you think the Railgun is better than the M99??

[Mister Torgue Flexington]

after playing as the Sharpshooter on the "ZED Landing" map, we got Hans Volter as the Boss and managed to smoke his ass with a Railgun Slug to the head as the kill-shot.

I sometimes see a debate on here saying that the M99 is the best one-shot weapon, while others have said the same about the Railgun.

Normally I don't play as the Sharpshooter, due to the heavy risk of being overrun, unless you have good (or at least "Competent") teammates willing to watch your back and help kill trash/medium Zeds, while you focus on the big boys. And the times I do, often i'm using the classic M14-EBR/FN-FAL setup with the "Marksman" skill

so between the 2 big sniping weapons, which has the biggest one-hit kill potential?

[Eze]

I love rail because even after the downgrade, the weapon is still powerful but with enough ammo to spare. I can help more that way one shooting the mid zeds that are pesky and bothersome (bloats, sirens, a mad gorefiend, husks)

[Ricardo Milos]

I think Railgun is more useful with REU stacks and good sniping skills (6p SUI/HOE full hp large zeds cannot be killed in a single shot, if sharpie is using tactical reload). Railgun is more versatile weapon, has large ammo pool and is very good at destroying medium zeds like Husks, Sirens, EDARs, etc.
I use M99 when my team is full of headless chickens, who try to take down big zeds despite having an inconvenient perk, and it is crucial to prevent a team wipe by exterminating the largies as fast as possible.

The biggest one-hit kill potential has M99, but taking the Railgun also has plenty of advantages (for example, you may pick a medpistol or SPX for healing/self-defense, whilst in M99 set you can only carry a bloody .500 Magnum, which costs 750 dosh).

[Ymirage]

M99 has best single shot potential but follow ups are slow and it isn't as versatile. An upgraded railgun is only slightly behind the m99 in terms of dmg and if you do a few rack em ups with you're 9mm, you can one shot scrakes and almost decap FPs. A medic shooting you a few time with some buffs can setup the one shot FP potential and you have cheaper ammo alongside faster follow up shots. You can also carry a centrefire or something similar to do a quick follow up shot to finish off a large zed.

M99's are better when theres 3 players or less since its a easy one shot and you can bring tactical reload or the ammo perk instead.

[CursedPanther]

The devs compensated the damage per shot on the Railgun with shorter reload time and higher spare ammo count so you no longer have to worry about occasionally spending an extra round on a Siren or Bloat becuz you can't switch to an alternative weapon fast enough.

It's now a far more versatile weapon than the M99 for sure.

[screeno42]

Originally posted by Ricardo Milos:

The biggest one-hit kill potential has M99, but taking the Railgun also has plenty of advantages (for example, you may pick a medpistol or SPX for healing/self-defense, whilst in M99 set you can only carry a bloody .500 Magnum, which costs 750 dosh).

Basically this; M99 has hands down more damage per shot, but the railgun is more flexible and leaves room for more backup weapons.

[rogan]

M99 is unforgivably heavy given its pitiful ammo reserve.

For that reason I think railgun is still better, though since its nerf I'd really say sharpshooter as a class has been entirely eclipsed in every dimension by demolitionist anyways.

[Bad Harmony]

While I like the M99 more, I admit it leaves no room for mistakes so I take it only with a decent team that helps me keeping the trash away so I don't risk to miss. For versatility railgun remains a better choice.

[Mochan]

M99 for sure has better one-shot potential.

It is maxed out damage and penetration. It will kill anything on any difficulty with one headshot on a Sharpshooter.

But you give up too much. The reload time is awful and the ammo capacity is tiny and it weighs a ton. You only have 3 wght left for oteh rweapons (usually the magnum).

The Railgun is a much better weapon but headshots won't always one-shot a scrake and definitely not a fleshpound. But if you take all Left and get some headshots going you can oneshot even a Fleshpound.

Here's another contender people don't talk about: the Crossbow.

Fully upgraded the Crossbow is stronger than the Railgun. It stuns better as well, has more ammo, lighter, can reuse ammo, and kills Scrakes and Fleshpounds better. But it's projectile not Hitscan so it needs some skill to use.

[Max447]

Originally posted by Mochan:

M99 for sure has better one-shot potential.

It is maxed out damage and penetration. It will kill anything on any difficulty with one headshot on a Sharpshooter.

But you give up too much. The reload time is awful and the ammo capacity is tiny and it weighs a ton. You only have 3 wght left for oteh rweapons (usually the magnum).

The Railgun is a much better weapon but headshots won't always one-shot a scrake and definitely not a fleshpound. But if you take all Left and get some headshots going you can oneshot even a Fleshpound.

Here's another contender people don't talk about: the Crossbow.

Fully upgraded the Crossbow is stronger than the Railgun. It stuns better as well, has more ammo, lighter, can reuse ammo, and kills Scrakes and Fleshpounds better. But it's projectile not Hitscan so it needs some skill to use.

Nope. Fully upgraded crossbow does 560 damage which is same as non upgraded railgun. Fully upgraded railgun does 700 damage.
The obvious advantage railgun has is that if you know how to reload cancel, railgun fires as fast as the SPX centerfire. So the DPS goes off the charts. M99 and T5 Xbow both have about 1300 DPS while Rail has about 2000 Dps.
Other advantage is the cost. Even at T4 rail will 2 shot FP and 2 shot SC. And it only costs 1500 dosh. While M99 costs 2500 and T5 Xbow costs 3450.
To sum up OP's question, M99 is slightly better against scrakes but rail is better against FP,QP,Bosses,Medium zeds

[Wandering Flare]

M99 won't reach any higher breakpoints than the Railgun, so the latter is a lighter, cheaper and faster option all around.

A shame really, I was looking forward to seeing the same kick it had back in KF1 to finally get me off Railgun.

[Mochan]

Originally posted by Max447:

Originally posted by Mochan:

M99 for sure has better one-shot potential.

It is maxed out damage and penetration. It will kill anything on any difficulty with one headshot on a Sharpshooter.

But you give up too much. The reload time is awful and the ammo capacity is tiny and it weighs a ton. You only have 3 wght left for oteh rweapons (usually the magnum).

The Railgun is a much better weapon but headshots won't always one-shot a scrake and definitely not a fleshpound. But if you take all Left and get some headshots going you can oneshot even a Fleshpound.

Here's another contender people don't talk about: the Crossbow.

Fully upgraded the Crossbow is stronger than the Railgun. It stuns better as well, has more ammo, lighter, can reuse ammo, and kills Scrakes and Fleshpounds better. But it's projectile not Hitscan so it needs some skill to use.

Nope. Fully upgraded crossbow does 560 damage which is same as non upgraded railgun. Fully upgraded railgun does 700 damage.
The obvious advantage railgun has is that if you know how to reload cancel, railgun fires as fast as the SPX centerfire. So the DPS goes off the charts. M99 and T5 Xbow both have about 1300 DPS while Rail has about 2000 Dps.
Other advantage is the cost. Even at T4 rail will 2 shot FP and 2 shot SC. And it only costs 1500 dosh. While M99 costs 2500 and T5 Xbow costs 3450.
To sum up OP's question, M99 is slightly better against scrakes but rail is better against FP,QP,Bosses,Medium zeds

Ah really? I was basing it off the power bars in the Trader. So the trader lies!!!

I thought the Xbow upgraded was stronger.

[Max447]

Originally posted by Mochan:

Originally posted by Max447:

Nope. Fully upgraded crossbow does 560 damage which is same as non upgraded railgun. Fully upgraded railgun does 700 damage.
The obvious advantage railgun has is that if you know how to reload cancel, railgun fires as fast as the SPX centerfire. So the DPS goes off the charts. M99 and T5 Xbow both have about 1300 DPS while Rail has about 2000 Dps.
Other advantage is the cost. Even at T4 rail will 2 shot FP and 2 shot SC. And it only costs 1500 dosh. While M99 costs 2500 and T5 Xbow costs 3450.
To sum up OP's question, M99 is slightly better against scrakes but rail is better against FP,QP,Bosses,Medium zeds

Ah really? I was basing it off the power bars in the Trader. So the trader lies!!!

I thought the Xbow upgraded was stronger.

Yeah, the trader's full of misinformation. We have asked TW many times to provide actual damage numbers instead of dumb bars. But apparently its too hard

[NouH]

''so between the 2 big sniping weapons, which has the biggest one-hit kill potential?''
The Answer to this question is very obvious, the M99 has the highest ONE-HIT KILL potential, but i would take the Railgun over it any day.

With the Sharpshooter with Rack em Up you can 1shot Scrakes and 2shot FPs, the thing is, as mentioned before With Reload Cancel the Railgun can fire really fast, i would say the Railgun with the Reload Cancel and 5 Rack em up has the highest killing speed of Multiple Big Zeds in the game, shoot at scrake head, reload cancel, shoot at another scrake head, proceed till every big zed in your screen is dead.

With Fleshpounds it's basically the same, you can fire and reload cancel so fast that the Fleshpound will still be in that knock back animation when you fire your second shot, so you can kill a FP in under 2~3 seconds without raging the Fleshpound.

Another Pro (IMO) of the Railgun is the fact that you can also equip a SPX as secondary, i like to use the SPX + Railgun with my sharpshooter because it makes the class an all around at trash killing and at big zed killing, plus a Upgraded 9mm to help not waste SPX ammo on the trashiest zed types.

You can also use Railgun on the survivor and it performs incredible, the difference is that it will take you 2 shots to kill a scrake/Fleshpound, but there is no problem because of how fast you can shoot and reload cancel with the Railgun.

[supersand]

M99 is better for one shotting and the Railgun is better for DPS and can one shot on lower player counts. Tbh I think the Railgun is better even if you can't one shot, simply because the RoF is so high with the crouching talent. Even higher if you reload cancel. The only issue with spamming rails like that is the ammo, which if you are on a map with lots of ammo or something isn't an issue.

So its all situational, M99 is probably better if you don't have the ammo to be spamming or need Fleshpounds removed ASAP. Scrakes will probably die in 1-2 railgun shots anyway so it only really matters for FP.

[Psycho Dad]

LLLLL T5 Rail one shots a Scrake with one REU stack and ADS, or 2 REU stacks when hipfired. It'll also always one shot in Zed time.
Those arent really unlikely circumstances, so Rail wins. More ammo, faster firing rate, lighter, does pretty much the same with those slight limitations mentioned.
Vs FPs its flat out better as its always a 2 shot for both weapons. I know there is a potential M99 one shot, but its kinda like 3 or 4 REU stacks + Zed time; forgot how this works exactly, but its nothing you'll do often.

Rail is the best big Zed killer in the game.