im liking how balanced the new zed gun is. it doesnt have INSANE damage. it has a slowing effect which works on scrakes/FP if you charge it up to a large ball. the slowing effect can be waved around and slow big groups of clots/gorefasts/crawlers. an awesome support weapon for berserker or medic. the primary fire does a fair amount of damage but it doesnt even come close to a shotgun blast so it cannot be considered overpowered. the ammo count is similar to that of the flamethrower. 100 and like 6 clips. the balls also has travel time (not hitscan) whereas the beam is instant. it cost a ton and takes up 8 kilos so id say its pretty balanced. also nice touch to having the first non perk weapon
as for the dwarfs axe, im curious to know what the headshot modifier is but the damage is on par with the claymore, it swings pretty fast, knocks zeds back with the primary and GIBS CORPSES with the altfire kills. the knockback might seem too much but the axe has an extremely short range, almost like the machete. it seems to be more of a 1 handed weapon and not some long battle axe. the artwork on it is ornate and it has a nice spike on top. it also has a satisfying WHOOSH sound when you swing it. i have yet to test this knockback on scrakes and fleshpounds because im too busy using the zed gun :>
the schneidzekk, or new medic gun, has a very high fire rate with a 50 bullet clip. it cost a ton at 1300 with level 6 bonuses but still weighs only 3 kilos which is great. THE KEY THING about this weapon is that it has the syringe recharge rate of the MP5, not the slow recharge of the mp7. i think it might be a straight up upgrade to the mp7. need to test it more.
as for the moonbase map, they made a map around the lowgrav function that was already in the game so kudos to tripwire for using all the resources that KF has to offer. there is plenty of artwork, including the corpses and very nice looking trader rooms. one of the trader rooms even has a furnace in it with dead scientists in it :0
overall a great event. looking forward to testing out the new weapons some more. there really is a plethora of weapons when you compare to when KF was released. there are so many more options for offperking. it is going to be fun finding interesting loadouts for all the different perks.