Did i read that right with the bolt action rifle?

[elstirthibaut]

Does 5x damage on weakpoints??
i maxed it out so it means it deals like 31 damage on headshots and weakparts?? seems too good to be true!

[REhorror]

Yep, legit one of the OP, if not the most OP weapons in the game.
Still prefer the semi-auto because it costs less to upgrade the damage to full tho (all you need).

[Xengre]

Nope, unless there are patch notes I'm missing the Bolt Thrower very oddly has 1.0x dmg multiplier on headshots meaning it still does exactly 2.4 measly dmg. Yup, headshots add no extra dmg for this weapon oddly.

Weapons that are too good to be true are BAR and TMP. Riot Gun is pretty high tier, too.

It is the BAR (Bolt Action Rifle) that when it hits a critical point does up to 31.8 dmg allowing it to compete with Magnums while having extremely common ammo, penetrating enemies, and having great accuracy that you are thinking about.

[Soren]

Originally posted by Xengre:

Nope, unless there are patch notes I'm missing the Bolt Thrower very oddly has 1.0x dmg multiplier on headshots meaning it still does exactly 2.4 measly dmg. Yup, headshots add no extra dmg for this weapon oddly.

Weapons that are too good to be true are BAR and TMP. Riot Gun is pretty high tier, too.

It is the BAR (Bolt Action Rifle) that when it hits a critical point does up to 31.8 dmg allowing it to compete with Magnums while having extremely common ammo, penetrating enemies, and having great accuracy that you are thinking about.

The OP is talking about the Bolt Action Rifle and not the bolt thrower. Especially since you both mentioned the 31 (31.8) damage with the 5x bonus.

Personally, the slowness of the bolt action made it a bit hard to use on my pro S+ run. I still like the ammo economy and everything. But I could definitely understand going with the semi-automatic rifle in speedruns.

[Xengre]

Originally posted by Soren:

Originally posted by Xengre:

Nope, unless there are patch notes I'm missing the Bolt Thrower very oddly has 1.0x dmg multiplier on headshots meaning it still does exactly 2.4 measly dmg. Yup, headshots add no extra dmg for this weapon oddly.

Weapons that are too good to be true are BAR and TMP. Riot Gun is pretty high tier, too.

It is the BAR (Bolt Action Rifle) that when it hits a critical point does up to 31.8 dmg allowing it to compete with Magnums while having extremely common ammo, penetrating enemies, and having great accuracy that you are thinking about.

The OP is talking about the Bolt Action Rifle and not the bolt thrower. Especially since you both mentioned the 31 (31.8) damage with the 5x bonus.

Personally, the slowness of the bolt action made it a bit hard to use on my pro S+ run. I still like the ammo economy and everything. But I could definitely understand going with the semi-automatic rifle in speedruns.

Oh... I don't even dang. Clearly, I failed and misread only Bolt which is a fail on my part. I did mention I thought they were talking about BAR, though, but yeah... Well that will teach me to pay more attention.

Semi-Auto is still great so if you don't feel up to par using the BAR then I do think, as you suggest, the Semi-Auto Rifle will still be extremely competitive. Both are insane in the remake, just one is a bit more busted than the other.

[Summoner]

Originally posted by Xengre:

Semi-Auto is still great so if you don't feel up to par using the BAR then I do think, as you suggest, the Semi-Auto Rifle will still be extremely competitive. Both are insane in the remake, just one is a bit more busted than the other.

Especially if you are playing with a gamepad. I do and killing regeneradors with BAR would be impossible for me so I have to use stingray or CQBR. The semi-auto feature makes all the difference on professional. BAR feels more rewarding, has cooler reload and head pops, but it's too much of a luxury on gamepad imo.