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BownrInSweatPanz
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7 days ago

Anyone noticed lower point cost for Hollow Points and Synthetic Tip?

Looking at the new update, a lot of guns with HP and/or Synthetic Tip now have cheaper costs. HP now can be priced at 15 points from 20 originally and Synthetic Tip can be found as 20-25 from 30.

But not all guns have HP or ST priced this way, and It may be because of weapon damage, which I noticed the reduced cost is mainly for lower damage per shot weapons such as ones with 20 or 25 damage, while 28+ do not have any discount for HP or ST if available. Generally only a handful of weapons benefit from HP such as 33+ damage weapons, but almost none of these have seen a price reduction for HP or ST. The few 20-25 Damage weapons that have ST may now benefit more to add other attachments much needed to compliment the lack of room 30 point ST had in the past. 

The only 33 damage weapon to have discounted HP is the M45A1 with a 15 point HP, which means you could add an optic and or suppressor if you want to run HPs and forgo the larger mag. 

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  • Note: You can use the extended mag on the M45A1 with HP and still be left with 5 points left for an optic, you now only forgo a flash suppressor spot (which may not matter unless you really don't want to be 3D spotted when firing)

  • Any reason to change ammo? I never really change it. 

  • Hollow Points increase the Headshot multiplier from 1.34x to 1.5x. Synthetic Tip increases it to 1.75x. This is heavily dependent on which weapon you chose if it even benefits from it. The others like tungsten and frangible are situational, one increases collateral damage for more recoil, and the other slows down HP regen timer. Lightweight only buffs ads movement speed.

    only HP and ST are the only ammo types worth considering generally,

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