These are my opinions(skill issue) if you like a gun i hate that epic I don't think there is a bad gun as even some people are probably good at using the Springfield and I know someone who is good at using the mat49 all are good (not the mac 10 )
(keep in mind im not that good)
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tomson: good reloads itself so you don't need to chamber it.
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agram: goated you can fire it one handed its accurate a all around great for killing bots for challenges and other players for self defense.(funnest gun besides the mac11)
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glock: mid but good enough.
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usp: over priced would never buy it unless you don't have dlc then its great.
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2011: better usp go to gun for side arms and sometimes in general.
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five seven: no recoil and accurate as shit with a high capacity so if going in kitted its the best also easy to find as a lot of people go in with nothing besides a decked out five seven for some reason.(use usp or 2011 if you want more power)
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tt30: 1911 2.0
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1911:good cheap handgun if you don't have the 2011 because you did not buy the dlc.
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makarov: good enough cheep thing.
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ruger: if you want to kill bots and you are too poor to buy a silencer it is quieter so that something i guess i have a wall of them that i don't use as a funny goof.
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mp5: best bot killer for some reason like it has aim bot for aiming at bots lol.
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cx8 storm: the poor persons m4 bad but good. it has the same amount of ammo as a mp5 i think its just worse to aim.
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mp40: best budget smg for really poor low level people.
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mac 10: buy a mac 11 or nothing killed kitted dude with it once its just hard to hold pals buddys.
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mat49: some people are good at it i would rather have spring field jk but a makorav for sure.
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luty: pretty good at point blank.
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deagle: of course its a video game so its a good weapon despite irl being utterly useless .... pretty good.
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mpx: don't like its kinda good if you love it than that's great its just kinda expensive.
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pp bizon: i love it one of my favorite guns of all time.
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mp9: eh pretty good.
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ppsh(aka the oldest knock off) got it once it would not fire full auto so idk but its probably the best on silo.
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ump: better Tomson but it dose not load itself at least you can hk slap it makes it s tier.
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mp7: idk mp9 but bigger lol.
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vector 9mm: i sell it but keep its drum for my glock or smt.
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vector 10mm: i sell it and don't keep its mag.
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p90: mag is worth a lot pretty good i guess. maybe not the best but its kinda cool.
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fin reaper: i get raperd before i can get jack so no way im going to play night lol.
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sks: good cheap powerful easy to control akm.
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akm: good but hard to use on full auto at any range sometimes for me pals great but im not good at useing it.
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m16 sucks: good at semi but bad on burst.
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aks74u: best cheap gun in the game i use it over a m4 over a akm over a ak74 over a sks it is cheap powerful controllable and overall the best. amazing irons man its one of may favorites.(also don't forget the S in the name poor S).
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l85: yea useless literally just buy a galil or m4.
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fammas: seems useless but when you actually use it its goated accurate as shit i counter sniped a fucker with it easy.
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aug: great scope if you dont have attachments its a good budget decked out gun.
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galil: better m4(to me personally) easy to use fire selector is more noticeable i prefer my scopes higher up anyway.
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m4: I only use for durms i just sell them. pretty good tho.
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scamk16: like the deagle great in games useless irl. in game its pretty good. still prefer the galil and aks74u but its better than the m4 in game.
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ak74: aks74u is better lol still great tho just a bigger krinkov.
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vss: great sniper but where my ammo go.
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g3a3: budget m1sas but very good very powerful
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sig552 commando: small m4 with no foregrip pretty good i guess.
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stoner: why? i mean taking the mag is good but any other way why would use it or buy it damn.
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tapco: budget ak109 pretty good very neat i love it its cool.
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g36k: idk m4 but cool looking.
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ak5c: really good high fire rate but low recoil ugly to me tho but some people think its smexy so good for you. (sweetish😤)
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asval: assault vss pretty good.
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m1sass: stop sniping me with it plz ):
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ak109: best gun not worth buying i just find them. found one in a box yesterday and a gpu and killed a guy with a decked out vss with a acog and a 30rounder, one thirty rounder pretty epic.
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gold sks: never found the boss lol.
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awm: found one on a bench pretty epic.
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hunter: better Springfield.
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Springfield: wow big bullet it would be great if i could hit something with it( quick rant why did they not give us the post ww2 irons like its not like they wanted the guns to be ww2 accurate the bar has a post ww2 carry handle and the Tomson is a early 1928 so why cant the Springfield have post ww2 irons what ever.
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mosin: better Springfield pretty epic tho.
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barret: cool beans i sell them easy 30 grand nice stuff.
svd: also kool beans bro not that good kinda epic. cool with a k because it can't cant kill so the k has got to be somewhere in there pals if you are good with it you are a gamer.
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post ww2 bar: better Springfield same bullet but full auto and better sights.
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Benelli: garbage dose -29 damage again if you are good with it you are a gamer.
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saiga: shreds its goated and one of the best guns in the game especially on missile silo.
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mac 11: my favorite gun in the game its fun high fire rate just a better mac 10 in every way its is so damn good, fun as shit bro. i call it the mac and cheese.
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Looking around I’m seeing $2500+ prices for (albeit very nice) variants. Are there any good reliable ones that can be had for ~$1500?

WTF Sunday
Well today I noticed my mp40 dropped down from its normal position. I was wth, so not paying attention stuck my hand into the the tank(300 gallon 8ft long) and bang stuck the tip on my thumb right into the spine of my lionfish. Wtf this thing hurt for over 6 hours of pain and throbing just from one little sting. Coyote Peterson was not kidding. I have had this lion fish almost 2 years and its probably about 5 years old as he came with the tank. He has never gone after me or tried to sting me. I think the was hungry and came over and was looking to see if i was going to feed him and my ADHD just blanked him out of thougth and view and bam. Thanks walgreens for not being able to get my medicine for over a week. So in the end i rate a 1 out of 10 do not recommend. I will keep an eye on him now.

