The bolter is presently a very strong weapon against all enemy types. The bolter in relation to the weapon types we have represented in the game should be a midrange weapon that provides average performance against all groups and if its optimal it would be flak opponents. Its tough in the tabletop …

Ammo Count against: -crazy Sway (unless u use a Feat to compensate) -Long Animation to switch -Long Reload (unless u use a Feat to compensate) -Huge Recoil singleshot (unless u use a Feat to compensate) so “4” against one is more than fair for the Power it unleashes. The satisfaction is “Glorio…

You’ve mentionned a feat 3 times but remember Zealot uses it too and it’s currently the BiS. Counting flaws doesn’t change the fact that it anihilates stuff without really needing to aim. 1/Recoil doesn’t matter when everything goes poof in 1/2 shots. 2/Long reloads don’t matter when 15(+15 with …

Good observations, but I beleive you might be looking at it from Vet perspective. Of course I may be wrong on this assumption. Yet using bolter on Zealot shows its downsides quite clearly: Low ammo Long reload time Very high recoil You cannot rely on ADS under fire, not saying it is not possible t…

Bolter being the bis weapon for zealot (not so much IMO for sharpshooter, as I personally prefer the kantrael mg xii), just tells you most ranged weapons are just terrible. Let me explain, I main veteran, very rarely use a bolter, although I’ve used it enough to know how it works, it’s a slow and u…

Hey now the revolver is really fun to use, especially for popping heads. It’s not stupid overpowered but it is effective.

It’s fun, sure, but no one will put it on a damnation build, for example, unless you are going for the lols. EDIT: this post goes about ranged weapons in detail. [image] Gun balance suggestions for high difficulties General Discussion I’ll be brief. I’ve been playing thi…

That’s what I’ve been doing with my zealot actually lol. I’m not steamrolling heresy with it but it wouldn’t be fun if I was. Oh you said damnation. I haven’t found a single lobby to play on that difficulty.

Personally I do not agree with Bolter being best in slot for Z. I play all chars but my main is Preacher. I tend to play with flamer as it works for megahordes in T4 and T5, its pushback is also immensly valuable. Also taking into consideration all drawbacks of the Bolter, I prefer to take XII as …

I also work with the flamer as a teamwork tool. I have a maxed out yellow roll and anything beyond 23m is safe. Including that sniper. Including those gunners. Ammo efficiency of the bolter is nuts. One round usually downs a gunner mob. 2-3 a special. With rend 7-9 for a Crusher. Zerks charging yo…

Not sure about the flamer being slow. Of course it is all about blessings and stat distribution at some point. Since you brought out Rending for Bolter, my Flamer has reload perk and Blessing that makes it a faster reaload when carnister is empty. I need a 1,5 s of peace to reload that… no way I ca…

The sharpshooter and the Bolter

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It’s fun, sure, but no one will put it on a damnation build, for example, unless you are going for the lols.

EDIT: this post goes about ranged weapons in detail.

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