the recent update to throwing knives

@belphegor1384 the knives’ hitbox was way too big and now feels precise, the same way a bullet is. It’s not a huge object to be thrown around, it requires skill if you go for the throw. The change is perfect and doesn’t need refined.

Sorry, but you do in fact need to aim your shots.

The settings were fine, it took no real skill to hit your enemy, you could literally throw your knife like a full large pirate length away from your target, and it would still hit them. The only counter to that was block, which double gunners dont have access to, so you could just freely take out double gunners without having to even aim more than a vague direction and miss.

If you have to aim precisely with every single gun, then you need to with the knife as well, otherwise it is not balanced.

The update didn't make them "harder to use", it reduced their massive hit box.
Of course you have to be precise with your shots. You have to be precise with all of your shots.
It doesn't take much to get used to the new hit box. Just do a sea fort for a little practice to get a feel for it and then do HG.
The change isn't stupid, it's called balancing

you are trolling right? the knives are still broken and reg way too often. they need to be fixed again.

@hoot4565 SoT isn’t a shooter per say, and tbf the knives do travel quick when thrown.

requiring extremely precise throws

Much like every weapon that requires aim should do.

The hitbox was too big for the knives. They are supposed to be more difficult to hit with, which is why they can be fired more quickly.

Also when paired with the knives the double shot is amazing. Can more easily do full 90 damage compared ri to the blunder and one knife stab will kill a pirate after that.

Or one knife throw + one barrel from the doubleshot will also kill a pirate.

@l0cke547 at least they’re better then the double barrel

idk wat this sot isnt a shooter thing helps out at all. in man to man combat it surely is a shooter. you have multiple guns, a couple of melee weapons and throwables, thats basically the same as a lot of shooters have.

so yeah it is a shooter game once naval is out of the window. what else is it?

They were not fine, unless you were physically behind cover, you were hit by them (in enclosed space such as ship upper or below deck). Might have felt good to use but we don't need overpowered crutches to make up for lack of accuracy. Devs have confirmed that they were registering damage despite missing....that's a bug

The hitboxes were way too big. I had a knife literally go slightly off to the left of a pirate I was fighting, and it hit him. Sure, it was fun, but way too OP.

Now you just have to actually aim, which is how throwing knives should be - a high skill/high reward/damaging weapon.