@range, if i would have to chose on TC between lsw with stats like in first post and sniper rifle i would still prefer sniper rifle because range on TC for sniper is much more important then +5 wpn damage which is nearly nothing since snipers are mostly about crit effects and range.. so im not making this suggestion for myself or complaining about anything
45 range is no longer "long range aiming weapon" because even RL can shoot at 45 range, sniping weapons does really require 47+ range and believe me, in big RT open field battles 47 and 50 is huge difference for snipers, if it wouldnt be like that then everyone would use lasers instead of sniper rifles since lasers do more damage
so in my opinion, with less range then 46-47 it would be still useless
@TB, i do play TB sometimes and i didnt seen anyone using LSW single shot except when he didnt had enough AP to burst or to keep bluesuits at -hp.. "lsw single shot is good in tb" is not a real argument, tell me whats good about lsw in single shot ? because its single shot isnt really good at absolutely anything compared to for example.. sniper rifle, less range, same damage, same ap cost, more ST req etc..
ofc you can also burst with it but isnt it better to just take LSW for bursting + some better single shot weapon to other hand ? you can switch between them without ap in TB
anyways.. balance was never focused around TB which is broken
there was already some BG sniper rifle suggestions, there is Bozar and LSW stats shows already that its already some kind of BG long range single shot weapon, 45 range and long range weapon perk, it just needs some adjustments and love
For me its too much.
Make then M60 single shot on 50 hexes and gatling with single shot on 52 hexes and so on. Leave long range for long range weapons not burst weapons.
gatling or m60 with single shot ? are you serious ?