thelegendofJohn117 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Yes the boltshot is a very strong gun when you charge up, and yes it can potentially take down all of your shields or possibly kill you, but really, its not that good. For it to kill you the enemy basically needs to be in melee range and if they miss its quite easy to kill them. Also, why are you allowing people to get this close to you? Just shoot heads and don't let them in so close. Also people say "oh it should be an ordinance drop because its too powerful" no it shouldn't because realistically its only gonna get you 2 or 3 kills. The only people I see getting killed by the boltshop who sit in the back of the map with a DMR or BR who have scopes up and can't see anyone coming. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Couldn't agree with you anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miffed Monkey1 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 I don't even think it's as potent of a weapon as the Plasma Pistol. Plasma Pistol has range with the Charge shot, and while it might not kill a man, it makes way for the dreaded noob combo, and in this game, I think mid-long ranged weaponry beats short-ranged weaponry any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiing 0f Coffe Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 The bolthsot has much more 1-shot range than melee does. If it was like this then i wouldn't be complaining cause it would just be a plasma pistol. it also has more range than ordinance shotguns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob T Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 The bolthsot has much more 1-shot range than melee does. If it was like this then i wouldn't be complaining cause it would just be a plasma pistol. it also has more range than ordinance shotguns This video shows what you just said... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasedTaco Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I dont think its that OP, cause if you miss that one charge shot, it takes like 2 seconds for you to recover and that gives the opponent enough time to get you at one shot or beat you down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Treason Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 For the last time the gun is fine each secondary has a niche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Oracle Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Yes the boltshot is a very strong gun when you charge up, and yes it can potentially take down all of your shields or possibly kill you, but really, its not that good. For it to kill you the enemy basically needs to be in melee range and if they miss its quite easy to kill them. Also, why are you allowing people to get this close to you? Just shoot heads and don't let them in so close. Also people say "oh it should be an ordinance drop because its too powerful" no it shouldn't because realistically its only gonna get you 2 or 3 kills. The only people I see getting killed by the boltshop who sit in the back of the map with a DMR or BR who have scopes up and can't see anyone coming. i love you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdriive_on_Xbl Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 This video shows what you just said... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGxrl9QWFeE&list=UU9imNQnMN_yoE3po8eX73Fw&index=1 this, if i have a scatter shot, a shotgun or a sword by no means should your option secondary be able to over power me that easily. Even the pp you would have to beatdown and against sword you lose and shotties will just blow you away at point blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IElitePredatorI Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 The only thing that the Boltshot requires to be balanced is to have its 'Shotgun' range reduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelegendofJohn117 Posted December 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 All good arguments but I still feel that its way too easy to miss with the boltshot. Notice that "test video" had the guy getting shot standing still, how often are you just gonna be standing still? Show me a comparison video where people actually move around and compare damage, then maybe ill buy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1AK Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 I think the Boltshot is about right. It is very good (almost too good vs shotguns) but that actually helps balance those weapons on the tighter maps. I think the point of weapon balance in the game is that secondary weapons shouldn't just be there for when your primary runs out. The Plasma pistol gives you the ability to handle vehicles without needing a power weapon. The Boltshots power shot makes it a poor mans close range power weapon. Personally it is the Magnum that feels like it needs something to be worth taking; atm if I choose magnum it only gets used when I run out of primary ammo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortar Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 All good arguments but I still feel that its way too easy to miss with the boltshot. Notice that "test video" had the guy getting shot standing still, how often are you just gonna be standing still? Show me a comparison video where people actually move around and compare damage, then maybe ill buy it Thats horrible logic, a weapon isn't balanced because "people move." If so, then the sniper is incredibly UP because "its really hard to hit them because people move" heck all weapons are UP because of your logic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1AK Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I've played a fair bit more using the Boltshot since I last commented. I still think it fills a useful niche (stopping the close range power weapons from dominating small maps) but it can seem to get cheap kills at times. I'm finding that I now put much less energy into going for shotgun/scattershot drops because although they are better the improvement over the Boltshot isn't that huge. That said, before the Shotty was one of my must get weapons (along with the binary cannon and stick launcher). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
117 Evan 117 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Agreed boltshot is not overpowered the slightest bit. Only good for Close-Quarters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiing 0f Coffe Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Agreed boltshot is not overpowered the slightest bit. Only good for Close-Quarters. Agreed boltshot is not overpowered the slightest bit. Only good for Close-Quarters. ( This double quoting thing again?) Your absolutely right about all of the CQB weapons. Congratulations! We now see you know that cqb weapons suck at long range, VERY GOOD! Since all of the other Cqb weapons suck at other ranges, give me another reason why it is balanced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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