After the class overhaul , classes became much more interesting, ogryns throwing Tsar Bomba, psykers having deploying walls and defense domes, zealot giving huge toughness buffs, with many builds to explore.
As for the Sharpshooter, it feels really stripped thin of passive abilities , with many essential abilities way down the line, nearly at the end, and many other abilities requires to break cohesion due it needs you to stay away from the enemy.
These are all the things that got nerfed and/or got removed from Sharpshooter tree or even base stats, which really straps the sharpshooter thin.
| Nerfed Stats: | Nerfed Base stats, that was there at level 1 Veteran |
|---|---|
| Vet had 7.5% toughness on kill, now 5% | |
| Vet had 40% Ammo , now 0% | |
| Vet had 200 Toughness by Default, now 100 | |
| Vet Cohesion was 1-2% Ammo on kill , now 0.5% | |
| Vet Default Nades was 4, now 3 | |
| Vet had 15% Weakspot Bonus , now 0% | |
| Scavenger minimum was 1 round per kill, now decimal calculation applies | |
| Patch 14 | Ulti Ability cooldown from 25 Seconds → 35 seconds (Was 25secs before path 13) |
Things as changes to Scavenger, Base Toughness, and Ammo is quite harsh on the sharpshooter, especially that to overcome the removed stats, its nearly impossible as they are scattered away at the tree, while also some do not exists anymore.
Scavenger Comparsion between Old and New:
New Bolter
80 Ammo Bolter Ammo Pattern: 11110
you will get 1 bullet per first 4 specials, and then get no Ammo on the 5th.
1% is 0.8 Ammo
so it does deduct the 0.2 from each of the first 4 specials, so you are strictly getting 1% ammo.
Old Bolter
115 Ammo Bolter Ammo Pattern: 22222 (Constant 2 rounds per kill)
Any Special you kill, you always get two rounds.
1% is 1.15 Ammo
and we are getting 2 Ammo per kill ,which is 1.7%.
which so we are now getting nearly 60% less ammo than before.
| Nerfed Abilities : | Still there but nerfed |
|---|---|
| Volley Fire | Vet Ability/Ulti was 50% Base Ranged Damage, now 25% Ranged 25% on Weakspot |
| The Bigger they are… | Buff Vs Ogyrn and Monsters reduced to 25% from 75% |
Volley Fire, or the Augmented Version “Executioner Stance” got hugely nerfed, as now it require Weakspot hits for damage rather than plain damage bonus, therefore for weapons as shotguns, braced autoguns etc. they suffer from the situation.
Also Ability cooldown is paused while ability is active, therefore if you kept on refreshing your ability cooldown is paused.
Refreshing does not refresh any extra abilities that do activate with the ability itself (bottom skill tree abilities).
| Removed Abilities): | No more gainable not even by skill tree |
|---|---|
| Sustained Fire | Vet lvl 30 Feat , 60% Toughness Replenish & Magazine Reload removed |
| Unwavering Focus | Toughness Damage Reduction With Ulti Activation Removed |
| Max Ammo increase you can get is 25% now, was 40% by Default | |
| Camo Expert | Standing Still reduces your targeting/Reduces your Aggro Removed |
| Ability Refresh does not refresh ability modifiers (at bottom tree upgrade) | |
| Demolition Team | Used to give Grenade to everyone on Coherency, now only gives the player himself while in coherency. |
| The Bigger They Are… | Highlighting ogryns with ability activation is removed. |
3 Skills from the Tree Talents got fully removed, and passive extra ammo now require a certain skill tree and will still give lower ammo than before.
| Weapon Nerfs | |
|---|---|
| Tier 4 15% Power Stack → 8% Power Stack | Power Sword Blessing (Slaughterer) |
| Tier 4 20% Power → 5% Power Stack | Bolter Blessing (Pinning Fire) |
Nerf to Bolter power is quite huge , a 75% nerf to bolter power gain, with less ammo now, a weaker ulti/active ability, things are harder to manage.
Even with Patch 14, many abilties are stripped away down in paths, which are essential when going any of the three paths.
