I guess 1911 was a bad year

[Deuzerre 64]

So, with the Update, it seems my good old trustworthy M1911, that used to one-shot zeds and with a good 7 rounds magazine, but average accuracy got hit hard.

I had to shoot quite a few bullets (sometimes up to 5!) to kill a zed in the torso area. So now I'm back to Makarov tactics of "A bullet in the head".

Since I've shot with a KOBRA too, it doesn't seem that the Zeds have had a HP increase.

And I haven't tried the revolver yet > If I find one, I'll take it even if it does the same damage: It's more accurate and easy to use to do headshots, and just one less round isn't such a hassle.

Did this pistol get nerfed in some way?

[bond1971@tpg.com.au 92]

I can confirm that ALL pistols got nerfed.

[NickNova 1]

I knew I couldn't be the only one having this problem! I made a post about this yesterday, several people said it was working fine for them. I wasted 5 clips testing it on zeds. Then I dumped it and picked up a G17 instead , oh and I managed to pick a M9 SD. Makes me feel better knowing I am not the only one.

[Deuzerre 64]

Glad to know it's not me going mad. Well, I guess it is somehow good: Either you shoot in the head, or you use bigger weapons, meaning big guns won't be PvP only.

[Tigger (DayZ) 24]

The change apparently only affects .45 ACP rounds, not "all pistols".

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/45184-arma-update-nerfed-revolver/

[NickNova 1]

Oh and I tried a revolver and it doesn't one shot kill either. In which case I'm going to stay away from it due to noise level. If I'm not mistaken it took 3 rounds to down a Zed with the revolver center mass.

[deadlymass 11]

As pistols go, 1911 is the defining year for most pistol design all the way up to modern times.

Hopefully this is a bug or we get some official statement on the effectiveness of pistols after this recent patch.

[s.taylor.75@gmail.com 23]

Must be a bug. From what I've been seeing it doesn't always happen. Sometimes the zeds die to a single shot other times it takes 4 or so. It's not a lag issue at all.

[Worrun (DayZ) 108]

I love it when games make pistols shit. Especially simulators!

Shoot urself in the chest and see how long you can survive!

Unless it's an air pistol, 5 shots of any 'pistol' can and will mostly very likely kill you.

Damn developers aint got a clue! (not DayZ specific I mean in general)

[dontblamecows 5]

I love it when games make pistols shit. Especially simulators!

Shoot urself in the chest and see how long you can survive!

Unless it's an air pistol, 5 shots of any 'pistol' can and will mostly very likely kill you.

Damn developers aint got a clue! (not DayZ specific I mean in general)

Try shooting yourself then healing with a blood bag or eating meat to instantly give back blood.

[slyder73 94]

What makes Arma2 great is that the weapons are modelled accurately as they would be in real life. I think DayZ should NOT mess with this. Keep the pistols as dangerous as they are in Arma2 in general.

A .50 cal round to the chest should drop someone as easily as a .45 shot from a 1911. Anything else is just dumbing things down to be gamey.

[BennyLikesIndians 4]

I think this a bug, I don't know what the developers are thinking if they did this. I think this applies to other weapons as well, because my AKM seems to take 2 or sometimes even 3 shots to kill a zed when it should only take one. This paired with infinite respawning, walking through walls and aggroing zeds from 50m away makes them very difficult to deal with.

[LastPatriot 12]

Wasnt it the Arma update not the DayZ update? I havent been online yet today so there might be a DayZ update i havent seen yet.

I agree with the post above. Keep it realistic.

[puppetworx 474]

Zombies generally seem to be really glitchy just now, clipping through every damn thing. I wonder if it's them and not the pistols.

[Worrun (DayZ) 108]

Eating meat will give you protein and having a blood transfusion WILL save your life.

I don't see your point.

[Genki Dama 49]

I wondered why the revolver took two shots to the head on a zed :(

Edited July 25, 2012 by TheSeriesGamers

[mindtrucks 28]

Arma OA got updated. Not DayZ, not the "beta" part of Arma. There's no question that it's a bug, it's not mentioned in the patch notes.

They did say the patch included several tweaks and optimizations which should improve DayZ though ^^

[dontblamecows 5]

Eating meat will give you protein and having a blood transfusion WILL save your life.

I don't see your point.

My point is that getting riddled with bullets and then eating some meat is part of it being a "game". While Arma 2 is a great realistic simulator, it still has to have some balancing of weapon damage, otherwise being one shot all the time would cause a lot of annoyance. I'm not saying there should never be one shot hits, if you get hit with a AK 47 in the head you should die, same with any form of a high ballistic scoped rifle. I'm just saying certain things are unrealistic in this game, because it is a game.

[nicraM 137]

You should make a habit out of shooting for the head, anyway.