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Edited by Pappy: 10/29/2015 4:18:33 PM
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The First Curse Needs to be Better

For anyone who has done the quest for The First Curse, good on you! It is not extremely easy, and takes multiple steps to get through. Plus, you end up having to beat a bunch of sweaties with their matadors and messengers in Crucible with some crappy test weapon with a 1+ second TTK. You earned it. Now that you have your First Curse, I know that there is a bit of disappointment gnawing at you. It's slower firing, AND takes more shots than Hawkmoon, AND it has lower range AND lower stability AND a slower reload and why did you do this again? Because you should be getting a rampantly bad-ass head-shotting Cruci-baby killing monster machine, right??? So, I propose a small change to the perks on this gun. There are two possibilities, really, that follow the supposed "intent" of the gun. 1. Add luck in the chamber (and final round if you're feeling frisky) to make the gun a periodic 2-headshot kill (TTK- .50 SEC). Many people had this roll on Ill Will or Timurs Lash during year one. It made the guns fun, rewarded a skilled hand getting consistent headshots, and was absolutely not overpowered (not one nerf request for either gun, even though they have significantly better base stats than The First Curse). OR 2. Add additional bonus damage to precision hits to make this gun a consistent 2-headshot kill (TTK- .50 SEC) without rewarding sloppy body shots. What do you think? Edit- changed tags Edit- it blows my mind that no one seems to care about this gun Edit- added "OR" to make it even more clear that not all of these changes should be implemented Edit- For those concerned about the Thorn comparison, I would like to note the TTK difference. Two shots for Thorn, ~.36 seconds, Two shots for First Curse, ~.50 seconds. Also, the poison. The ill will and Timurs Lash roll I referred to above was basically a guaranteed two-headshot kill, but the slow rate of fire and high penalty for missing balanced it out. Another idea I have seen elsewhere is to activate the First Curse perk on precision hits rather than kills, and add a small stackable damage bonus per precision hit. That would reward precision with a 2-headshot kill, punish body shots, and also make it more viable in PvP for overall damage. I think this idea is much more unique and interesting than the others.

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  • No. No more 2 shot headshot handcannons. This would make it infinitely better than hawkmoon, at least the crit multiplier. And luck in the chamber whould just make it worse hawkmoon. In my mind, the gun is just a failed concept that should be left in the dust, like dragons breath. Id vote for a damage bonus while the first curse perk is active, so its only a two shot headshot after the first headshot kill.

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