I may not be the most skilled player, and yes I did have one broken plate in this specific engagement/situation, but I believe that explosive or thermal bolt to the upper torso should have broken and then downed that player.
If a throwing knife can be an instant break or down in most uses, then I believe considering how long it takes for the crossbow to reload, how difficult it can be to use, and how long it takes for the explosive bolt timer to go off, the damage from a hit should be severe and then a down.
I don’t think it’s very balanced if I can hit someone first in the upper torso, immediately switch to my SMG and spray them to finish them off, but instead die during the process it takes for the explosive bolt to go off (which I think should have downed them).
On similar note, it’s ridiculous how nerfed snipers are in this game. It seems only SMGs and ARs are viable weapons at all engagement distances. It seems the game rather people use ARs with extended mags to beam others at long ranges with little to no recoil, than use sniper rifles with huge scope glint, harsh recoil, that basically shoots marshmallows. Even with explosive or thermal bullets, if it isn’t headshots, it takes at least three shots to down, and two to three to finish them off while they’re crawling—that is if they don’t run off and hide after the first hit marker and re-plate constantly; so you end up having to battle them, hitting them numerous times while they keep re-plating, for them to ultimately run away or beam you with an recoiless AR.
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I agree. The crossbow in game is so risky and if it’s not a 1 shot down then it’s almost not worth using.. it was a great shot and you even put rounds into him before the explosion so I was very surprised to see that he didn’t get downed.
Also your teammate came in clutch with that snipe at the beginning.. he saved you and then you left him for dead 😂 /s
Who tf even thought that a crossbow is a good idea in an fps.
Yeah they should make it do at least 299 dmg with explosive/thermite shot.
I understand that they don’t want one shot bodyshot mechanics but at least allow a down if you immediately weapon swap and put shots into enemy.