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9/20/2021 3:10:08 PM
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Pulse rifles and Buckshot shotguns need help in PVE
Now with hand cannons and scouts feeling much better overall in the pve meta it’s becoming apparent that pulse rifles just aren’t all it in pve especially in the endgame. As someone who loves using outbreak or chattering bone it’s not fun seeing these weapons underperforming especially with their unique feel.
When it comes to buckshot shotguns however they are just dominated by slugs in any pve content and I definitely feel buckshots could use a damage increase to bosses and majors but also revive the perks that were killed thanks to auto loading like trench barrel.
Here is what I had in mind for potential buffs:
- all pulse rifles get a damage increase to everything in pve
- lightweight frame pulserifles need to be adjusted separately because they are definitely the most underwhelming in all activities (450 3 burst archetype like chattering bone)
- revert trench barrel nerf since auto loading isn’t in the game.
- increase buckshot damage to minors and majors to give them an edge as an ad clear and champion deterrent over slugs
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Gonna be real, the only buff shottys should get is to revert the Full Auto nerf. It use to double firerate, they could easily change it to increase firerate by like 25%-40%. Then Pellet spread shottys should get a universal damage increase of 10-15%. They should also be give a new damage model making them the kings of close dps. I.E. if they are within 0-3m do 30% extra damage in PVE. 3.1-6m 15% and after 6-10m just 5% to help compensate for regular damage falloff. Pellets have spread so it literally counteracts that 5% at 10m because Pellets miss. As it is full choke removes the headshot multiplier so I mean it would work. As for Pulse Rifles I personally wish they have a rework. The only thing I would personally do is buff the PVE headshot damage by 10%. Then I would make headseeker work better by making it activate one body shot not 2. This would give them generally more viability as you can miss slightly more shots but makes them more forgiving but not so good they replace scouts.
