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Firearm vs a Shovel

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So after 550h I have now some sort of statistic.

It happen to me that I lose maybe 8/10 times when a fresh spawn with a shovel/pickaxe/axe fight me in a close range when Im barely geared (a pistol usually + a BK or something similar).

Well, you can say ''git gud noob'' and in fact I have very bad aim probably, but what strange is that, conversely, I win at least 6/10 in the opposite circumstances, that is me as a fresh span with an axe or similar against a poor guy that try to hit me with a pistol. I start to zig zag, I approach him and bang an hit and he is down.

At a first moment I thought, maybe is a sort of anti KOS system (I know a lot of people have a thing with KOS and KOSer, I fine with both), but no, because a guy with only a shovel is (absolutely reasonable) the first KOSer in the game. He have nothing to lose and he know he have more that a slight chance to win against a middle geared.

So what...its a very strange statistic of mine?

If not, I would like to know what your statistic would be, cause I started to think this is simply stupid, when a guy with a firearm have to fear and flee a guy with a shovel...

Or maybe there is some strategy?

Or maybe I should simply go with a shovel until the first AK + heavy vest lol?

 

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The problem is in the ability to rapidly change direction, to an unrealistic extent. Needs some tinkering for sure. Also, breaking limbs will probably make this much less of a problem, if it has real effects. Eg even if you don't kill him while he's running up to you, a non lethal hit might render him unable to swing the shovel as effective.

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I would like it if a .45 bullet in the heart would actually kill an unarmored freshie who's trying to hit me with a shovel. Also it would be nice if you actually had to hit someone on the head like in version .62 to knock them out. As far as i know even the bk rifle rarely kills you in one shot unless it's a headshot, making the shovel way deadlier hahaha!

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Statistic: shovels don’t jam up. 100%

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4 hours ago, Parazight said:

Statistic: shovels don’t jam up. 100%

...unless they're bugged in your hands.  😋

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They used to have bones break from gunshots. It was highly rewarding. They took it out. Unless it's a headshot, your pistol is only useful for audibly discouraging people from approaching. Or, more likely, drawing the wolves with better guns.

Inertia has been a problem since launch. The serpentine is incredibly easy and effective in this game. You should pretty much only skulk and go for one-shot kills in this game.

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