I just triple headshot a dude (upper chest/head area) with a trench gun from 4 fucking feet away, then pulled out a klobb and mag dumped him and the dude STILL didn't die. I mean, what the fuck else am I supposed to do??? He didn't even have a good helmet on, like a level 5-6 at best. I mean, you can't possibly tell me 3 fucking shotgun headshots and a mag dump handgun from point blank range isn't enough to kill them. Other times I am using an MP40 and just shooting the shit out of them and it looks like I don't even hurt them yet they kill me in like 2 or 3 bullets.
I genuinely have no idea how to kill someone in this game because it feels like nothing I do matters while they just use anything and kill me. Yes, I know you are supposed to go for headshots, and I do, the game even tells me I am getting headshot hits/kills and yet it never fucking does anything. Why do I get killed by a light breeze yet a dude whose head would literally be removed from his body by shotgun headshots can survive as if I am not even shooting them??? Edit: just played a raider mode, got a liberator, shot a dude directly in the head when he didn't even have a helmet on and didn't kill him, the game said "accuracy 100%, headshots 1" and I didn't kill them. I mean, this is a joke dude, it has to be, wtf is this??

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3007247686
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Key Features:

1. Entirely Different Gunfight Experience
2. Combat Para Rework
3. Firearm, Caliber, Armor Rework
4. Body Part Rework
5. Weapon Component Rework
6. Optional Ammo Stack, Modification Cost, Headshot Damage
7. Localization Friendly

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# Combat Para

• Increase point blank (CQB) range from 4 to 6.
• Increase max aiming penalty of all auto-fire modes.
• Auto-fire penalty change more smoothly in line with range.
• Compensator now reduce this penalty.
• Rifle calibers cause extra auto-fire penalty.
• Burst damage to 67%, full-auto damage to 33% for balancing.
• Thermal scope no longer suffers from heavy rain.

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# Firearm

• Firearm performance is highly related to caliber.
• For example, 5.56mm leads to better accuracy, 7.62mm NATO leads to better penetration.
• Each type of firearm has their own pros and cons.
• For example, sniper rifle has high aiming bonus but high AP cost.
• Within each firearm type, weapons have different characteristic.
• For example, MP40 can be repaired very fast, MP5 has increased range and aiming bonus.
• Heavy and melee weapon remain unchanged.

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# Ammo

• Each type of ammo variety is more unique.
• AP cause less damage, HP cause more damage.
• Shock/tracer rounds lead to more debuffs.
• Match is all-round better.
• Shotgun shells have different usage scenario.
• Change max stack in mod option.

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# Armor

• All Armors are generally having lower durability and higher protection.
• Ceramic greatly increase protection.
• Weave increase durability and protection.
• When penetrated, only weave-armor can provide protection.

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# Body Part

• Increase head aiming penalty, head hits now cause unconscious.
• Increase groin damage bonus, groin hits no longer cause suppressed.
• Small twist on legs/arms damage bonus and aiming penalty, to encourage limbs hits.

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# Weapon attachment

• Lower modification difficulty in general, only barrel/stock would be hard to modify
• Change modification cost in mod option (ratio).
• All scopes increase accuracy in a way, while have more balanced aiming effect.
• A new effect "Increase Shoot AP", for 5x/10x scope.
• A new effect "No Extra Aiming AP", for thermal scope.
• Holo is no longer an "advanced" red-dot, both have different overwatch effect.
• Heavy barrel increase damage, short barrel no longer reduce reliability.
• Heavy stock increase single shot accuracy, light stock will reduce AP while still has accuracy penalty, no/folded stock suffers from higher accuracy penalty.
• Improvised suppressors reduce reliability, suppressor now has no effect on crit chance.
• Side devices have different small buff, such as higher stealth/crit chance.
• A new effect "Reduce Auto-Fire Aiming Penalty", for compensator,
• Mag, and grip remain unchanged.

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# Notes

• Great thanks to @EarthlingKira, for helping me resolve the issue.
• Thanks for the advice and testing from all the friends.
• If loaded in mid-game, you may have to re-install all weapon module to update the effect.

Fresh off work and decided to play a few games and try to get some questing done. First 3 raids I re-rolled trying to get Navy, but to no avail. 4th raid in I decide re-rolling isn’t worth the time anymore so I’ll just get a little loot and reset. 5 ft from docking at terraformer I get breached….fuckkkkkk. He starts VOIPing and asks what I’m doing and what kind of loot I have.
Me: I really need to go Navy to kill captains, but I can’t get the spawn so I’m going to the other place.(Blanked on the name) As for my kit I just have an MP40 and the lvl. 9 plate rig I crafted. Him: you mean the Terraformer? Me: YEAHHHH, that’s it. See you know things! Him: ahhh I see. You want some gear?? Me: I don’t really need it, but I’ll take it if your just giving away kits. Him: No, not mine. Let’s run terraformer and get you some loot. I’ll kill everything and you loot… sound fair? Me:you know what, I’m down.
So off we went on our terraformer adventure. Pushing towards center tower to hit locked crates for a torch, we start taking fire. Me new teammate starts giving coms in VOIP, and the people in the central tower start VOIPING back and start talking shit. After a bit of silence I realize my new friend had gone missing. Center tower VOIPs again…
Tower: We killed your buddy, just run off and leave us alone and we’ll let you live. Me: oh shit, honestly idk who tf that was😂 he breached me as I was coming in and we decided to run a raid together. Tower: oh shit for real?!?!? You some pretty trustworthy. Come into the tower I have a peace offering.
I go into the tower and they (2man) give me some warbonds and meds. We all look at each other for a second to memorize the kits so we don’t shoot each other. About 10 second later we start getting shot at by a 3 man. We all shoot back, and one of the tower team dies. Me and the remaining new friend rush where we last saw the enemy, but they(enemy)just took off to extract. Guy says I can grab anything I want off his buddies body. So I go back and grab his blowtorch to hit the vault. Ended up finding the initial breach buddies body, and getting all his lvl12 gear and china lake as well. Hit the vault and got some good loot out of the purses and proceeded to extract.
When I initially got breached there was no thought in my head the raid would end up like that. I’m going to have to start using VOIP more often. If you happen to be any of the guys I teamed with, shoot me a DM and let’s run some more. I should have checked keycards for names, but didn’t think of it at the time😔
Posted on my phone so it restructured some of this. Sorry if it’s hard to read😂

