Yeah, going onto a normal server and then killing mostly everything with one 9mm after everyone else died is hilarious.
Of course you need a little more power for the Scrakes and Fleshpounds. Unless you exploit some map features, such as doors.
I personally love the crossbow the most though, since it has a bunch of specialties.
--One can fell a line of weak enemies (clots, crawlers, and stalkers) with a crouched shot parallel to the ground.
--One can shoot a single weak enemy that's in the way at point blank range in the foot and walk over their corpse to retrieve the bolt. (thus losing no ammo)
--One can stun Husks with a body shot, temporarily preventing sautéing. Also stuns Gorefasts.
--One can take advantage of the %600 headshot damage and instantly kill a Scrake or even Fleshpound (depending on difficulty/SS level) with a headshot.
--Ammo boxes help a lot, giving 8 bolts, which would cost $120 at the store. Xbow-men get the most out of them, so hog them, and in return, toss the team some dosh to help them pay for their cheaper ammo.
--Or one can sell a crossbow and buy a new one to fully refill ammo for only $100, instead of up to $600. (best if you have < 33 bolts) (Kind of an exploit.)
You can combine those techniques to some extent too.
--Crouch, shoot through some clots at an upward angle into the head of a Scrake.
--Shoot through some enemies into a Husk that you can't immediately take care of.
--Kill several weak enemies using penetration with downward shots and recover the bolts.
--Shoot through 3 Gorefasts, reload as they're stunned, shoot through them again.
--Jump and shoot downward to headshot something > gorefast for an instant kill and recover the bolt.
It's probably even possible to kill two Fleshpounds and two Scrakes in perfectly aligned shot, and then recover the bolt. That would definitely require favorable circumstances, though.
Does anyone else remember decapitating fleshpounds with only a knife and good timing? It was really overpowered, but it felt awesome, walking up to this 8 foot tall beast everyone fears, slashing him in the face, and walking away to let him fumble around and eventually figure out he needed that head to survive.
If we ever do actually organize and play together, I don't think we need to worry too much about balancing out the perks to the squad members. In my experience, for a fully functional team, you need a Medic (one who actually heals a fair amount) and a Sharpshooter. (or another Medic with an Xbow. He alone can't fill both roles in later waves.) The other four can be whatever they want or are best at. The team won't have every advantage, but it will have the two most important, and the same amount of total advantages. Door welding and stalker exposition are handy, but not entirely essential and absolutely necessary.
Although, keep in mind, with firebug, everyone loses. You have to put up with kill stealing, and everyone else has to put up with fire, fire everywhere.
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