Question for people who have the Spec Ops pack.

[Aeshi]

Do the Recon Sight, Boxbuddy Sight and/or the new shotgun barrel extension do anything special? I'm assuming the first two both auto-spot specials like the Theia Scope does (and, in the case of the former, allow you to get this function on non-Sniper weapons.)

[Rex]

Box buddy auto spots
Recon is just distance
Shotgun duckthing Extension makes bullets go == instead of ##

[CAT ATTACK!]

new shotgun barrel- it like dosent have spread

[Aeshi]

Originally posted by CAT ATTACK!:

new shotgun barrel- it like dosent have spread

Wait, given the way shotguns work in this game wouldn't that be a major downgrade?

[VerrucktMedic]

Box Buddy is basically the theia scope, Reconning sight has a range finder (very useful for skills like HVT, or getting distance achievements), and the new shotgun extension forces all the bullets into a horizonatal spread.

[Strider]

Box buddy is kind of like an upgrade to the Theia, you get a rangefinder, a MUCH larger FOV (you don't get the scope tunnel vision black spots), ammo counter (IIRC) and enemies are automatically marked. I'm not sure about the zoom amount though, I couldn't tell exactly if it had the magnification of standard sniper scopes or similar to the Theia. The box buddy only goes on snipers.

The Recon sight is basically Milspec scope with rangefinder, although it's pretty bad with no zoom and the area you can see through the scope is super small, does not mark enemies at all. The new choke for the shotgun does +2 damage, 8 stability, -2 conceal. No accuracy bonus/penalty, I honestly cannot feel the difference when using this although supposedly it makes the spread smaller.

[Vuitton Vampire]

Originally posted by Aeshi:

Originally posted by CAT ATTACK!:

new shotgun barrel- it like dosent have spread

Wait, given the way shotguns work in this game wouldn't that be a major downgrade?

No, you hit for people horizontaly than you can when pellets are spread in random directions.

[Ghostbear]

Originally posted by Ugly:

Originally posted by Aeshi:

Wait, given the way shotguns work in this game wouldn't that be a major downgrade?

No, you hit for people horizontaly than you can when pellets are spread in random directions.

Thus more likley to control the headshots rather than hoping for the best

[Bindal]

Box Buddy is indeed a variant of the Theia Scope. It appears to have a sightly higher zoom, but otherwise, the difference is just cosmetic.

Reconessance is around the same as the Military Red Dot Sight, maybe a bit less zoom than the MRD. It does have the range finder of the Theia and Box Buddy, however.

The new shotgun barrel extention is giving you minimal vertical spread - but doesn't affect the horizonal much. Basically making it more likely to hit cops with the spread due the pellets staying around the level the cops would be.

[Huge Splooge McDooge]

The new shotgun barrel extension makes the bullets go mostly horizontal instead of all around.
It's good if you are camping a spawn like a fence or a drop down area from a distance.