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Welcome Space Pirates, to the first content update for Marauders, The Red Baron! Get ready to face this infamous foe who will be roaming your raids in his personal Strike Frigate, a ship capable of some of the fastest manoeuvres you’ve seen to date. If you get lucky, you can board his ship and go toe to toe with him for his valuable Blast armour and weapons. Don’t forget to search the ship for any hidden loot!
If you are returning to Marauders, heads up, this Update includes a full Wipe of everyone's progress and accounts. For those of you not familiar with the term ‘Wipe’ in this context, during early access there will be times that we will need to implement new systems or gameplay features. Sometimes these new features will require us to reset everyone's progress back to a clean slate. With the new Raid Missions and Daily Market that we have added in this update, it required a wipe in order for the features to work as intended.
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Beware of The Red Baron
Before we get into the juicy details of this Update, check out this list of Known Issues that we are aware of and will be implementing fixes for as soon as we can.
WARNING: This update and wipe will cause settings to be reset to default, we apologies for the inconvenience. This includes graphic settings, sound and keybinds.
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Known problems:

Localisation may be incorrect or missing, due to content changes

• You may need to reset your graphics settings and keybindings as we have added more options.
• Disappearing items (including containers) have had our full attention and some efforts have been made to elevate the issue, but due to its obscurity and complexity, we cannot confirm if it’s fixed and may still occur.

And now, all the details of today's Update!
NEW

• Red Baron Boss (5 Loadout variations)
• Baron head and body unlockable cosmetic
• Strike Frigate (Red Barons personal Frigate)
• Increased Locations per Raid (up to 3 raid locations can now spawn in space)
• Maximum 40 player server capacity, up to 10 crews.
• 40% Increase to the Space map size.
• Raid Missions (Raids provide players up to 3 missions to complete, rewarding faction XP)
• Market Trades (Replacing daily contracts). These will refresh every 24 hours and will contain trades for potentially rare loot!
• M712 special variant, chambered in .45 acp with a 20 round capacity.
• Suppressor for the M712 pistol and the M712 special.
• L1A1 Assault Rifle. 300 Magnum. 20 round capacity.
• L1A1 Extended Mag and L1A1 Compensator
• Armour type - Blast Armour. This armour mitigates damage taken from inside a ship shot by another ship.
• Heavy pilot armour (blast armour)
• Heavy pilot helmet (blast armour)
• Pilot Armour (blast armour)
• Pilot Helmet (blast armour)
• Baron cap
• Items such as heavy PSH helmet, diamonds, bank notes and silver ring
• 5 new linear contracts (Zero To Hero)
• 35 market deals/trades now available with various dealer types.
• SAS operative body cosmetic now unlockable
• L1A1 can now be found in the k.a. strongbox
• The Red Baron and his Strike Frigate have a 20% spawn rate.

CHANGES

• Flak Vests now have blast armour value
• Pods are now targeted by A.I. Ships and Turrets.
• Zero to hero campaign now gives more pirate faction XP, enough to get the player to level 10 of the pirate faction when the missions are complete.
• Cosmetics outside the basic raider set have had their cost increased. Cosmetics that were missing their requirements now have them
• Post raid statistics, including what weapon killed you, accuracy and many more.

ART

• Strike frigate interior map
• Space Debris and Asteroid Pass
• Moving asteroids
• 16 Market Avatars added
• New Jump Gate model
• Market given its own scene in the main menu
• Some tweaking to the shop market widgets.
• Lighting and scene set up for market background.

BALANCING

• Scout ships can now be bought from the Kingdom Alliance trader.
• Sten suppressor, Uzi suppressor and Mp40 suppressor now have less complicated recipe requirements.
• Repo Man mission can now be completed by examining any forklift in (all raid locations, instead of the asteroid mine half-track bike)
• Thompson Damage increased 25>26
• Mac10 Damage increased 22>24
• MP40 Damage increased 24>25
• Heavy Thompson Damage increased 25>26
• Mp40 now has a 10% reduction in recoil
• Mp40 is now craftable.
• PPSH is no longer craftable.
• PPSH added to Trader.
• MP40 removed from trader (MP40 now considered a mid tier weapon after all changes).
• 30% increase to the amount of ammo spawning in an ammo container.
• Weapons in the trader no longer contain ammo
• Sten, Mat49 and Uzi have had around a 50% reduction in cost/value.
• Hidden stash and repo man now only require 1 second to examine to prevent confusion with multiples required.
• Commando squads now have the same spawn rate in asteroid mine as other locations.
• Sack bag craft recipe now only requires junk scrap.
• Pirate helmet requires 1 less scrap junk.
• Zero to Hero campaign now gives more pirate faction xp, enough to get the player to level 10 of the pirate faction when the missions are complete.
• L1A1 and its attachments can now be found in the K.A. strongbox
• Cosmetics outside the basic raider set have had their cost increased. Cosmetics that were missing their requirements now have them.
• Capital ship no longer has a main turret (Disabled) but has 2 floating turrets guarding it.

