#The Arbalest's Bolter

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scenic tangle
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Crossbow

When scoped: 81% projectile speed bonus
Headshots are minicrit

The crossbow fires huntsman arrows. Which is why the minicrit headshot is a negative stat instead of a positive. This literally makes Sniper a "better" form of The Huntsman.

fossil wren
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I don't see what this is supposed to achieve

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You have such a huge dmg penalty for projectile speed???

tropic veldt
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this.. doesn't really make a better form of the huntsman?

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what even are the proper stats for this

shell copper
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i think the arrows can possibly go in a straight line than than have a curved path of fire

frail shoal
scenic tangle
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UPD: Removed the penalty
Now it's an upgrade (probably)

fossil wren
tropic veldt
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your description of the weapon's pretty vague

scenic tangle
# tropic veldt your description of the weapon's pretty vague

It's meant to be like the Huntsman. But you don't need to charge and your ammo reserve will be identical to that of the Sniper Rifle. The increased projectile speed is so it feels almost like a hitscan. The headshots deal minicrit stat is a negative cuz it fires Huntsman arrows, which will headshot an enemy without having you enter a stat that makes a weapon headshot. The headshots are minicrit so the weapon isn't too overpowered.

So to put it simply; it's just a Sniper Rifle that fires Huntsman arrows instead of regular hitscans. And scoping gives you an illusion that you're firing a hitscan.

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Do you have any idea to make it better?

tropic veldt
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to be honest this sounds like the worst of both worlds

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you lose both the sheer damage of the sniper rifle (no crits on headshot, not hitscan) and the non-commitness of the huntsman (sniper rifle charge speed, scope being a requirement)

fossil wren
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Not to mention that source can't handle projectiles that move at speed of light

tropic veldt
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depends whether the projectile speed's based on an uncharged or charged huntsman shot

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i guess

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so ~3300 hm/u or ~4700 hm/u

fossil wren
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Probably charged bc uncharged it would be so shit