Gold Fever Sniper Rifle???

[crazed_boy28]

Hey everyone,

I just finished clearing out the Gold Mine at A2, and killed Slave Master Graaf, but I can't find his sniper rifle (which is supposed to be on the balcony next to him).

I think I may have accidentally destroyed it. When the battle started, I threw a grenade at him, and it took out a chunk of the balcony. is the rifle gone for good? Or will it respawn if I leave the area and come back?

Thanks in advance

[Tynazel]

Gone, sorry. But the rifle is only usefull in early game because you cannot mod it. I never used it.

[VoiD]

Yeah it's a pretty good weapon, 50dmg, 36 range, a bipod, medium armor penetration.

But it can't be modded, can hold only 1 bullet, and it counts as a heavy weapon.

It's probably not worth using unless you don't have any good rifles, or you have a specific combo in mind, like, I gave mine to raider, so Raven sets up an overwatch for 100% crit and he can aim for headshots he will never miss with that weapon, guaranteeing 1~2 kills per turn, but a modded M24 would be able to do the same.

[Lasse Blutstrøm]

to me the weapon is worthless. I prefer stealth approaches and this weapon will tell everyone where you are.
It also needs always to be reloaded.

I did the mine very early. Kind of my first go to get a mine quickly to get the income so I can keep my mercenaries around.
To my luck I found a Dragunov in that camp. It's a quite good alternative. Especially as you can silence it and use burst mode.

[['w']]

Does it also tell everyone where you are if you carry it only in the second slot and use the first one?

[BearEssentials]

I dont like it much. If i reached Diamond Red it means a player has probably reached poachers camp, where they sell a Dragunov with heavy stock and thermal scope, imho two of the best sniper mods. Just repeatedly buying dragunovs here when they restock and having a six dragunov team is awesome. Fully modded, a 80 odd markmanship merc can three burst kill headshot a heavy soldier with star armor for head if hes at about two thirds of max viewing range. Or just spend some ap to load in an armorpiercing mag.

[Laggy]

Even 98k is better than that piece of crap… can you imagine reloading a gun for its every shot and missed…and it’s count as heavy weapon, you have to prone to not lose accuracy? It’s a gun for Christ sake not a 17 pounder anti tank cannon…

[kayfabe]

Best use I've found for it is the high Wisdom characters like Barry and MD who have an easy time getting to Inspiring Strike and Shock and Awe but aren't such great shooters that you are dying to give them the Dragunov.

[Leo Major]

It's decent if you don't have a modified dragunov or m4......

1 shot kill early game

[Korgz]

It is possible to get two of them. It respawns if you let the army take over the mine. It may also respawn if the legion takes it over again but that never happened in either of my games.

[Korgz]

Originally posted by Laggy:

Even 98k is better than that piece of crap… can you imagine reloading a gun for its every shot and missed…and it’s count as heavy weapon, you have to prone to not lose accuracy? It’s a gun for Christ sake not a 17 pounder anti tank cannon…

Yes but most 50 cal sniper rifles have to be used when prone. It is only in hollywood where the hero can use a M82 while standing!

[kalashnjkov21]

If your merc has perk that reduces acc penalty in full auto and burst, you dont need a sniper rifle. High range stats is only useful for overwatch because you can always shoot and hit beyond effective range of an weapon in this game.

[uncle nick]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3012714623
If you have a good sniper like Raven, max aim only costs 9 AP + 1 AP Reload = 10 AP.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3012715322
M24 max aim cost 10 AP.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3010194187
Dragunov max aim cost 11 AP.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3012722440
98K max aim cost 11 AP.

Taking into account different mercs have different dexterity and rifles have different scopes, i guess what this shows is that Gold Fever is still an ok sniper rifle so long as your merc's got enough action points to reload.

[Bloodwest]

Yeah, it's gone but I don't think you've lost much by dismantling it. While it does pack a punch with that base damage and pen especially earlier in the game, it's makes wearer sluggish because of cumbersome tag and 1 bullet "per clip" makes each shot effectively cost way more than it is. It's a secondary weapon at best, which you keep for very tough targets and never really reload it until there is no enemy you can reach with primary.

[Korgz]

Originally posted by uncle nick:

Taking into account different mercs have different dexterity and rifles have different scopes, i guess what this shows is that Gold Fever is still an ok sniper rifle so long as your merc's got enough action points to reload.

The Drug and G98 you are using 4x aim - which during the day is one extra AP. 4x aim makes them more accurate than Gold Fever. A fairer comparison would be to just set them to 3x aim.

The reason why Gold Fever is 9AP for 3x aim is because it has 1 aim for free. You can also make the Druganov have one aim for free as well.

As you point out it is still an "okay" rifle but a modified Druganov is still vastly better mid/late game as your mercs should be shooting with 0 or 1 aim most of the time and getting 2 shots per round which is impossible with Gold Fever.

[Marbur]

I found the rifle not directly after the kill, but when I got again in the sector it was on the veranda of his hut.