UI

• Market menu is now implemented into the trader window, under a new market tab.
• Appearance menu updated with new cosmetics: Red Baron head, Red Baron body and the new SAS body
• When you first spawn into a raid, your in-raid missions appear in the top right of the HUD for a short period of time.
• In-game inventory has had a rework to show the in-raid mission info breakdowns.
• End screen now shows in-raid mission results.
• End Raid menu now show Raid stats for: damage dealt, health healed, shots fired, shots hit, headshots, amount looted, breaches, ships disabled, shanks, and close calls.
• When you die the End Raid menu now shows you what weapon was used to kill you, and where the shot that killed you hit.
• New UI on items to show when armour has a blast armour value
• Changed the way you set screen resolution and windowed mode in the options menu
• New setting in the options menu for setting UI scale
• When unlocked the vault door now says "Vault Door" instead of just "Door".
• When ship is at 0 health, UI popup now says "Repair or Abandon Ship", to help let new players know that you can also repair your ship.
• Updated prestige unlock menu to say "Trader Reputation gets wiped", also added that you can use prestige points to unlock increased inventory and ship storage.
• Main menu support ticket button now takes you to Team17 official support to centralise support tickets and help us manage them.
• In-game report bug button now takes you to Team 17 support.
• New popup when you buy a ship from the shop, telling you it is available in your hangar.
• Updated the ship management menu wording to use the term sell instead of scrap.
• Removed daily contracts summary UI from main menu (to go with the system changes).
• Killing the Red Baron now shows up in the UI of your tracked stats.
• Updated the in-game exit menu image with the new warp exit gate model.
• Added a UI blocker over the "unlock" button in '"appearance" tab during matchmaking.
• Changed wording for keybinding of "jump" key to be "jump / vault"
• Crew names can no longer just be empty or blank spaces.
• Zero to Hero contracts menu is now ‘cleaner’.
• Moved faction standing menu to the trade menu and tweaked its look.

ANIMATION

• Tweaked the scale of different ships in the main menu hangar to make them feel more grand.
• Striker frigate rigged and animated.
• L1A1 weapon rigged and animated.
• Player animations for L1A1.
• Animations for the Mauser Special.
• Animated elements of the new space exit gate.
• Updated exit gate cinematic to include the new Striker Frigate.
• Tweaks to the exit gate cinematic (quicker, added a bit of randomised rotation to the ship as it leaves).
• Realigned the Mac-10 position on your character in the main menu when equipped in the secondary slot.

SOUND

• Tweaks to the vault door sound set.
• New system for playing weapon foley sounds when moving around, currently for jump land light, and jump land heavy (will be expanded upon in the future).
• New set of generic weapon foley sounds.
• New sounds when repairing armours, weapons etc.
• New ambient sounds added to metal space debris (like the rings).
• Ambient sounds added to the capital and merchant ship raid exteriors.
• Ambient sound added to the small clusters of space rocks.
• Sounds for the L1A1: shooting, handling etc.
• New items have pickup put down sounds.
• New items have scrapping sounds.
• New items have repairing sounds.
• Enhanced the exit gate sounds.
• New bullet impact sounds for hitting all material types.
• Space ambience audio is now wrapped in an ‘blueprint actor’ allowing us to do more dynamic audio per skybox in the future.
• Put in some temporary sound effects for when you reload the Jackhammer, Double barrel shotgun, Trench gun (will do a proper pass when we have done unique animations for their reloads).

OPTIMISATIONS

• Optimised space debris objects tick rate.
• Optimised ship interior components.
• Optimised tick rate for rock space clusters.
• Optimised the exit gate actors/elements.
• Deleted second settings menu that was spawned unnecessarily in the main menu.
• Ships network optimisation.

FIXES

• Various fixes for crashes.
• Various fixes for exploits.
• Various fixes for inventory.
• Fixed a bug where raid area entrances would block projectiles.
• Fixes added to prevent falling through airlock floors.
• Fixed a bug where credits aren’t removed when unlocking a recipe.
• Fixed a bug where the Webley pistol would have a shell casing drop sound after each shot (when it shouldn't).
• Fix added to stop light turrets from creating a pop when shooting on some headphones.
• Fixed a bug where the exit gate area would block projectiles.
• Fixed bug where "f" would show up when you looked at ship engines inside the ships.
• Fixed a bug where you could not get money for scrapping a ship.
• Fixed a bug where prestige points wouldn't be taken if you bought prestige cost appearance items.
• Fix for player stuck in the crouch position after exiting the port camera "periscope" in any ship.
• Fixed entrance area material light bleed from one of the Spaceport entrances.
• Fix for the solo launch to raid button being stuck greyed out if you had created a crew, started searching for a match, cancelled and then disbanded
• Fixed the jackhammer weapon camera being too close in the weapon workbench
• Fixed a bug where in main menu hangar a second turret preview mesh would be shown on a rustbucket if you went from capital ship with dual guns and then selected rustbucket
• Fix for bug where you could get softlocked in the ship management menu.
• Fixed a bug where using Esc to close the ship management menu didn't play a sound.
• Fixes to switching/setting resolution.
• Fixes to switching/setting windows mode.
• Tweak to help make it easier to shoot as the heavy frigate.
• Can no longer shoot your gun while in the in-ship drop pod using animation sequence.
• Grammar fixes for some item descriptions.
• Spelling fixes for misc item descriptions.
• Fixed a bug where the right-click options and split UI elements would appear behind containers and bags popup windows.
• Fixed the K1 compensator and the K1 wire stock reward icons stuck infinite loading on the commander control core contract.
• Spaceport exit locations have been moved to prevent players spawning inside asteroids
• Pickup art for M712 fixed.
• Fix for all players getting the ‘Pod cant Enter’ popup if a pod tries to enter a raid location.
• Fixed description error on heavy frigate ship.
• Fixed weapons menu stat for ammo amount being wrong for the MG-42 and heavy MG-42 magazine.

That was a lot to get through, thanks for sticking with us all the way through! Now it’s time to suit up, and get out there Space Pirates. There’s loot to be found, and other Marauders to kill in order to earn it.

