Is the shock rifle op?

[Poofy]

Compared to the power weapon sniper its PROS are.
It on a wall cooldown.
It one shot headshots.
It can disable vehicles.
And hitting players with the rifle damages nearby players.

The CONS compared to the power weapon sniper is.
It 3 shot bodyshots.
There is a longer forced waiting period between shots.
It has less zoom.

As long as your going for headshots all the time the pros GREATLY outweigh the cons especially for being a wall mounted weapon. I love to use this weapon ALOT I think its really fun but probably too good. I think it would be more balanced if they increased its rate of fire slightly and made it 2 shot headshot.

[Forge Master]

Some of their weapon placements just don't make sense at all. It's like a drunk setup and deiced what goes where.

[Poofy]

Originally posted by Forge:

Some of their weapon placements just don't make sense at all. It's like a drunk setup and deiced what goes where.

I have not seen enough big team battle weapon placements yet but it seems like the dmr/mini sniper spawn chooses between spawning the shock rifle or the stalker rifle and that its different for both sides I have had games where my side got the stalker rifle and the other side got the shock rifle im not sure if im not looking hard enough but it seems like its RNG what side gets what wall guns. Same for whether a pistol spawn, spawns a mangler/plasma pistol or disruptor one side gets the disruptor other side gets a plasma pistol I dont like it very much and I wish they were more consistently spawned. Or at least equally spawned so that both sides gets the same rifle or pistol spawned.