Blunderbuss to OP

  • Tenebreate
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    Ahoy :D,
    so i really dont make much Feedback but the blunderbuss is something that needs to change. Everyone is using it now, mostly players that arent much experienced. You dont need skill for this weapon, but that is not the problem, you simply can One-Hit. Getting one-shotted was the reason why double-gunning got fixed. But now its still in the game. The Sword has mostly no chance against a blunderbuss, and then there is the often terrible hitdetection but thats another topic. Even from distance the blunderbuss sometimes can make insane damage. So how should the blunderbuss get balanced, i think decreasing the damage to a point that it cant one hit is a good way, that you can still react and not simply die in miliseconds, so that the blunderbuss is still a beast in close combat but can get for example beaten by good sword users or players that directly take distance to the enemy. Feel free to write your suggestions in the comments ;)

    Have a nice day

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  • AnchorRetrieval
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    @tenebreate If you can't one shot people close range with the blunder, then why would anyone ever want to use it?

    If blunder were a two shot weapon, people would always use a sniper instead, as it is a long distance weapon and, with your changes, it'd be just as good close range as the blunder.

    Blunder requires you to close the range gap and then reward you for it.
    It is fine as it is.

  • SnakeOfficialYT
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    @anchorretrieval No, its definitely not fine. Tene got a good point there!
    "The Sword has mostly no chance against a blunderbuss" totaly agree!

  • AnchorRetrieval
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    @snakeofficialyt If you are against someone with blunder, i'd advice you use your secondary weapon if your primary is a sword. Blunder is a natural counter to sword, as is natural.

    If you can't use sword against your blunder using foe then use your Secondary(!) and while maintaining your distance. Either you'll both be using yer blunders or you will be sniping/gun hitting him while he's attempting to even get one blunder pellet to hit you.

  • Lord Mevolent
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    My suggestion will be decreasing the damage of the blunderbuss at range.

  • WeakDexx
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    @tenebreate

    I don’t use blunder but keep it one shot. If the enemy uses it than u should counter by not being point blank range. U even say unexp players use it. If the player is unexp and manage to kill u with it. Well that’s something on your part to work on. Yes i do die from time to time to a blunder but that’s mostly my own mistake. A blunder will never one shot u if u are not point blank/to close to your enemy. Be vigilant. Bait the shot. Hit them when they reload. Jump out. Repeat. Because we die to a weapon used by many. Think of a way to counter it instead of asking for a nerf

    That’s my 2 doubloons on the matter

  • Tenebreate
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    @anchorretrieval you havent got a chance against a blunderbuss with a sword, before you come to a few hit you already get one hitted. its simply op. or do you like it getting one-shotted?

  • PithyRumble
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    Blunderbuss is fine the way it is. You do know how to dodge with the sword, right?

  • Tenebreate
    Master
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    @pithyrumble sure…..?!

  • Tenebreate
    Master
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    The blunderbuss can even one shot from a good distance, at my opinion it is to op, it would be fine if you even survive with a little little bit of Health

  • SnakeOfficialYT
    Legend
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    @anchorretrieval you cant use Secondary or sword if you are boarding a ship and hang on the ladder...

  • WarOnPants2664
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    @tenebreate no it can't lol In order to oneshot with blunder the barrel has to pretty much be clipping through the enemy model.

  • Joe Krakatoa
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    Blunderbuss is in a good place, any nerf and it will become useless again.

    All ten pellets have to hit while aiming down the sights for an instakill, at melee range.
    That's standing in a doorway or coming up a ladder, anything else and your target may survive.

    So if your butthurt that a shotgun is OP while your on the attack, try eating meat before engagements and using throwables beforehand.

  • Hey Spooki
    Marauder
    Boatswain

    What do you expect to happen when you get shot point blank range by a shotgun?

    It's gonna do a decent bit of damage, it's not gonna give you just a mild bruise.

  • Galactic Geek
    Seafarer
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    @tenebreate said in Blunderbuss to OP:

    The blunderbuss can even one shot from a good distance, at my opinion it is to op, it would be fine if you even survive with a little little bit of Health

    You have to be point-blank for it to kill you. If it kills you from further away, it's because you're suffering from online discrepancies between you and your opponent.

    The BB isn't OP; there are at least 19 different ways to avoid getting 1-shot by the thing, and some of that, believe it or not, has to do with using the sword. Unlike with the other firearms, the sword can hit while next to your opponent or even a bit behind them due to its wide-slashing arc. A firearm forces you to look directly at them. So while you're turning to put me squarely in your BB's sights, I'm circling and slashing and hitting you for 25% each time. Meanwhile, if you do fire off a shot, only some pellets will hit at 10% each, and then... You're mine!

    The irony with the BB is that you have to put yourself in harm's way to take advantage of the 1-shot kill, and there-in, lies the balance.

  • Sweltering Nick
    Castaway

    @tenebreate

    The Sword has mostly no chance against a blunderbuss

    Tell that to my cutlass, just before i came here to this post, i just killed 4 PL's swarming my boat blasting their BB's all over me.

    Wanna know how i survived? I know how the cutlass works... Yepp, that's it... I know the controls, that's all you need to NOT get stomped by BB users and give them a seriously hard time. :P

    There's no greater power rush than mopping the floor with overconfident PL's using cheesing strats and outnumbering to win their fights. xD

    You should've seen their reaction when they cornered me below deck, and i sword-dash-glide through them like i'm skating on ice, mowing them down like bowling pins. 8D

    And when i miss a sword-dash, they get confident thinking they can BB-kill me while my character is "out of breath"/Stunned, little do they know, i can still side-step while i'm out of breath, making them miss their crucial BB shot with decent timing. xD

    If they'd been using pistols or snipers, i would've been in trouble, but BB's are arguably the worst weapon in the game, yes, even now that sword has been nerfed, BB's are still the weakest weapon in the game. :P

    I mean, i did lose that encounter in the end, but... it was 4v1, so i think i did splendidly. ;3

    TL;DR: The BB does not need to be nerfed. ;)

  • Sweltering Nick
    Castaway

    @snakeofficialyt said in Blunderbuss to OP:

    @anchorretrieval you cant use Secondary or sword if you are boarding a ship and hang on the ladder...

    So don't get busted while boarding... Use the new blunderbombs if you do...

    Oh btw, you can actually do that, thought it takes quite a bit of skill to pull off... aim at pirate, let go of ladder + shoot + re-grab the ladder... You need quick fingers, and you also need to equip the gun before you get on the ladder in the first place, but it scares them off a little bit.

    You do the same with blunderbombs if you wanna use that instead of a gun.

  • Tenebreate
    Master
    Insider

    Okey. You all got a point. But i will stay at my opinion that it is a little bit too Op. But nice to see how you are thinking about this. Im out, ahoy :)

  • CjStrongArmz
    Master

    EOR is still the most overloaded weapon in the game. The EOR/pistol classic player with a sens of 0.5 setting and years of shooter exp does not want spacing and movement to be more relevant than his aim, or the aim of his 4 man closed crew farming opens in arena.

    I can shoot someone in the foot with an eye of reach and do 70% damage at any range.

    To oneshot someone with a blunderbuss that same shot has to be absolutely perfect. Blunderbuss should be left alone as it is just a finisher. A tool to kill wounded and unready players. Can you honestly fight a good player out in the open and expect to one blunder him every time? Not likely ever.

    The swordsman were all nerfed into the ground already. People say they can still use it but it clearly does not work once you face certain kinds of enemies.

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