Griffin Storehouse - November 1st, 20XX, 2:01AM
Straightening up after setting down the last supply crate, MP40 groaned as she tried to stretch and work a kink out of her back. The rest of the warehouse was fairly quiet, and her only company were the dolls on guard duty. Negev and Galil were chatting at the entrance on the far side of the storage area, but otherwise the area was devoid of activity.
Just as she was considering joining them, she saw both of them snap to attention and salute an oncoming figure. Given how Negev's stiff expression turned even stiffer, there was only a handful of people it could be. And sure enough, the Commander soon came into view, returning the sharp gestures with the casual air of an officer.
The Commander's gaze traveled across the mostly empty space and came to rest on her. MP40 saluted from across the warehouse and received the same relaxed response as the two standing guard. But to her surprise, the Command began closing the distance between them. Their target was clearly MP40 herself, and she stood at attention until they were directly in front of her.
"At ease," the Commander said once they were at a comfortable distance. "I swear, it's not just those two. You're as formal as ever."
MP40 didn't have a response to their remark, so she instead shifted the conversation and asked, "How might I be of assistance, Commander?"
"I realize you just got back from your latest logistics operation," the Commander said, "but there's another mission for you. An escort mission."
"We're always ready to deploy," MP40 replied. Internally, she bemoaned her dashed plans to meet up with Jae at Miss Springfield's cafe. But that complaint was made in the privacy of her base layer, and outwardly she said, "I'll call up P38 and FG42 immediately, and we'll be on our way--"
"That won't be necessary," the Commander interrupted. "You're the only one I'm assigning to this mission."
Confused, MP40 nonetheless said, "I understand, Commander. Who is the target, and where are we headed?"
"Well..." the Commander's voice trailed off in an uncharacteristic show of uncertainty.
They turned around, and for the first time MP40 saw that they weren't alone. Standing timidly behind the Commander, fidgeting nervously, was an unfamiliar doll. She was dressed as a maid, soaked through to her skin, and looking as though she'd like nothing more than to disappear.
"...huh?"
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Griffin Education Auditorium - November 1st, 20XX, 3:02AM
MP40 rapped on the door lightly with her hand. Despite her quiet politeness, she still heard a tiny squeak of surprise from the other side. She pushed the door open, grimacing as it creaked ever so slightly. Sitting alone in the otherwise empty expanse was the caretaker civilian doll, staring wide-eyed back at her. Only when she realized it was just MP40, her escort, did the doll finally relax.
"Sorry to scare you," she apologized, handing over one of two cups of hot coffee, a to-go order from Miss Springfield's cafe.
"No," the doll shook her head as she accepted the proffered gift. "I'm just a little nervous, that's all."
"Do you want to talk about it?" MP40 asked. "We have time before you're supposed to ship out."
"I'd rather not," the other doll gave an apologetic smile. "It's still a little too...fresh."
"That's fine," MP40 decided not to poke the clearly raw nerve.
They sat in awkward silence for a moment, but it was the doll who spoke first.
"Thank you," she said. "For the coffee. And for this."
She touched her hand to the collar of the uniform she was currently borrowing. Her own clothes were currently being laundered, so MP40 had loaned her one of her spare sets of clothing. The doll had a slighter build than MP40, so the clothes were a little big on her. MP40's neural cloud idly wondered if this was what human women felt when they had little sisters.
"It's not a problem," MP40 waved away the other doll's concern. "After all, your uniform was soaked through and covered in mud and....and..."
MP40 immediately kicked herself for trailing off like that. It was obvious what she was going to say next, which made the returning awkwardness so much more oppressive. But the other doll smiled with the good natured air of a saint.
"Covered in mud," the doll continued for her, "and ash."
"Yeah," MP40 muttered softly, barely above a whisper.
The two fell into silence once more. MP40 knew exactly who this doll was, just as the doll likely knew that she knew. The news stations were all reporting on the incident, and details and delusions were circling around Grifchan like locusts. Without a doubt, everyone with any connection to the rest of the world knew what had happened not far from where they stood, and this doll, whether she liked it or not, was in an uncomfortably bright spotlight.
Or rather, she would be, if she hadn't somehow escaped the media frenzy and found her way to this base.
A soft cracking sound broke the silence. MP40 looked at the doll sitting in the chair, trembling and trying her best to shrink in on herself, as if she was trying to disappear. The once-clean mug in her hands was dripping coffee through the newly appeared fissures in its surface.
"Why?" the doll asked. "Why did this have to happen?"
MP40 frown as she looked into her own cup. She could see her image in the surface, but it was small, blurry, and oddly nostalgic. After making up her mind, she set the coffee aside, walked over to the doll, and enveloped her in a soft embrace.
"It's all right," she whispered. "I understand."
"She was a strict mistress..." the doll whimpered.
"I understand."
"She could be distant, and mean."
"I understand."
"We didn't have much, and we had less and less every day."
"I understand."
"What am I going to do?"
MP40 didn't have an immediate answer to that. Her eyes looked past the doll's shoulder and toward the blank screen used during lessons to display learning materials or new battlefield procedures. She didn't see a reflection of herself and the sobbing caretaker. Instead, staring back at her was a single doll, formerly just a civilian model, standing in an unfamiliar place, holding a strange object that she'd never before seen outside of old pictures and movies but that she nonetheless knew intimately well, and starting a life completely unlike the one she'd had the day before.
"You'll find a way to keep going," she spoke quietly to the doll. "And I know you won't be alone."
The crying didn't stop, but it did abate little by little.
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Griffin Command Center - November 1st, 20XX, 4:03AM
Staring at the screen on their desk, the Commander made a thoughtful sound as they watched the camera-feed to the first education auditorium. The two dolls on the monitor were chatting away. Out of respect for their privacy, the Commander had turned off the microphone, so they had no idea what they were talking about. But it looked like the civilian doll had stopped crying, and she even smiled every now and again.
After staring at the screen for a minute, the Commander heard their console ping. Taking their eyes off the scene playing out over the monitor, they opened the message that had just arrived.
"Distraction successful. Move the package whenever you're ready. Thank you for your business."
The S-es in that last word had been replaced with a sarcastic amount of dollar signs, so the Commander just shut the message and sighed.
"Sudden late-night operations are the worst," they muttered at the ceiling.
Before they could drift off to sleep right in their chair, they heard a knock and a voice at the door. Given the resolute tone, it was obvious who was on the other side.
"Come in," the Commander ordered.
The door pushed open, and TAC-50 stepped inside, stone-faced and resigned.
"Our operatives in the field said the distraction was a success," they informed the T-doll standing at attention.
TAC-50 didn't relax in the slightest at this news, so the Commander went on, "We can assume that means it's safe to deliver our wayward doll to the rendezvous point. Once there, I imagine she can live a quiet life without being hounded by tabloids, especially ones that are a little too hungry for the latest gossip. Ones that don't care about journalistic integrity when their source is a doll."
Still no response, so the Commander sighed and continued their monologue, "In an unrelated matter, apparently there was a cyberattack on a medical company that sells and rents civilian caregiver dolls for private use. Not many stations are covering that story, since nothing was stolen. But the company registry was corrupted. They'll have a hard time tracking any dolls they've loaned out. They may not even know if one or two are unaccounted for. Any such doll could probably disappear without a trace and no one would even know to look."
At this news, TAC-50 finally relaxed somewhat. Inhaling deeply, she looked at the Commander and said, "Commander, I know what I did may have been wrong, but I--"
Before TAC-50 could say anything more, the Commander raised a hand to cut her off. "You took a detour after a successful mission. Let's leave it at that. Anything more and I might have to write a report, and it's too late for that."
They could see TAC-50 biting her tongue and swallowing whatever she was about to say. At length, she finally nodded in gratitude.
"Thank you, Commander," she said as she took her leave.
As she was about to shut the door, TAC-50 said, "On my way here, one of our clients told me that it may take a while, but I--they'll definitely pay you back for the operational costs from tonight. Eventually."
"I'm glad to hear it," the Commander said. "Just let them know there's no rush."
"Thank you, Commander," TAC-50 said, finally sounding like herself. "Good night."
"Good night," they said.
TAC-50 shut the door, and the Commander heard footsteps receding down the hallway. Just as they were about to close their eyes and catch what sleep they could, there was another ping from their console. They opened it, scrolled down to the bottom, and groaned.
"Kalina," they lamented aloud, "is not going to like this."

