Dexx's Revolver Topic

Is broken so I'm sure he's gonna come back looking for answers and be like "wtf " so let's do it here.

If you're in short-med, where you should use it most, as long as you aim dead center there's very tiny chance it will miss. The best range is close but not close enough where a Scout would get you in 2 shots. So play Scout to see where that is.

But never be afraid of popping a few rounds across Badlands at a soldier calling for a medic, it might hit and the revolver is fairly powerful.

Ammo management is also key, with only six bullets firing off 5 randomly will likely get you killed. A little paitence helps often.

Heh thnx GMan, I noticed it was broken but couldnt figure out why :S

I was getting annoyed in games where I'd be just out of Sentry Gun range and shooting at the Sentry and only 2-3 bullets would hit it, so I'd have to reload 1 - 2 times to actually kill the thing (making me pretty much a sitting duck)

Everyone says how accurate the revolver is, but I find it to be random within the general area it shoots. I dont think shots ever hit all the time from a decent distance away (basically far enough away to keep Engy/Scout shotguns from being insta-kills)


Tho when you do land the random crit from across the map it feels like a mini-sniper for sure.

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Quite true. I actually harass snipers from across the map all the time if I'm not doing anything else; often enough it'll crit and either A) bring them down or B) at least make them think twice about popping their head out again. The revolver has amazing accuracy once you get used to aiming it; I personally think it's the best non exploding weapon in the game.

I disagree with the ammo mgmt statement...the revolver reloads crazy fast, and if you empty an entire clip and don't kill something you're doing it wrong .

The Revolver actually has craptastic accuracy: the pistol has better accuracy. At short and medium ranges, it does fairly well, but at long ranges it can't hit anything.

It does, however, have its uses. While it may only hit the target 40 percent of the time, it does quite a bit of damage when it does.

Craptastic accuracy?!

Fire it at a barrel or something across the bridge on 2fort and usually about 4 out of 6 shots will hit.
It's a bit clunky though and hard to aim, but once you get used to it it's a deadly weapon, especially on crit servers. I'd say half my kills are revolver kills when I'm backpedalling away.
Stab a few, shoot the rest.

4/6 is bad. Maybe it's me just coming from the counter-strike background, but to me it's crap.

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4 out of 6? I usually get 3 at that range on a GOOD day.

And when you have a small target (ie, teleporter) it hits about twice per every 6, sometimes worse.

i'd agree with stabby. the aim is crap.

but its better than nothing, and u can kill sentries from behind dispensers with it. so IMO its decent enough.

"Decent" is a major understatement. Get good enough with the revolver, and your knife practically turns into a secondary weapon.