Weapon Spotlight - G7 Scout and Alternator

@EA_David I like using the Scout over the Longbow most of the time, to be frank. The longbow seems to be more effective from a very long range, but I agree with most people that the Longbow's fire rate would be best if it was lowered a tad. Shouldn't sniper shots take precision and focus? Only take the shot if you feel like you'll land it? People spam shots with the longbow now, which I believe is alright with the scout because it does half the damage and can't hit 130 head shots.

Anyway, the alternator is very strong, even without the hop-up. I believe it's comparable in dps to the r99 and has great range. It's a little too versatile. I'm glad it got a buff because no one was using it, but it could be a little weaker since everyone is running one.

I love the scout. Shots feel great and precise. The iron sights are notoriously difficult to use. If it had incredible close-range hipfire it would be an absolute beast, so I would be weary about that change. I've gotten plenty of lucky 60 damage hipfire headshots and won a fight... so it could use greater hipfire accuracy but it's a freaken sniper rifle. I prefer ADS'ing with it at all ranges.

I think it's very balanced but maybe increase/decrease weapons' damages / accuracy based on range. aka. increase the damage of scout shots by 5 if shot over 100 yds.

Good old alternator, never picked this gun up before. Now with the disruptor rounds out i pick it up and use it every now and then.

Like the higher damage output, and the hop up sound. 

G7 scout is good, but i seldome use it late game. It could use a hop-up of some kind.

People including myself usualy go for the other snipers in the game.

Alternator:

With its buff this gun is now a solid pick, even without the hopup.  Its hipfire potential is massive and with that comes added mobility that you don't get from a lot of guns.  With the hopup it is brutal and I still think it needs a slight adjustment.  The Hammerpoints for P2020/Moz are much better balanced because without the hopup the guns are weak.  They go from weak to situational - whereas the alternator is just a good gun regardless, then the hopup makes it slightly OP. 

I would suggest that the hopup should be a choice rather than a flat increase in weapon value - so it should do LESS damage to health as it does MORE damage to armor.  The choice then becomes keep your stock alternator for the gun it is already, or turn it into a slightly different weapon which synergises insanely with the Hammerpoints or gives you a more specific purpose to your team.  Early damage to hose off shields and then you've got to switch weapons or be part of a team who focus fire effectively.

Currently once you've got a purple mag in an alternator with hopup, you don't really need any other weapon.  You can even put a 2-4x on it and drain a teams resources by hosing their shields off from miles away.  If a team want to sit at distance and poke you - they're going to lose all their spare batteries and cells.

G7 Scout:

I've always loved this gun.  I don't think anything should be changed with it now that the rifles have had the buff a few patches ago.  It's hipfire is actually significantly better than people give it credit for, it just takes a lot of practice to have the effective range nailed down in your mind.

I used the G7 as my main weapon for a long time.  If I had to guess I'd say for about 150 hours G7/Longbow was my most ideal combo, with a 2x/3x/2-4x on the G7 and a 4-8x (or 6x if I was desperate) on the longbow.  In that combo - it was the longbow that was the expendable weapon.  The G7 shreds at close-mid range.  For those ranges I think it's the most versatile gun in the game if you can track, and in a pinch it mutilates people at longrange, you just have to quickly identify if your enemy is a good enough shot that you're going to have to peek a lot. 

You can chase someone using it knowing that there is no limit to your effective range if they're trying to escape, you don't need to change weapons.  You can hipfire it in close range fights in places like skulltown buildings and know that you're going to be like a wrecking ball once you get used to the hipfire range.

The worst thing about the G7 is its ironsights, but then I assume this is deliberate to stop it being OP when naked compared to other guns.

Alternator is not bad even in the past , it is at the same level as RE45 , it has a low rate of fire but more stable that allow you land more bullet on the target instead waste all of them .

G7 is good , it is not just a sniper rifle you can also treat it as a semi-automatic rifle .

The alternator feels decent, event without the hop up until mid game but i try to switch for more optimal werapon if i don't find hop up after that.

Hop up makes it top tier.

The scout is certainly one of the most underrated weapon of the game. But the ironsights feels simply terrible for me and have lot out trouble with it.

I think the Alternator with the hop up is borderline too strong. Any gun can do some serious damage in the right hands but it's seems anyone can do easy damage with the Alternator when equipped with the disruptor rounds. 

As for the G7, you could say it's in the right place. It's an alright gun to find straight off the bat and if you can find some attachments then great but it's so easy to drop. I say that cos if fully equipped the attachments I feel are fair better (and needed more) on all the other light ammo weapons. Similarily I'd always drop a G7 for a Hemlock. 

So I'm not saying it's terrible I think its just average therefore, probably, is well balanced. 

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@ElBirri wrote:
@lBreathTakingl you don't need sniper scope to use scout.

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That's how I roll. I prefer the G7 without a traditional sniper scope and use it more like a hemlock on single shot. Like @7cyanide said the iron sights are really difficult (at least for me) but once there's a 2X on there I'm happy enough. If you can manage to land 3-4 shots in a row you're going to come out on top at medium to long range engagements. Keep your distance!

The Alternator feels good. If you don't have the attachments and hop up it's not going to be a great weapon end game. I either hold onto the hop up until I can swap out a weapon for the Alternator once coming across it or avoid picking it up at all (unless it's right after the drop).

Would any of you actually consider the G7 to be a "sniper" in its current state though? It really lacks both the range and damage to fit this category.

I'm by no means against this weapon but i mean if i'm taking a sniper role its last on my list of priorities, even the triple take is more effective as its got the range.