It definitely needs a buff or something. When i used it for the first time i point blanked a person in the chest (every shot had to of hit) and then he shot me once with the mp40 and instntly killed me. Since it only has one shot in the chamber i think it needs a damage buff so at least if your point blank it can one shot

The RPG-7 is a great and iconic form of rocket ordnance projecting equipment in this beautiful game, but I personally believe that there are small things that just take away the experience for me. I personally think that the ordnance should be just as much as a learning experience as the different guns in this game, like someone would learn how to realistically operate an MP40, I think they should be given the opportunity to use ordnance in its realistic manner, other than a simplified manner. I also love the realism when it comes to video game ordnance, so I will be talking about the models too.
The functionality of the RPG-7 Launcher is pretty spot on, what I am primarily looking at is the RPG-7's rocket. for those of you who dont know, the base model of the rocket seems to be based off of the PG-7VM 70mm Rocket. if im not incorrect, this rocket was created as a modified variant of the iconic PG-7V rocket. there are some inconsistencies with the ingame model and the rocket in real life. the front part of the warhead cone appears to have the grooves of the PG-7V rocket, but the PG-7VM rocket never had these. this shows inconsistensy in the modeling of the rocket's model. The sustainer motor (aka the thing that starts from the base of the big warhead to the booster) has some inconsistencies aswell.
At the top part of this sustainer motor, you have these 12 triangle looking things that are evenly spread in a radius on the sustainer motor, these are the sustainer motor nozzles themselves, they should have holes inside of them like the real deal, also, there are no RPG-7 Rockets that have 8 of these sustainer nozzles, any russian RPG-7 rocket with a sustainer motor always has 6 of these nozzles. and on the last note of the sustainer motor, the two identical bumps on the lower end of the sustainer motor is not a thing on the PG-7VM rocket irl, it only has 1 bump of this size.
quick note, the piezo electric "detonator" at the front of the rocket is not supposed to be a bronze/brass color, i believe this was added to the model because the shipping cap was confused for the detonator. the peizo detonator (VP-7M Fuse) would be an "aluminum" in color.
now onto the realism of the rocket. when you spawn the rocket ingame, the rocket comes completely assembled and ready to fired, which is great if your trying to learn babies first steps with your players. I believe the RPg-7 rockets operation should be an exact learning experience like how one would operate the m72 law in the game (ill def be making a post on that). the rocket should come in 2 sepparate pieces, the Warhead with the sustainer motor intact, and the booster, both 2 sepparate items. the Warhead with the sustainer motor should have a shipping cap when it is spawned in, this cap would be unscrewed and the booster would be fitted onto the rear of the rocket. for those of you who dont know, the booster is the part of basically every rpg-7 rocket that shoots the rocket out of the tube so you dont have a jet of fire splashing in your face when it launches.
the peizo eletric detonator VP-7M fuse comes uncapped on the ingame rocket, all players should have to take off the shipping cap of the rocket. the shipping cap is simply a cap held on with a pin, simple step to operate. Also, I know its not in the game but if it is ever thought of adding the function of slamming the rocket on a table to self detonate the rocket, dont add thaat, Idk what story Ian got for the rpg-7 dude triping with the thing and going boom but that is just innacurate on most if not all rpg-7 rockets, the only reason why I could think this happened is because an insurgent modifyed the arming mechanism to go off instanly for dangerously close range operations.
The RPG-7 rocket should not go off if i shoot it point blank at my feet, the real rocket has a setback saftey that doesnt activate until about 5-25 meters or so away from the target.
the rpg-7 rocket should not have a huge fire jet coming off of the rocket when it is fired. there should only be a small tracer element to see where the rocket is going.
minor detail, the fins on the rpg-7 should be deployed when the launcher is fired.
Although the RPG-7 is said to be "recoiless" there is definetly a small amount of recoil that should be included in h3vr.
the Rpg-7's firing sound effect should be a huge concussive blast with a small sound of a sustainer motor going off afterwards.
All I want for H3vr is for the game to have ordnance that is as realistic as possible. sorry if this "essay" is not formulated correctly as I just typed what is on my mind.
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Sources:
https://cat-uxo.com/explosive-hazards/rockets/70mm-pg-7m-rocket - PG-7M 70MM model
https://cat-uxo.com/explosive-hazards/fuzes/vp-7m-fuze fuse looks n operation
https://youtu.be/9LBW2Mle4qw -Ian's vid on the PSRL-1 for sound effects n concussive energy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8PchoZMzrE&list=PLvp0zCdAkTmRPGdinmqoqQPRpsA9fBwmJ&index=40&t=2s I dont know what he says but the video shows proof of the rocket's saftey, functionality, and at 10:43, it shows how the rocket is assembled. we dont need all the unpacking we just need the unsecrewing of shipping cap, screwing in the booster, removing pin on cap and removing cap.
hope a dev sees and reads my concern.

