revamped as side arm
[the de is an old gold order weapon and primary meaning it has to commit with weapons like the m1 carbine in the roster. It does only 12 damage has a semi auto rate of fire of 90 and holds 7 rounds. Given it’s poor sites it’s range is effectively shotgun range in game. Comparing it to the pedersen device with 40 rounds a rate of 480 and 6 damage. Of the tech tree m1 with 7 damage 15 rounds and 420 rounds a minutes.
- Move to br1 as is
- Move to br1 nerfed
- Sidearm as is
- Sidearm nerfed
- Buff to keep at br2
- Keep as is
One move it to br1 it’s damage is good but it’s range and rate of fire are bad with poor sites. Buffing the rate of fire is out of the question as it is already fast for a bolt action rifle. Given it’s a 45 acp it’s damage is already magically high for a pistol caliber. You could lower its 2.8 second reload time but by how much to 2.5 2.3 how fast before the mag just teleports.
Another option is moving it to to sidearm or pistol slot though it is big 3.7kg vs 4.2 kg of a full sized bolt action rifle. possible nerfs include a damage nerf to10 or a lower rate of fire of 80 to 70 rpm. buffs for keeping it at br2 include a scoped and decrease reload time.
