PC The role of the blunderbuss

I see a sad consensus here. I hope the devs see this thread and blow some life into the blunderbuss.
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Er... did you watch my video ? when you take into account the low cost of ammunition, it becomes an interesting weapon ... maybe :)

 
Er... did you watch my video ? when you take into account the low cost of ammunition, it becomes an interesting weapon ... maybe :)
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With mods anything is possible. I want change signed by the devs.

 
With mods anything is possible. I want change signed by the devs.
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Those are gun's mods (found in game). Not game's mods. But of course, your first post stays correct : blunderbuss needs some love at the beginning of the game. But as you can see, with perks and DPS augmented by mods, it's a nice gun.

Edit : the gun's mods are visible here :

 
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Those are gun's mods (found in game). Not game's mods. But of course, your first post stays correct : blunderbuss needs some love at the beginning of the game. But as you can see, with perks and DPS augmented by mods, it's a nice gun.
Edit : the gun's mods are visible here :

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Sorry, YT videos don't open here at work. I thought you had modded the weapon.

 
Blunderbuss is pointless guns drop like candy. Another thing that seems on the way out is plant fiber I see no need for it under the current version. You could remove it and it wouldn't be missed.

 
I plant fiber as a milestone. Once I feel comfortable not having some in my inventory, I know I'm done with stone tools lol.

 
Those are gun's mods (found in game). Not game's mods. But of course, your first post stays correct : blunderbuss needs some love at the beginning of the game. But as you can see, with perks and DPS augmented by mods, it's a nice gun.
Edit : the gun's mods are visible here :

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You're level 185 with T6 gear and probably a perfect mod set-up. Nevermind the perks that being 185 afford you into Perception. This is hardly a valid test of the power of the blunderbuss considering where it is supposed to fall in progression... which is between bows and shotguns. Good luck having any mods in that level range. Best case you might have 1 maybe 2 mod slots. Not 6.

 
blunderbuss mods:

Cripple 'Em

Laser Sight

Reflex Sight

Retracting Stock

The Hunter/Rad Remover

Also a Bandolier on chest armor

For Perk:10 Perception, 5 headshot, 5 shotgun, 5 run and gun.

While not very practical, with all the above mods/perks, it is still a pretty fun firearm to use. The faster reload really helps. If you main shotgun and hence have the shotgun perks already it is not much of a cost to switch to the blunderbuss for some badass MP fun. Just imagine you and your friends are looting a POI, and suddenly someone bring out a blunderbuss sweeping through the building like a boss.

 
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You're level 185 with T6 gear and probably a perfect mod set-up. Nevermind the perks that being 185 afford you into Perception. This is hardly a valid test of the power of the blunderbuss considering where it is supposed to fall in progression... which is between bows and shotguns. Good luck having any mods in that level range. Best case you might have 1 maybe 2 mod slots. Not 6.
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Exactly what I said, but thanks to confirm.

 
i never bothered with that thing. i usually find a shotgun in my first 10 hours... shotgun shells are not hard to come by....

 
Those are gun's mods (found in game). Not game's mods. But of course, your first post stays correct : blunderbuss needs some love at the beginning of the game. But as you can see, with perks and DPS augmented by mods, it's a nice gun.
Edit : the gun's mods are visible here :

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I'm going to have to give that a try when I locate some more gun mods. The low ammo cost is tempting. It looks like the blunderbuss doesn't stun the zombies anymore...

 
Not that you are wrong but doesn't that negate the point of the blunderbuss? I'm assuming it's meant to be an early game weapon before you find a real gun so I'd think you'd not have the perk points to "pimp it out" so to speak.
I never use it either lol.
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I find it pretty pointless but if you power level your first few levels in the wild it could be viable, the bow is just far better.

I dont know why the blunderbuss even exists unless you use it to wake up zeds in a PoI very early.

You find guns very quickly, prior to having gun parts which made finding a gun more difficult, now that guns are everywhere its an obsolete weapon.

 
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All they need to do really is just fix that auto-reload.
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Yes, please give us an option to disable auto reload. i have had many close calls or died because of auto reload mechanic.

Let mr choose when to reload, thanks game.

 
Nothing much to add to the thread other then another voice to the, 'Blunderbuss is useless.' crowd.

While I have tried making one in every build form A14 forward; it's never actually been useful.

Either standing on it's own as a weapon; or by the time I could complete one and supply it with ammo, as I'd just have access to a better weapon.

It has no niche.

 
Okay so turns out modding in a 30 round cartridge and a x10 reload speed makes it a fun weapon.

Hehe....

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The blunderbuss used to be a really good bear gun, back when it came packed with a snare effect next to other shotguns. The ammo was cheap, the slow/stun effect was enough to keep bears out of reach, and the damage was worthwhile because it's hard to miss a bear.

Nowadays, with the perception/perk scaling and the removal of the slowdown/stun effect, it's trash. Complete trash. It's not worth the gunpowder spent on it.

 
The blunderbiuss is like in RL: i am Sportshoooter with legal 9mm, 8*57 IS, .22 and .45 acp.

This is nice, make fun but i also have a perkussion pistol ...

I would not use it if a home invasion is in action, i would not use it for competiotion events - but i shoot it sometimes for fun - 2 times in xear.... not for competition- only for fun...

the blunderbuss is the same: its quite useless: you find ammu in cars and before 1 hordenigt you found a gun...

A bow, rifle, pistol is way better than the blunderbiuss...

In my eyes, the bluinderbuss is only a joke, a gimmick . like in RL life. Yes you can have fun with it, but you only shoot it when you like to have fun ....

 
Possible blunderbuss fixes:

1. Give it a good stun effect.

2. Let us use small stones in place of pellets for ammo.

3. Replace it with a net launcher.

 
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