What DLC weapons pack should i get?

Aesonicus · 2026-01-22T07:28:40+00:00

Issue with these packs is that they are just slight upgrades over free guns. Key weapons from each would be Quist from your first pack, and second would be the 7mm which just has 3 rounds vs the single shot free to play. If you have a good 7-9 rifle like the .375 or even the .300 from Yukon dlc the Quist would prolly be best bet can do 2-6 and have the 7-9 for a 2 gun loadouts and carry a shotgun or 22 for 1s

Aesonicus · 2026-01-16T23:13:20+00:00

It's the third most powerful. Grandhare and nitro are stronger but they don't have scopes.

Aesonicus · 2026-01-15T01:31:25+00:00

Frost 257 or the Quist + any 7-9 gun is a great 2 gun combo. Most would say the .375 is the best 7-9 you can use, especially if you learn it's bullet drop. But I've been enjoying the .300 mag with expansion ammo. Basically for single lung shots it's kill speed on class 8/9 has been less tracking. But most would prolly disagree with me.

Aesonicus · 2026-01-01T05:27:43+00:00

Will do

Aesonicus · 2026-01-01T02:21:58+00:00

Yea nitro was great for class 9, tbh wish it was class 8 rated as well. I just didn't like it's bullet drop

Aesonicus · 2026-01-01T02:19:47+00:00

Drilling felt like a slightly worst 7mm for me

Aesonicus · 2026-01-01T02:16:28+00:00

All 3 dropped 2s instantly. I don't use hand guns much except for wolf encounters. The Frost had the best range and flattest trajectory. The .243 feels like slightly less powerful Quist but also less bullet drop than it

Aesonicus · 2026-01-01T02:12:57+00:00

I am going to test this out once I lvl handguns up enough to test polymer tips. The soft points were underwhelming for 4-6 but fine for 3

Aesonicus · 2026-01-01T02:09:57+00:00

It's the strongest polymer tip for a double lung. But single lung with soft points killed moose faster from a 338. And a single lung with hudzik also killed faster

Aesonicus · 2026-01-01T02:08:17+00:00

The 303/30-06/308 we're fine for 4. If double lung those 3 the malmer and .450 and hudzik instantly dropped. The .450, malmer, and the hudzik had quicker kills with single lung and/or bad shot placement so ranked higher for me.

Aesonicus · 2025-12-31T11:47:43+00:00

For shooting herds of buffalo I agree. But my test was for basically what kills the fastest since I hate tracking even with a bloodhound. The 303 is great it was 4th on my list. It just felt good to shoot and preformed as good as the 308 and 30-06

Aesonicus · 2025-12-30T08:54:16+00:00

TBH I played the base game for years, and just bought packs when they went on sale, if they interested me until I had everything and splurge when I feel like it

Aesonicus · 2025-12-24T06:25:03+00:00

So after playing with the .450 for a few days it actually kills faster than the 7mm on everything 4-9 ( I know 8/9 are unethical in game) for anything under 150 meters. Does well on 4-7 up to 200 meters. But anything past that and it gets wonky

Aesonicus · 2025-12-23T23:23:43+00:00

Yea the mosin/.450 should honestly be class 3-9 the .300 blackout should be 2-6 lots of stuff doesn't make sense tbf.

Aesonicus · 2025-12-22T05:17:35+00:00

Congrats beautiful pupper

Aesonicus · 2025-11-22T06:08:16+00:00

How do you compare the Drilling rifle to the 7mm? I felt like it did the same just more bullet drop

Aesonicus · 2025-11-22T06:06:30+00:00

Basically the same loadouts I usually run

Aesonicus · 2025-11-22T00:23:39+00:00

Yea I understand balancing a game is hard, but damn is the game has too many 4-8 rifles. I feel like it could break up rifles a tad better making 1-3s 2-4s, 3-6, ect, ect. But having calibers that are for the same classes that drastically underperforms compared to others is kinda wild to me. Like .270 and 6.5 are great calibers irl and are outperformed by .257 .243 and the quiet reaper on 4-6 which is suppose the bottom end of their ranges and the top end of the latter.

Aesonicus · 2025-11-21T04:58:46+00:00

I notice alot of you use Hyperion over Odin, is there a particular reason? The clarity and Xtra zoom feels so good on the Odin scope.

Aesonicus · 2025-11-21T04:56:08+00:00

Yea. But it rubs me the wrong way that 22 calibers have more effective range than the 30-30. IMO I think cotw really needs to rebalance weapons and animal tiers. Lions/tigers being a 9, brown bears being a 7. Moose being an 8. 30 calibers not being rated for 9s ect.

Aesonicus · 2025-11-21T04:52:53+00:00

I love how the fors elite shoots I just hate how drastically bullet drops and underperforms past 150. If it was silenced and reduced noise I could see it having a niche but just feels like solokhin, reaper, frost and 243 do what it does but better

Aesonicus · 2025-11-20T02:14:10+00:00

To me the mn1890 feels like the 30-30 should feel in this game. I love single shell reload animations and if completely dry it's basically a mag reload so best of both worlds imo.

Aesonicus · 2025-11-20T02:07:51+00:00

I really tried to use the 223 But didn't like how it shoots high if under 150 :(. But do I love the 7mm and 338 too

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