erutan
commented
4 years ago This pistol work well balanced against the german P7, but both are better than the NATO pistol in every way, which makes it entirely redundant.
Could:
- drop the damage on both to 25/28 (smaller caliber, but might hit balancing issues with armor etc)
- drop the range to 8 like the shotgun, they do have shorter barrels (currently trying this out)
- drop the accuracy (range seems cleaner)
Could drop TUs a little more to compensate if necessary.
Casaubon's ideas about balancing the soviet pistol (and coming German P7):
"My thoughts on pistols: The makarov should be the least accurate pistol of the 3. It was critized for it. Also it seems to be the smallest, shortest & lightest pistol. Probably in Xenonauts should be used as secondary weapon for snipers, or rocket guys who need somehting really light to carry next to their heavy other equip? The german p7 should maybe have the best TU cost ratio. The semi automatic fire of the p7 seems to be extremely reliable... Having a little difficulties with the vanilla pistol with a mag of 15 rounds. What could that be? I´d suggest Smith & Wesson Model 59 which had 14 shots and was intended vor Navy Seal Commandos. It could be the heavy pistol of the 3, good for shield guys for example."
Me: For Makarov pistol I would suggest to additionally increase its reaction fire modifier from 1.5 to 1.6 because of it being the lightest one.