The new Hunter’s flintlock pistol is wildly inaccurate compared to some of the other pistols in the game. The Sea Dog pistol, for example, has uncanny accuracy. Just aim down the top of the angled barrel and you can hit a ship bell from almost the same distance as an Eye of Reach. But the new Hunter’s pistol doesn’t aim as expected. The shot lands high off the barrel and slightly off center. Even the Bone Crusher pistol is easier to aim (just aim down the ‘dip’). As much as I like the new set, I simply can’t justify carrying a pistol that’s so less accurate than my trusty old Sea Dog. Maybe the real issue is that flintlock pistols are too accurate, generally?
Hunter’s Flintlock is Wildly Inaccurate
@genuine-heather I haven't tried the hunter pistol but I know the 'iron sight' for the bone crusher pistol isn't aligned to the centre of the pistol but is slightly to the left as you aim down it added to this the shot is spawned not from the centre of the barrel but under the 'iron sights' making it inaccurate. This seems to be an issue with new pistols. Perhaps it has something to do with the nerf of the skeleton pistols and its accidentally crept into the code for the player used pistols.
@gatorwocky said in Hunter’s Flintlock is Wildly Inaccurate:
I really like it and haven't noticed any problems. Sorry it's being difficult for you. The sights on it are pretty solid, IMO.
Try shooting your ship bell from a distance and you'll see how "off" they are. I'm sure it's fine for closer ranges. You might not notice a difference in most situations, but anytime you want to hit something from a distance...well, good luck!
What is happening here is that the sculpting of the pistol gives a misleading idea of where the pistol is pointing. A similar charge was leveled against the pistol that came out with the skeleton thrones event: It has a thick protuberance of bone at the end of the barrel, and you needed to realize to use the right-hand side of that protuberance as the sight.
My own solution is a small dot - in the form of a ball of Blu-Tak - stuck on the centre of my computer screen, where the Eye-of-Reach glass cracks meet. That works for any gun (and even helps with cannons).
P.S. A "protuberance" of bone, because "k**b" was censored.
@surveyorpete you would think that when the new skin was add they would of made sure the aim point was correct, I love this game, but i think they are pushing stuff out way to fast and are starting to miss some of the smaller stuff that makes a Big difference, the Aim Point of a gun is one of them.
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