I gotta say, the krag is my favorite rifle in the game, yeah it does less damage but the fire rate more than makes up for that, and you get all the benefits of long ammo pen and damage drop off, the only thing holding this back is the low ammo count
Honestly I still like the one shot potential of my hand crossbow so I run it with krag and ammo box so I don’t break the bank, usually there’s a lot of ammo around and I kill my target with less ammo, the stronger the weapon. I hate the only weapon reliably accurate we’re close-mid two tappers, like precisions. I like high velocity without damage drop off. Long ammo had too few bullets or were too expensive and sweaty
the problem with "cost as downside" balance is that cost is a non-issue for experienced players, so cost only actually affects new players still learning the game, which makes it more difficult for them to learn the game because they're outgunned.
Fact that Homereel isn't a Crytek partner yet is astounding to me. His videos are clean and well edited. He's well spoken, thoughtful, entertaining and easy to understand. All the qualities you would think a major game company would want in a content creator to represent their game. But then you look at their lineup of partners anndd... *cough* ArchieTV *cough* ...
Archie, JamesDelaney, Gunsmakk and some others I forgot. All of them manchildren with an ill temper and a god complex. Horrible representatives for a game but here we are.
They probably don't want analytical YTubers. They want your typical, "Edited Thumbnail + Clickbait titles" for easy views. Homereel is for us superior humans with class, patience, and understanding. Take it with pride.
A partner usually means he’d have to agree to conditions of Crytek. So if he was offered but has to follow certain stipulations that could harm the integrity of his person or channel, he might of not accepted. Also Crytek may already have way too many partners as is and not willing to sponsor any new entries. Thinking about this, is it surprising? Not at all.
thing is, the martini ironsie is *chefs kiss* awesome. it has the same problems, slow reload+ few extra rounds, and its shots are slower but that is not a problem or me, I am not snipeing with irons. it is cheaper and hits hard. for me there is no competition. the animation of topping up the box is top notch too! haha
True, and you can have a secondary that can actually help you at close range. