Why is the Sparks so bad lol

[Arthur]

Just played a round where I used both the rifle and pistol. Got into a fight where we were all about 20 feet max from each other. Sometimes in melee range of each other. And this gun get's nothing but hit markers?! Honestly what the hell xD I shot a gun point blank in the spine with the Sparks pistol and he just turns around and shotguns me. I shoot a guy from like 8 feet away with the rifle.... Hit marker, but you can bet your ass his plain ass revolver left me at 1 health bar after 1 round. What's the point of a high caliber weapon that has 1 shot because of "How strong it is" when it's weak as ♥♥♥♥?

[Villevaan]

Lol the Sparks dmg is 149 on both versions.
Hunters have 150 hp.
Learn the game.

[Outsider]

I intentionally played a few games with pistol version last night. It's pretty strong weapon, imo, works better if you take it with any shotgun.
Maybe, you just don't realize weapon's strengths?

[dyra55]

Originally posted by King Of Kaleva:

Lol the Sparks dmg is 149 on both versions.
Hunters have 150 hp.
Learn the game.

This, more often than not a max hp hunter would survive a hit from Sparks

[Trash_Jackson TTV]

Originally posted by dyra55:

Originally posted by King Of Kaleva:

Lol the Sparks dmg is 149 on both versions.
Hunters have 150 hp.
Learn the game.

This, more often than not a max hp hunter would survive a hit from Sparks

A full health hunter will ALWAYS survive a Sparks shot unless shot in the head. The thing is, shooting them in the body will drop them to 1 HP, meaning literally anything will kill them at that point, including throwing a flash bomb near them.

[Trash_Jackson TTV]

Originally posted by Arthur Beltway:

Honestly what the hell xD I shot a gun point blank in the spine with the Sparks pistol and he just turns around and shotguns me.

You're using a very high powered rifle / pistol that drops someone to 1 HP, meaning literally any follow up damage is going to kill them, and you're engaging them at distances where they're able to 1 shot you with a shotgun, you're doing it wrong.

If you're not popping heads with the Sparks, the real benefit of it is a weapon as a clean-up tool, or setup for your team to easily kill someone.

[Muppet among Puppets]

What is the sparks pistol for? It does not make sense.
You need 2 shots anyway. But have only one bullet in each.

[Rom B ツ]

with sparks you need to headshot or flash afterwards (for 1hp damage)
Its more usefull if enemys are down 1 bar or dont have meds left.

[Monkey]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

What is the sparks pistol for? It does not make sense.
You need 2 shots anyway. But have only one bullet in each.

Highest amount of long ammo reserve makes it usefull for self-sufficient long ammo weapons (lebel, mosin, berthier).
I would also say it's good when paired with a shotgun, as body shots leave hunters with 1hp it's very easy to finish them off. Makes even more sense with flechette, since you can tag hunter far away with flechette and finish them with a single spark pistol shot.

[Haruspex]

Skill issue thread.

[El Tromp Wins]

Sparks rifle is one of the best weapons on the game, period. And the pistol is pretty nice at mid distance and a bonus to carry more long ammo if you are using other long ammo rifles.

I suppose you are a newbie on the game so... yeah, git gud.

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

What is the sparks pistol for? It does not make sense.

149 damage shot in one slot
Nice mix of ammo types
Poison ammo
Long ammo carrier

If you don't understand the potential of that I guess you have 10 hours played.

[Sgt. Scream]

The problem seems to be the user and not the equipment

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Abradolf Lincler:

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

What is the sparks pistol for? It does not make sense.

149 damage shot in one slot
Nice mix of ammo types
Poison ammo
Long ammo carrier

If you don't understand the potential of that I guess you have 10 hours played.

I talked about cases where this does not matter, obviously.
As in, when you need a pistol.

[El Tromp Wins]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

I talked about cases where this does not matter, obviously.

Well... when something "does not matters"... ¿?

I mean there be always situations where every gun in the game is "less usefull" than others. So that reasoning is nonsense.

"when you need a pistol" is not a statement for nothing.

You can mix Sparks pistol with for example a shotgun, and you won't need "pistols". I even go sometimes with rifle + spark pistol + derringer + mandatory melee weapon. All distances covered.

There is a lot of possible and effective mixups you can do with the builds so there is no "obvious nothing" on what are you saying. Let alone say something like that gun is meaningless, when it offers many strengths.

[Liber-Tea Spitter]

Another hunter that has been sucking bayou goop.....

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Abradolf Lincler:

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

I talked about cases where this does not matter, obviously.

Well... when something "does not matters"... ¿?

I mean there be always situations where every gun in the game is "less usefull" than others. So that reasoning is nonsense.

"when you need a pistol" is not a statement for nothing.

You can mix Sparks pistol with for example a shotgun, and you won't need "pistols". I even go sometimes with rifle + spark pistol + derringer + mandatory melee weapon. All distances covered.

There is a lot of possible and effective mixups you can do with the builds so there is no "obvious nothing" on what are you saying. Let alone say something like that gun is meaningless, when it offers many strengths.

I took two sparks and a rifle.
When i needed a pistol, i had 2 shots.

If i had 2 normal pistols, i have 12 shots.

Tell me how the sparks makes sense if you happen to need 3 shots?

All the benefits you mentioned do not matter then. Thats how you look for "when something doesnt matter".
If you use the sparks, you have most of the time just a pistol with 1 shot.