There is no secret that the bolt-action rifles in our game are totally uncompetitive. One uses them for a bit at the very beginning and then quickly replaces them with MGs/SMGs and that’s it.
And meanwhile, bolt rifles provide unique, historically accurate, and very immersive gameplay. Whereas in Enlisted the amount of bolt action rifles will drastically decrease over time. And this is very bad.
So, here is my proposal.
Devs should add new bolt rifles on higher levels of campaigns for all nations. These rifles should have a base damage of 17-19hp. This will allow them to have a guaranteed kill once you hit someone from about 100 meters or even more.
At the moment, they do not kill even at close range. And a player with a perk of +35hp can completely ignore its bullet from 40-50 meters. Of course, such realities do not contribute to the popularity of this class of weapons.
I have a few ideas of how to depict these rifles in the campaign tree itself. So far, I only thought of describing them as “rifles using expansive ammunition”. Basically, these could be the same mosins, car98k and Lee Enfields, but with a different type of ammo.
Summing up. Taking bolt-action rifles into battle is fun and immersive. And what’s more important, it’s useful for the project. A lot of people get annoyed once they get blasted with PPSh or FG 42 during the whole match. But very few people get enraged once they are shot with a bolt rifle. Because bolt rifle is an honest weapon of gentlemen.
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if we had a nation-based progression system like in war thunder we could have all the weapons and vehicles we want without having to take into account the balance and be able to restrict some OP weapons in its specific squad
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dmg buff, so that they kill in one shot, instead of down in one shot.
could be done by changing the “faster bolt action fire rate perk” into a “15% more dmg for bolt action rifles”
or the highest upgrade for these rifles could give even more bonus dmg.
It really doesnt need much to kill reliably, some rifles in the game already do kill most of the time in one shot, like the gewehr 98, but once you get the 35HP upgrade that advantage is gone.
Also if bolt action kill in one shot, semi autos could get buffed again.
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I mean you can still use bolt actions on higher levels for support teams and they are very good at it to
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i really dont think so, since the semi auto nerf and the MG nerf im using nothing besides SMGS and FG42s,
It is true that because basically all weapons are less accurate now, that bolt actions are the only guns left that allow you to hit reliably at mid/ far range, but shooting twice or three times with a FG42 will usually get the job done as well. And all that while you have a bigger magazine and are able to kill MORE enemies faster.
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Are you using Smgs at long range for your support teams ? which ones ? Doesn’t sound effective though
I really prefer MP40 and STG for midrange, bolt actions are not worth it, downing ppl with a good hit makes me suffer too much,
My sniper team in Berlin are armed with Mosin sniper rifles and actually fully upgraded too so they hit really hard. Between this and the sniper SVT-40(also fully upgraded) that my sniper team use in Moscow, I find the Mosin more satisfying and more accurate too while sniper SVT-40 has a different role where it can take out large groups of enemies faster.
Still undecided if I should replace the sniper SVT-40s with Mosins except the sniper from my MG squad.
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That is the main reason why I’m not using bolt actions. If the guy has -75 healing speed and he was under cover, your hit was actually useless. He will start keep shooting in 2 seconds. And this is not fun for a rifle user.
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I mean there are some pros for them now:
#1 Cheaper to upgrade vs semis in most campaigns giving early players high damage weapons
#2 Damage is higher (17.2 for a maxed mosin)
#3 Accuracy is much higher
In skilled hands a maxed bolt action is probably more dangerous than a semi. Having them be the same “stars” as semis in the later campaigns is pretty backwards though if you ask me
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Well im talking about long range support teams. Which semis works to but usually takes 2 shots and are slight less accurate
Thats not what BAs need. Most BAs right now need to 1 shot at 100m upgraded. Not down - kill with 1 shot to the chest at 100m.
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Says the MKB spammer.
No its not too OP. Would make them actually competitive against SFs and Semis. Would require a lot of skill, but after you master them would be rewarding
MKB spammer ? you can only use them in one squad with 3 so i dont think you even can ^^ For your information i usually have my snipers out even if i do love the flank recon teams which uses MKB ofc to counter pesky PPD users
1 squad with 3X3. I know, Im also an MKB spammer 
So exactly MKB spammer.
I know that you lack the skill to actually aim, thats why you want your SFs to dominate
Sounds like an Russian thing to me ^^ Germans has to be able to aim to survive
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