Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35208486-20181209204146

I am a bit of a history buff, many of ya'll might not know that. When I read that the Luger was announced for R2DA, I practically flipped out. Among other notable choices, the Luger is perhaps one of my favorite guns ever. Would I ever own one for myself? No, because I have my views on owning guns. Would I want to fire one? If given the chance, yes.

Currently the Luger is sitting at Rank Thirty Five with a 35,000$ price tag. Its got a decent two-hit-kill damage output on standard zombies, and has the range and accuracy of a slightly nerfed Dragunov minus the attachments. Where it falls however, is the low ammo count of only 16 bullets and lack of attachments. The Peacemaker has basically three times that ammo amount, but even then the Luger has some promising stats over the Peacemaker! Most Rank Thirty Five players will likely purchase the SCAR-H or the Peacemaker over the Luger, and even then some people prefer other secondaries like the Katana, Baseball Bat or the Mini Uzis. The Luger is left in the dust, very much like the museum originals that survive today. I think the Luger deserves some much needed attention, because there are people out there who still prefer this weapon over many others.

These are my ideas to improve the Luger so that more people will actually have good reasoning to pick it as opposed to the Peacemaker.

AMMO BUFF

Currently the Luger carries 16 bullets. 8 bullets in two magazines without any armor attachments. Only 16 bullets before you have to reload. 16 bullets isn't exactly a lot for a high-ranking weapon that costs 35,000$. How can this be fixed? Simple, add more reserve magazines. I would suggest to buff the Luger's Magazine Reserve from 8/1 to 8/6. Seven Magazines total (including one in the chamber), counting 56 bullets total to help it be more on par with the Peacemaker's 60 bullets. Having more magazines to fire before reloading from an ammo station allows players to keep using the Luger, and utilize the very strong damage output that will down most zombies in roughly two-three bullets.

ATTACHMENTS

The Luger does not carry any attachments compared to the other two weapons of its Rank requirement. The Peacekeeper has two animation attachments, while the SCAR-H has basically an arsenal at your disposal. Whats the Luger got? Absolutely nothing. I think the Luger deserves one good attachment, and this idea is basically one that I think could really work.



Trommel Magazine Attachment

Ammo Change: 8/1 (or 8/6 if added) - 32/1

Range: 245 - 180

Accuracy: 170 - 150

Reload Time: ~1.8s - ~2.5s 

Price: 10,000$

The Trommel Magazine (or the Snail Drum) is basically a magazine addition to the Luger, very much like the Drum Mag. It adds 32 bullets, using the real magazine capacity, to the Luger and you carry one extra mag in reserve, totaling up to 64 bullets. This basically turns your sidearm into a carbine weapon, eliminating the need to reload after spending your 8 bullets.

So...thats my proposal for the Luger. Its got a lot of potential, yet nobody ever uses it. What do you think guys? What idea would you propose to buff the Luger?

-TheSopwithCamel 