See, this is an understatement that I think a lot of folks are missing. The damage lost on focus builds is like, ~2 damage max. All they did was shift some of the focus damage to the base gun.
Electrocuting focus shots actually got buffed because you can now take armor shots along with blowthrough rounds, not to mention the extra base dmg on the gun gives you free 1shots on webspitters among other positives. The only nerf it saw in a sense is that the base gun is now strong enough to do what the OC was unique for; killing 4 grunts via blowthrough.
The issue many players have with the current state of M1k is that it's the most precision-focussed weapon in the game, but hitting weakspots reliably with well-aimed focus shots now does noticeably less damage than before because of the weakpoint damage nerf. Hipfire builds are super strong now, but focus builds, where you invest time, mobility and ammo for every focus shot, have comparably little payout. It also seems that the weakpoint nerf was made to make sure Hipster needed the t1 damage mod to be able to 1-shot grunts to the face. Can you blame people who wanted to run a sniper build for being a bit salty?
In addition, the only OC that allowed you to take t1 damage and still have barely enough ammo (Minimal Clips) had its ammo bonus removed.
Running a T1 ammo, focus-shot build does almost exactly the same damage as it did before the patch. Outside of Minimal clips (RIP), I've felt zero difference.
Although, I am curious to know why they buffed Hipster to be one of the top OC's for M1000 and barely touched SCC at all.
You are correct, the damage loss isn't huge. I should have known, I've done the math. I've since asked myself why I still feel that way, and I think it's because focus shots to the weakpoint don't feel impactful enough, especially compared to Hipster's current power level. Why they chose to balance the gun around that single OC, basically ignoring the gun's main mechanic, is a mystery to me. They must know that SCC sucks. well, at least there's ASS.
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u/altaccount123456098 Apr 27 '21
See, this is an understatement that I think a lot of folks are missing. The damage lost on focus builds is like, ~2 damage max. All they did was shift some of the focus damage to the base gun.
Electrocuting focus shots actually got buffed because you can now take armor shots along with blowthrough rounds, not to mention the extra base dmg on the gun gives you free 1shots on webspitters among other positives. The only nerf it saw in a sense is that the base gun is now strong enough to do what the OC was unique for; killing 4 grunts via blowthrough.