Inconsistent damage

[CoolRanch]

The damage in this game is really inconsistent. There are times where I can one tap a lite with a shotgun as heavy point blank but then I can do the same again and only do a 1/4 of damage. I'm about 3 feet away from a guy and use the shotgun and very little damage but the other guy shots me from 10+ feet they take 3/4 of my health.

[Christo]

Go into the shooting range and test different guns on the red dummies. I found that sometimes from the exact same spot on the same dummy, it will take 1-2 more or less bullets to kill it randomly. Using the sniper for example, on the medium dummy, I can sometimes get 2 shot body kills, other times it’s 3, and I’ve gotten 1 shot body kills even. Idk if that’s due to the dummy’s being strange, or if there really is and inconsistency with damage. To me it feels like the ladder.

[AndyMac2010]

in matches I melt them with lewis gun and akm then in the same match i die instead with out missing many or any shots similar range same guy, it doesnt seem to have any logic, some matches i can 2 or 3 on 1 and win other times im the 2 getting beat by the 1, feels like random damage ramp up at times, my k/d is about 1.8 ish so not amazing 600 kills 180 deaths and 20 hours in and i still cant work out the damage ratio

[Snobby Hobo]

Originally posted by AndyMac2010:

in matches I melt them with lewis gun and akm then in the same match i die instead with out missing many or any shots similar range same guy, it doesnt seem to have any logic, some matches i can 2 or 3 on 1 and win other times im the 2 getting beat by the 1, feels like random damage ramp up at times, my k/d is about 1.8 ish so not amazing 600 kills 180 deaths and 20 hours in and i still cant work out the damage ratio

You do realize that 600 kills and 180 deaths isn't even resembling a 1.8 k/d ratio?

[AndyMac2010]

what is it resembling exactly?

[CATGIRL]

600 / 180 = 3.33kdr

[AndyMac2010]

i just used a ratio calculator says 3.333 that sounds too high, i worked it as 600 to 300 would be 1.5? so rounded it to 1,8, always how i thought it worked anyway

[CoolRanch]

The inconsistent damage just kills the game for me. It's not fun when your guns feel like pea shooters compared to other guns.

[Simianosaurus]

Originally posted by AndyMac2010:

i just used a ratio calculator says 3.333 that sounds too high, i worked it as 600 to 300 would be 1.5? so rounded it to 1,8, always how i thought it worked anyway

How would 600 to 300 be 1.5?

A ratio shows how many times more than one thing another thing is.
So, a KD ratio is how many times more kills you have than than deaths.
600 is twice as many as 300. So 2 times more. A ratio of 2.

You don't need a ratio calculator for this, just any calculator (or basic maths).
Simply divide Deaths by Kills.
600 / 300 = 2

So with your KD of 600 kills to 180 deaths, it would be 600 / 180, which is 3.33.
3.33 times more kills than deaths.
A KD ratio of 3.33

[mephisto925]

I have noticed this also. I was running behind a medium shot them 5 times with the 1887 shotgun 5 shots to the back and they survived while their team mate killed me. I was running right behind them probably less than 10 feet.