Things are going to look good if you break it down exclusively to numbers like this. There are at least two big things that make the BP inferior to the zarona that don’t register in any number, namely; the incredible inaccuracy and the lack of cleave.
You’re adding a few caveats to basically arrive at the BP being roughly equally as powerful as the zarona, which is basically the issue with the BP to begin with.
The person I replied to said the bp doesn’t have enough ammo. → I gave numbers & examples on its ammo economy, even helpfully comparing it to the revolver as everyone so likes to do, to prove it isn’t so. Just a few posts above that I and many others were just criticizing the bolt pistol’s broken aim & recoil. All per a request from Fatshark who opened this thread just for that reason.
The bolt pistol certainly has its problems that need fixing, but ammo isn’t one of them.
Par for the course in this game, people still tout the virtues of this or that even if it was patched many moons ago (e.g. fire shot inv cleave) or got left behind in the power creep. Painting the current Bolt Pistol as anything but a nifty paper weight in its current form is a weird take.
P.S. Note people are still referencing a near 2 year old debunked viral BS post about “rtx always being on”…
Thank you! I really enjoy finding things that are underused and finding a way to use them, that’s one of my favorite ways to play the game. I don’t know much about HD 2 as I quit playing it in March or April (got bored really quickly). That game wasn’t as favorable for making wonky or tacky things work as effectively. I think that we have talent trees to thank for that in this game. Anywho, thanks for the compliment!
Please also be aware and emphasis to the team, that this exact problem demonstrated in the video happens to BOTH the bolt pistol and the regular bolt gun, and it has been a major issue with the regular bolt gun for years without acknowledgement from the team.