only version of the plasma pistol.
Instead lower the range and increase the charge time. Maybe even make it so you use the entire clip when you overcharge.
That is all.
> If it couldn’t kill someone on a charged hit it would be perfect. You could do damage before or after charging it up or melee after charging up and it would still kill overaggressive idiots, but it would be far more balanced.
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> Much better than how it currently is anyway.
I think if you are close enough to get one shot you are close enough to get beatdown right after it and if thats true then it would still basically be same thing except you get one shot off with whatever you have.
> If you lower the boltshot’s damage it will become a useless close-range only version of the plasma pistol.
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> Instead lower the range and increase the charge time. Maybe even make it so you use the entire clip when you overcharge.
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> That is all.
How does using the whole clip matter when you only need one shot? If you need more than one shot you probably just drained shields and switched to rifle anyway.
You couldn’t just post in one of the other whiny boltshot complaint threads?
I like the bolt shot, perfect solution to double beatdown scrubs or grenade throwing -Yoinks!- that weaken you by throwing 2-4 gernades on the first encounter and then chase you.
> Or learn new tactics and stop running around corners to melee someone pointing a gun at your face.
no secondary gun should be able to change a whole games playstyle, should of just stuck to weapon pickups for PP and BS then had magnum as basic unless you have firepower.
> > If you lower the boltshot’s damage it will become a useless close-range only version of the plasma pistol.
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> > Instead lower the range and increase the charge time. Maybe even make it so you use the entire clip when you overcharge.
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> > That is all.
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> How does using the whole clip matter when you only need one shot? If you need more than one shot you probably just drained shields and switched to rifle anyway.
Did you even read the rest of my post?
Anyway, it would prevent the player from simply waiting out the (surprisingly quick) recharge and firing the overcharge again by making it a longer time between charged-shots. And if they switch to another gun then their Boltshot would still need to reload. It’s a balancing mechanic that would reduce Boltshot spam.
Not to mention that the PP also drains shields instantly so having the Boltshot do the same would be pointless.