Is there anything that would be reducing my games ability to render muzzle flash?Just watched half a squad and myself get mowed down by a mp40 at point blank rank range at my feet, zero flash, zero for almost his entire mag. *shrug*

Hi.. is here anybody who find a way to cure blank mind? I feel like i am dead. Olny pshyisical body left here. I dont have my inner world, i dont have opinions, emotions, connection to any human being, i dont feel connected to my family, my country, my home, my friends, i dont have my autentic sense of humour, i dont have intelligence, olny my consinous who watch every f** day this blankness inside me. I dont have soul, ego, my wishes, passions, desires, needs, dreams, imagination.. just anything what is connected to inner world is not here anymore. Everyday is same day, i am stuck nowhere. I cant connect, socialize, i have anhedonia, dont want to live like this anymore. I was smart, sharp, funny, vibrant, beautiful sexy girl, people loved me.. now i feel and look dead. Olny my pshysical body is existing. Nothing deeper dont came out of me. Is there a hope or i already died? I cant cope anymore, its hell. Please somebody give me hope, what happening???

Just a random thought I was having, in almost every cod SMGs use iron sights and ARs use an optic.
BO2: M8 - Optic, MSMC - Iron Sights
Drawing a blank on Ghosts honestly
AW: BAL - Iron Sights, ASM1 - Iron Sights
BO3: M8/Man O' War - Optic, VMP - Iron Sights
IW: NV4/KBAR - Optic, ERAD - technically iron sights but it was like an optic
WW2: STG/BAFG42 - Optic, PPSH - Iron Sights
BO4: ICMaddox - Optic, Saug - Iron Sights
MW2019: M4 - Mostly iron sights, MP5 - Iron Sights
Cold War: Krig - Optic, AK74u - Iron Sights
Vanguard: Automaton - Optic, MP40 - Iron Sights
ARs: Optic - 7, Iron Sights - 2
SMGs: Optic - 1 if counting the ERAD, Iron Sights - 8
Correct me if I'm wrong/missed anything but yeah just thought it's interesting that ARs mostly use optics and SMGs mostly use iron sights

