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My squad and I were struggling doing Red Zone contracts with just Level II Pack-a-Punched guns that were Epic rarity, so I wanted to look into what the damage increase of Pack-a-Punch levels even are and what’s the most cost effective way of getting the strongest guns. I discovered the following:
Pack-a-Punch Level I has 2x damage multiplier
Level II has 4x
Level III has 8x
A base Legendary gun with no pack-a-punch (which has a 4x multiplier) therefore is a bit weaker than an Uncommon gun at Level II Pack-a-Punch (since this has a 6x multiplier).
Damage values at each Pack-a-Punch Level / Rarity combination are as below:
https://preview.redd.it/zxt51nojdp1c1.png?width=716&format=png&auto=webp&s=8aa7215516d8677d0b5e74bef30f300e2f481a17
Link to the full article with more details: [https://game8.co/games/Modern-Warfare-3/archives/435161](https://game8.co/games/Modern-Warfare-3/archives/435161)
How I tested this
I tested this on a Crossbow of common rarity (with Normal Bolts, not any of the ones with effects from the Armory). Since the Crossbow without a Pack-a-Punch just shoots 1 bolt, I thought it would be easier than trying this out with any other gun’s fire rate. I used Tier II Zombies (in the yellow zone) with no armor as my sample size and shot them all in the same area (the shoulders).
Since there’s no damage numbers, I had to record footage of how much damage was being depleted from the zombie’s health bar per shot (with no Pack-a-Punch, then Pack-a-Punch Level I, Level II, and finally Level III). With that footage, I went into photoshop and made a measurement box that’s the length of the first health bar depletion (the damage dealt without Pack-a-Punch). I compared the same measurement box to the health bar damage dealt by the guns on Pack-a-Punch Level I, II, and III and found them to have an almost exact exponential increase (x2, x4, then x8). Attached are sample pics below (each box is a x2 damage multiplier)
https://preview.redd.it/gudabxocep1c1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=13b69477c56d3c58014d4dde52fda26e34dcff77
https://preview.redd.it/499874ldep1c1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=951824a1a4ce974b3033b66a9e2e1228125378a8
https://preview.redd.it/udy09cfeep1c1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=cd30315613d5ab5bf3c2f30e713721ea225eab0f
Thanks for listening and hope you found this useful.
8 Comments
Thank you for testing!
Awesome.
Moral of the story: pack a punch your weapon to level 2 and you’re in for a good time, no matter what rarity you have. And if its rarity increases, you’re that much better off.
Damn a gold unpacked is the same as a Grey double packed! I guess the golds are well worth that 5k
Damn. You tested it and even submitted your process for peer review. Eat shit high school teachers that told me while I was reading prima guides in class video games won’t teach you anything.
Very cool, very valuable
I’ve found that if you really want to be safe, a blue gun with Level 3 PaP is the base minimum to survive in the Red Zone Reasonably. So a x16 is what I’m looking for. I know the rarity was determined for damage, and I figured pack a punch was a two times multiplier.
I might use one of my Legendary Tools on my Longbow and Flawless Crystal to see how it performs. I shred on Blue Level PaP 3, can only imagine what doing double that damage would look like.
I posted a Longbow build that I use for Zombies, and if you had the items to do a Level 3 Orange Variant, I’d like to see what the damage looks like. I’d argue it’s the most powerful gun in the game for Zombies with Fire rate and damage.
Hell yeah dude. Very helpful