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6 years ago
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Charge Rifle Will end up getting a nerf this season

I'm shocked there's no threads.

First of all, I thought this weapon was garbage when I first used it. I was wrong. In fact, it's too strong. I'll explain why.

The Charge Rifle is a sniper that is a damage over time and a hit scan type of weapon. The damage over time is when you're about to shoot your target. These ticks are 15 ticks of 3 damage. Meaning, all 15 ticks land before the beam snipe is 45 tick damage. The Beam Body Shot damage is 45. Meaning, if all 15 ticks + body shot land = 90 damage. 

Why is this broken? It also because the beam body shot damage is capable of headshot multipler. The multiplier seems to be 1.25. This means headshot damage from no helmet to a lvl 3/4 is the following 56/54/48/45.

Why is this broken? A Level 3 or 4 helmet is a freaking body shot. You will get hit for 45 damage headshot with this thing no matter what if you are full purple or gold. That is broken. 

This is not counting people who take 5% more damage or 15% less damage. I'm talking about the base and over all damage if you are 100% accurate.

How will this weapon be nerfed? I predict the tick damage will become 2 making it 30 tick damage overall, or they will remove the headshot multiplier or lower the ticks from 15 to 10 or something. Body shot damage might become 40 from 45. And to compensate. They might reward it by buffing the headshot damage but increase the charge time of the beam sniper?

I am just guessing how they will nerf it. 

Do the testing yourself, you will change your mind like I did. The weapon is a free body shot even if you are maxed out no matter what helmet you have that is level 3 or 4. 

No other sniper in this game is a free bodyshot and headshot. The headshot damage is rewarded for the G7/Triple/Longbow and Kraber. 

The Charge Rifle is not rewarded for it's headshot. I do see the headshot getting buffed due to the nerfs that will hit this weapon. 

Edit: 

I did the headshot damage wrong a little but it is this from zero helmet to no helmet 56/50/45/42

Still Level 3/4 is 42 headshot damage which is almost a body shot. This is still a problem. 

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