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They didn't just boost the damage 10%.
They reduced the damage penalty from -20% to -10%; effectively giving 10 points of damage for each 80 that were previously there. I know 2.5% isn't huge, but the overall effect of raising any weapon's damage 12.5% is nothing to laugh at.
Maths:
Let's say the scattergun damage is 100.
That means the FAN damage used to be 80 (at -20%)
Now, they didn't buff the damage 10%. Because 10% of 80 is 8, and if they made the damage 88, it would say "-12% damage"
They buffed the damage to 90 (-10%). 90 - 80 = 10, and 10 is 1/8 or 12.5% of 80.
Therefore, the damage buff is 12.5%. This is why the FaN seems much more powerful now. It's actually a viable weapon.
The FAN also has 20% more bullets than the scattergun.
Before, it was 80% damage of 120% the bullets, or 96% the scattergun damage point-blank.
Now it's 90% of 120%, or 108%. So yeah, 12% difference, and it does more per shot than the scattergun now.
However, because it's the FaN, you'll blow people away with it. So unless you ram them into a corner, you won't get all the shots in. But it's still much, much more powerful than it was.
Discuss.
EDIT: Also, crits are now 175 point blank. They were about 140 before.
They reduced the damage penalty from -20% to -10%; effectively giving 10 points of damage for each 80 that were previously there. I know 2.5% isn't huge, but the overall effect of raising any weapon's damage 12.5% is nothing to laugh at.
Maths:
Let's say the scattergun damage is 100.
That means the FAN damage used to be 80 (at -20%)
Now, they didn't buff the damage 10%. Because 10% of 80 is 8, and if they made the damage 88, it would say "-12% damage"
They buffed the damage to 90 (-10%). 90 - 80 = 10, and 10 is 1/8 or 12.5% of 80.
Therefore, the damage buff is 12.5%. This is why the FaN seems much more powerful now. It's actually a viable weapon.
The FAN also has 20% more bullets than the scattergun.
Before, it was 80% damage of 120% the bullets, or 96% the scattergun damage point-blank.
Now it's 90% of 120%, or 108%. So yeah, 12% difference, and it does more per shot than the scattergun now.
However, because it's the FaN, you'll blow people away with it. So unless you ram them into a corner, you won't get all the shots in. But it's still much, much more powerful than it was.
Discuss.
EDIT: Also, crits are now 175 point blank. They were about 140 before.
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