Boltshot needs a nerf, I'm thinking a range or ammo nerf particularly

[Vaulting♥Frog]

How about give its charged shot a slower travel time and increase its damage penalties when hitting something other than the head.

 

Head shot: max damage

Torso: 90% damage

Upper arms/upper legs: 80%

Lower arms/lower legs: 70%

 

Something like that.

[Final Sentence]

The simplest solutions have already been provided many times, and I don't see how any can defend the boltshot and not being OP.

 

Reduce the Kill range by at least 50% or drop the damage by 50%.

 

No reason a secondary period is a single shot gun, unless point blank.

[Baeztoberfest]

The simplest solutions have already been provided many times, and I don't see how any can defend the boltshot and not being OP.

 

Reduce the Kill range by at least 50% or drop the damage by 50%.

 

No reason a secondary period is a single shot gun, unless point blank.

 

Oh I know it's OP. But it just hits so damn hard it's hard to not want to use it. If they made it any weaker I'd never use secondary weapons. I doubt many would with the exception of the plasma pistol in big team.

[Chris Hansen]

Ok well, after using the bolt shot and the shotgun AND the scattershot in a custom game test with a friend it does indeed have the same or slightly better range for a one hit kill then the shotgun or scattershot.

 

The scattershot is actually a very odd weapon as the shots can be bunched or displaced and never move. This creates a weapon that can sometimes oneshot people are mid range if you're really lucky.

 

The bottom line is, in all the things in multiplayer, the only thing that truely, and CONSISTANTLY frustrates me is the boltshot. Everything else is pretty much fine with the game in my eyes in terms of weapon balance.

 

Also, when I use the boltshot, I get almost sick at how easy it is to just own people with it. It makes Assault weapons absolutely obsolete.

 

Since what does every assault rifle user in the history of halo do? They close the distance while shooting, not only to make the weapon more effective, but maybe to land the melee at the end. The boltshot takes these YEARS of habilitation of using the assault rifle or SMG, and throws all that instinct in the garbage. There is a counter point to this, just play better, and that actually holds up, but its HARD to go against years of halo multiplayer instinct I call it.

[Kiing 0f Coffe]

Maybe give it good mid-range capabilities and make the charge up only break shields?

[Skeeks420]

The Charged shot should not have the ability to 1 hit kill period the end.

 

Charged bolt shot should be just like plasma pistol charged, pop shields only.

 

Its so stupid when someone walks around the corner with the bolt shot and instagibs.

[Cocoa]

Make it harder to aim? It is rare someone catches me with the boltshot overcharge, so I really could care less at this point.

[xX FUNKYFLUMP]

i agree it is over powered its like you no their round the corner you expect a gun fight and then you one shotted and sometimes from some range. i think it should be like the plasma pistol or if you leave it one shot make it so that the charging time is longer

[Baeztoberfest]

The Charged shot should not have the ability to 1 hit kill period the end.

 

Charged bolt shot should be just like plasma pistol charged, pop shields only.

 

Its so stupid when someone walks around the corner with the bolt shot and instagibs.

 

Haha... Hilarious. Instagib is hilarious. It's like another AL argument. People hate it but whatever. Some use it and it works. Not to mention there's easy ways to avoid certain death by it.

 

If it only popped shields there would be no point... We don't need two plasma pistols. Especially one that doesn't stop vehicles. Then people would cry that the plasma pistol is OP.

 

 

 

This is a great argument of why we should nerf the BS, thank you.

 

And you'd miss a point if it was nailed to your forehead. There's a reason I quit commenting on your thread. So do me the pleasure of not bothering my replies with trollish nonsense.