News: Bolt Driver

[BigBossMonkey]

Originally Posted by Aurmanite

Who cares about objectives?

Imma kill everything that moves.

Jokes on you, I'm a TR MAX. I don't move.

[Ceska]

if you look at this screenshot, you will see that the "bolt driver" really looks like a standard NC assault rifle with a longer barrel and a recoil assist.
I guess that every rifle can be customized to achieve a specific role (assaut rifle, light machine gun, designated marksman, sniper...). They did the same with the cycler, they just showed the LMG and assault rifle variant with it, but a sniper variant is certainly possible.

[Graywolves]

Like with the earlier empire overview videos, these weapon weeks are starting to fill me with a sense of incompleteness as they show A, X, Z, T for one faction then A, V, Y, R for another.

[Aurmanite]

Originally Posted by BigBossMonkey

Jokes on you, I'm a TR MAX. I don't move.

Quality humor BBM, quality.

[GTGD]

Why name it the bolt driver when it clearly has a magazine and isn't a bolt-action sniper?

[Aurmanite]

Originally Posted by GTGD

Why name it the bolt driver when it clearly has a magazine and isn't a bolt-action sniper?

Perhaps it drives bolts.

[Boogster]

I don't get it. Why haven't they shown the TR sniper rifle?

[Ailos]

TR have the ARV and the NC have a sniper rifle-like variant of the Gauss called the "Bolt Driver". I'm sure this isn't the only sniper rifle in the game, just the ES NC adaptation that goes along with the empire idea. If you think about it, NC's firearm strategy is: high damage, high accuracy, very low fire rate. In practical terms, that means a sniper rifle.

I'm also quite certain there will be a common pool "proper" sniper rifle, much like the original bolt driver.

[RadarX]

Just to avoid confusion, this is a common pool weapon. It's prized by NC snipers because they prize their sniper rifles. Wouldn't you?

[Vancha]

My decision to stick with NC this time round suddenly feels vindicated. It'll be good to get my hands on a bolt driver again, even if it is in name only.

Originally Posted by Boogster

I don't get it. Why haven't they shown the TR sniper rifle?

The same reason they won't show the NC LMG this week.

Edit:

Originally Posted by RadarX

Just to avoid confusion, this is a common pool weapon. It's prized by NC snipers because they prize their sniper rifles. Wouldn't you?

And just like that, my smugness evaporates (I was going to laud this over the heads of a few TR friends).

So does the same apply to the LMG we saw last week? There'll be the Cycler ARV, Gauss ARV and Pulsar ARV?

[Magpie]

Wait is this for heavy assault Or can softies use it?

[Revanant]

If this is a common pool weapon, why is it being shown during NC week? And why does it look so much like a Gauss rifle variant?

[Vancha]

Originally Posted by Revanant

If this is a common pool weapon, why is it being shown during NC week? And why does it look so much like a Gauss rifle variant?

That's a point. I quite liked the styling of the Nanite Systems pistol we saw. I'd have thought common pool weapons would follow that theme...

[Bags]

Originally Posted by RadarX

Just to avoid confusion, this is a common pool weapon. It's prized by NC snipers because they prize their sniper rifles. Wouldn't you?

If it's common pool, why show it during NC week, and why does it look so much like the gauss rifle?

[Firefly]

Originally Posted by RadarX

Just to avoid confusion, this is a common pool weapon. It's prized by NC snipers because they prize their sniper rifles. Wouldn't you?

Thanks for the clarification.