Okay, I can take everything that has been done to the Sharpshooter in the most recent update, with the exception of one thing.
The Crossbow's headshot damage being halved.
Seriously, the ONLY thing the crossbow had going for it was that you could shoot everything in a line, and go "Whoo, I killed 5 clots where some other perks weapons could do double that", and that you had huge headshot bonuses.
Most people used the M14 anyway, because a lot of people liked that you could run around and shoot whatrever you wanted and barely had to aim at all.
Good luck trying to be a Sharpshooter if your team dies now, and you have to kill a Fleshpound.
Look, at Level 6 if you did not hit a FP in the head with a crossbow, all you'd do is piss him off and probably end up killing yourself or your teammates, and actually do very little damage to the FP (400 damage to a specimen that has default of 1400 is NOT A LOT when you consider firing rate and such).
Halving the crossbow's damage breaks it into uselessness. Sure, it's strong, but you know what? It's the ONLY thing going for it. If it were put into actually 6x, that would be enough. But 4x? For the ONLY weapon that is ONLY useful in the hands of a Sharpshooter, and is pretty much ONLY useful when you shoot the head, that's pathetic. It would be like halving the pellets from the shotguns, or halving the rate of fire from the assault rifles.
Don't nerf the Crossbow into oblivion.
The Crossbow's headshot damage being halved.
Seriously, the ONLY thing the crossbow had going for it was that you could shoot everything in a line, and go "Whoo, I killed 5 clots where some other perks weapons could do double that", and that you had huge headshot bonuses.
Most people used the M14 anyway, because a lot of people liked that you could run around and shoot whatrever you wanted and barely had to aim at all.
Good luck trying to be a Sharpshooter if your team dies now, and you have to kill a Fleshpound.
Look, at Level 6 if you did not hit a FP in the head with a crossbow, all you'd do is piss him off and probably end up killing yourself or your teammates, and actually do very little damage to the FP (400 damage to a specimen that has default of 1400 is NOT A LOT when you consider firing rate and such).
Halving the crossbow's damage breaks it into uselessness. Sure, it's strong, but you know what? It's the ONLY thing going for it. If it were put into actually 6x, that would be enough. But 4x? For the ONLY weapon that is ONLY useful in the hands of a Sharpshooter, and is pretty much ONLY useful when you shoot the head, that's pathetic. It would be like halving the pellets from the shotguns, or halving the rate of fire from the assault rifles.
Don't nerf the Crossbow into oblivion.