Tactics Downside to attaching bayonet?

[Alkhali]

I've wondered, but havn't thought how I might test conclusively, whether attaching a bayonet to a rifle negatively affects shooting the thing or apart from letting you stab people rather then smack them in the head is merely cosmetic? It seems that having a point bit of metal attached to the end of your already rather long gun might make it a bit more unwieldy, but I havn't noticed anything like this. Still, thought I would ask incase it was modelled as a concession to realism. Plus going on a behind the lines bayonet rampage looking for snipers and machine guns when one is lucky enough to slip through unnoticed is too much fun to come without a price elsewhere surely?

 

[bloodypotato]

I think that the gun begins to sway more quickly and sways more if you have the bayonet on than if you go without. Then again, this is all from things I've heard. I have never really noticed it ingame.

 

[Sigurd]

If your on the wall in kaukasus pixel sniping germans, dont attach bayo. (You get shot or naded if you die). So attach your bayo i you do anything else....
My 2 cents

bloodypotato is right about the sway, but it doesnt matter. The diff is so small that you prolly wont feel it. (you might if youre hunting pixels at more than 200 mtr(leave that for the sniper)).

 

[Alkhali]

Thanks for these answers.

 

[REZ]

Never leave spawn without your bayo!

Dev's, correct me if I am wrong, but the only thing that affects your sway is how tired you are. I dont believe the bayo has any affect on your aim whatsoever.

 

[Tomcat_ha]

Actually it does have a slight effect now.

And yes bayonets are something i always attach.

 

[Solo4114]

I think you may shoulder your rifle just a fraction slower with the bayonet attached. Kind of like the difference between a carbine and a full rifle for things like shouldering and reacquiring targets.

 

[Colt .45 killer]

bayonets FTW! all the times you get saved by the ability to stab somone pronto heavily outwieghs the cons of have a slightly more wobbly gun...

 

[{Cap-Down}]

I don't think anyone KNOWS any of these things for sure. The devs are the only ones who do!

But at the ranges you usualy fight attach it.

 

[fishw0rk]

I don't think anyone KNOWS any of these things for sure. The devs are the only ones who do!

But at the ranges you usualy fight attach it.

Wow I DEFINITELY notice a difference when I have a bayonet attached. Its already been explained in the thread--your rifle tends to sway more. To me its very apparent and it often makes it difficult for me to hit someone. You guys must be uber shooters.

 

[Alkhali]

I have not noticed an increase in sway as if the iron sights are moving I can't hit anything anyway. But it is good that the effects on unsighted aim and the speed of bring up the iron sights is tangible rather then just a vague suspicion.

 

[Tomcat_ha]

Well i dont notice it allot because i am a short-medium ranged rifle user. I am almost constantly on the move.

 

[Sigurd]

Wow I DEFINITELY notice a difference when I have a bayonet attached. Its already been explained in the thread--your rifle tends to sway more. To me its very apparent and it often makes it difficult for me to hit someone. You guys must be uber shooters.

Tomcat is high skilled with bolts, Im not.

If you crouch and then bring up IS, it takes a sec or two before the gun starts to sway. Thats enough time to make precise shot. If Im waiting for targets Im either prone or resting the rifle...

I hunt pixels in Kaukasus without bayo. Except for that bayo is always on.

 

[Jaesperson]

isnt the guns accuracy affected when the bayo is attached? dont things touching the barrel affect accuracy?
the german bayo doesnt touch the barrel, though (as someone said in some thread some time ago), so it shouldnt affect the accuracy. the russians guns had teh bayo attached right at the barrl, so the accuracy should be affected. IRL the russian guns were sighted in with bayo attached, so the accuracy should be better when your bayo is on. but i dont know if/how/which way round it is modeled in game...

 

[jeesustelija]

I think that bayonet is good only when you are defending/attacking a little space like the basovka station in the basovka map. I have also noticed that when you are shooting to a far distance the bayonet makes your aim a little bit worse but it

 

[mein teil]

When I play I dont see any noticible affects of putting the bayo on. Yeah almost everytime I leave spawn that is the first thing I do. My bayo is like my member down below. Its an attachment of me.

 

[God]

I always attach bayo when leaving spawn, and I rarely notice the effects on the sway as I usually shoot while supported...

 

[Paul Baker]

Its the 1st thing I do.. I spawn attach the bayo and my favourite part... charge!!!

I've always done that so never really noticed any difference.

 

[NadiaCasselGVS27K999]

just leave the bayonet on, or attach whenever you can i should say. you shouldnt worry about the "sway" it adds, since you shouldnt be sitting in the ironsights long enough for it to sway in the first place. just aim as you lean into position and quickly aquire your target. when it sways, lower your gun and get back in aim to fix that.

the attached bayonet will prove useful when you run into an enemy, and miss your surprise hipshot. charge up your stab for a half second and it will kill center mass. two stabs if you dont charge up.

so be sure to attach whenever you can.

 

[Funker42]

Never leave spawn without your bayo!

Personally, when I play Russian rifleman, I just choose the rifle with the fixed bayo to save the time of putting it on each time.

Still... You would think there would be some disadvantage of having the thing on like getting it stuck in the walls in close quarter turns or worse inaccuracy.

If there aren't any disadvantages why not just have the default to have bayo on?