Hello.
I've come across a problem that I've never seen before. When I start a new game, everything seems to be fine until I pick up a firearm for the first time in Vault 111. The gun will shoot, you can see the casing eject, and you can reload, but it's like the gun is shooting blanks, as there are not bullet holes on the walls when I shoot there, and I can't harm enemies.
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None of my mods are stopping the game from running, and any mod that I have that deals with ammo and reloading is not the issue, as I have disabled all of those and the issue still persists. I would appreciate if someone could tell me what the issue is, because I'm losing my mind, and I really don't want to test every mod one by one.
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Thanks for any help you can give.
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First off I'll start out saying I'm a trash player and this game as slowly has been getting harder and harder for me due to the lack of time I've been willing to play (this game doesn't do anything for me anymore it's more like a god damn chore) but holy cow the amount of bugs and shit in this season is actually nuts.
That being said here is my cod tracker. https://cod.tracker.gg/warzone/profile/atvi/desist%233631576/overview
SBMM
Which starts with my first complaint.. I'm a 1.3 k/d player why the hell are all my lobbies the same k.d as me I've had one lobby under 1 k.d in the last week and like four under 1.1... over half the games I'm in I'm under average at 1.3 k.d what the fuck the sbmm is insane and I can't keep up anymore. 90 percent of my deaths are some Chad players with 3- 5 k.d beaming me from 200 m away with a Mp40 or something that shouldn't be able to beam me at that range.
Another thing which drives me absolute nuts is the amount this game prioritizes SBMM over ping. I live in North Canada so my ping is already shit (Good lobby to me is 60-70 ping) But I swear to jesus half the fucking time it throws me into some east cost sweat lobby where my ping is 100-120 it's fucking unreal why can't I just play in the nearest servers to me? I'm already fighting a uphill battle with the sbmm...
BUGS
I've never had to many issues with bugs I have a decently high end pc but man season 2 is nutty I'm getting them left and right and it's making the game almost unplayable. I get the Freeze on landing but I also get a freeze studder every time I do or receive damage which makes gun fights almost impossible for me.... Can you imagine every time you get hit by a bullet you freeze 2 or 3 times for .1 of a second? It's fucking nuts right? like what even is this shit....
My pings are all I got left to help my team in that case I guess right? Wrong because half the time they're not even working.. either massive delay or like ping the air in front of me or highlight some random plane in the background... I've never had this many issues with pings before it's a toss up if the ping is going to work or not.
Bullet reg. Oh you just blasted this guy with 25 bullets point blank from your mp40? In the kill cam 3 of them hit... That's all I need to say about that.
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PLAYERBASE
How is the player base really doing? We run into the same guys constantly even in the same sitting. And no I'm not talking about default names like funkypants and shit. If you check player counter there is always around 200k people playing cod.... But that site is a load of shit go look up sea of thieves or overwatch on that site, because I'll tell you right now there isn't 250k people playing Sea of thieves right now and there for sure isn't 1 mill people playing overwatch.... The fact that I can sit down and play 4 games and run into the same guy twice in a night blows my fucking mind... and it's not just a 1 time occurrence honestly makes me think this games playerbase is falling big time.
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CHEATERS
They're everywhere.. what else to even say about that.
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Yayaya gitgud/you're trash/just uninstall then.
In the end I really like shooters and I really want to enjoy this game it's just getting hard to do.
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I'm trying to ask a genuine question, now don't get me wrong the Akimbo Double Barrel is by far the most OP shotgun we've ever seen in warzone. The doof doof and origin had their own unquie issues, doof doof just had great range and the origin was mainly god tier floor loot that was everywhere, but beyond that basically most Pump shotguns are almost unusable with 2 tap ranges being around 6-7 meters with the best possible build. The hauer from cold war is a great example, it's been pretty much useless the entire CW era with the lucky exception if you were able to barrel stuff a guy with 2 plates. The m680 from MW has the same problem, though it has dragons breath which majorly helps with the extra burn damage but beyond that it's damn near unusable.
Now the double barrel was pretty much only good in akimbo, since the base gun takes 3 shots to kill in the max damage range, which is around 4-5 meters give or take. Now with the akimbo build taking atleast 5 shots to kill according to Elgoomtaf on YT, so that's out of the picture. The single version with the correct build can pull off a two tap if you hit headshots but that range is only about 3-4 meters which is honestly absurd because the reload would take more time than the TTK of basically any SMG, so that's basically pointless to try and make it work.
The einhorn got a well deserved nerf. I know a good majority of people didn't realize it but there was a build with this shotgun that could extend a 2 tap kill to 23 meters. Which is definitely insane and got the nerf it deserved, but they went even further beyond that. The rapid barrel got nerfed and hurts range tremendously, which sure I can understand it's a semi auto shotgun. But the base gun range can only 3 tap up to 5 meters which is barely enough for a single person even if you put range extension attachments on it, and for a gun with horrible handling and even worse reloads it makes the shotgun almost completely useless outside of a point blank 1v1. Which honestly just encourages camping with the shotgun because even if you pushed a building chances are theres gonna be more than one person in there and unless you're an absolute movement god and theyre not all the same room you're going to be fried almost every single time. So almost no valid reason to run that.
The combat shotgun got some adjustments as well , they made the damage adding barrels actually increase damage so that's a positive, but most ranges have been toned down further. Obviously there isn't a 1 tap range too full plated enemies, so with that being said the best 2 tap range you can get with chest shots is around 4m, and the 3 tap range extends to 6m and 2 tap If you can get headshots. And if you know anything about running a pump shotgun you have to break sight lines or completely catch your opponents off guard to get the 2nd shot off and pray to God you did enough damage for the down, and if you have to get a 3rd pump you're already dead. So this shotgun is just about out of the picture , it's probably still usable to some extent with the help of attachments such as incendiary or buck and slug but it's gonna be very difficult to do so. I don't quite remember what nerfs where made to the shotgun but I don't think they were major.
I don't have much to say for the gracy auto shotgun, it's probably the only viable vanguard shotgun for team modes because it's an auto shotgun and magazine attachments. Which personally I kind of find boring just because the "meta" shotguns have always been semi auto or auto shotguns. This thing does slap and is pretty easy to use for hyper aggressive players. This could possibly be the next shotgun that everyone complains about but the ranges are again not very good which is fair for the auto shotguns.
Anyways it's a shame to see most shotguns be absoulutety unusable and receive tons of hate even though they're not really all that powerful in like 95% of gun fights, but we have guns like the mp40 which is basically dominating the SMGs. Thankfully it's not by much but it is a frustrating gun to go against since basically every streamer and wanna be streamer is running it.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk

Like the title says. No I do not use the akimbo double barrels. Yes I think someone alpha striking to get a near instant kill at point blank range is fair.
I primarily use SMG/Ars with a sniper. I never felt like the R9 was op during the doof doof meta. No I did not run it, never had a problem facing people.
Here we are with Vanguard. We have the akimbo double barrels that have 103245 posts a day crying about how "OP" they are. Except in Caldera, there's tons of open ground, so pushing with two shotguns across open ground gets you deleted by a bren/stg/as44/mp40/t100/sniped.
You know where the akimbo double barrels shine? In close quarters, up to 15m, like a shotgun should feel viable. So buildings, playing terrain, outplaying with movement. Or else you just get gunned down while running.
I will say this once, and I will say it a thousand times, the most effective ranges for WZ guns should be
Shotguns: Up to 15m SMGs: 15m-30m (some slower firing up to 45m) ARs: 30m-100m Snipers: 50m - however far you can see.
As of right now the -only- viable shotguns are specifically built Einhorn revolving/combat/akimbo double barrel.
And they are balanced due to:
Einhorn: Slow to reload, limited to 5 shots, not usable out of solos/duos.
Combat: Slow firing, can get pincered quick, not viable outside of solos/duos
Akimbo: Can """""one tap"""" with an alpha strike, stuck with unable to finish the down without either switching guns/knife/reloading. Outside of solos/duos, expect to be punished if out of position or pushed too hard.
See how they have a major con? Like, unable to fight against a whole team just by yourself (unless they just run at you slowly one at a time, then they deserve to be wiped) its not like the OTS9/EM2 meta we just left where you could literally gun down an entire team without even reloading, and you didn't have to empty your mag for ONE down.
Seriously in the last 70 games I played, I've only seen one other person using the akimbo shotties, and guess what happened? I gunned him down as he tried to push.
Tl;dr - stop crying about the akimbo shotties. If all you play is rebirth island, then git gud or touch some grass, Caldera has plenty of it.