guns in this game are by far the weakest of most the weapons you can choose, and are generally used as jokes, ive only ever seen ONE high level player with a gun(it was a copper dual flintlock) EVER, in my INCREDIBLY LARGE amount of playtime on this game, which just really sets how good they are in the boring meta
my take on balancing them :
no im not gonna say just decrease cooldown, that wouldnt be realistic, it definitely takes a good second to reload a rifle in real life, ive used a rifle before, so id know, instead, i suggest increasing range and damage, i think by LEVEL ONE a flintlock should deal 50 damage, to make up for its lack compared to the bows much higher firerate and incredibly similar damage, and the rifle should have higher range, faster bullets, and more damage
yeah pretty simple, i just think guns are cool but its annoying having to rely on bows to actually do anything
son this cant be real right
rifles deal one of the highest damage with a fast m1, has an instant shot skill with even higher damage with an already long range which makes it widely used in pvp
dual flintlocks can be uttter demonic if used right because skills like multishot and rapid draw can shred someones hp, its just that using it is harder in pvp but its used often in pve (atleast i use it often because enemy ai is stupid and its so easy to cheese them with dual copper flintlocks)
but yeah guns are really good. especially at low level for killing bosses. elius dies really fast to them, and in high level pvp theyre even more goated
They’re rarely seen in PvP because of the incredibly small hitbox. In exchange for the hitbox it has a high base damage, it’s not that guns are weak but just has a high skill ceiling to be viable. Buffing guns would just make them incredibly annoying to fight against, similar to dagger throw punish pre-nerf.
im not talking about the skill ceiling, i have a file maining guns, and i can hit my shots even in pvp, buts just annoying that bows are way better, not only are they easier to use, but they also do more damage overtime considering they have way high firerate in exchange for an incredibly small damage decrease
The difference is that guns are made for speed and damage while bows are made for speed and size. You’ll prefer gun m1 in a fight because they’re near instant to land.
It’s because guns aren’t made as a main weapon, they’re mainly used for punishing. Bows on the other hand can be used as a main or secondary because it’s a weapon made for pressuring. Both weapons have different purposes.
this cant be real right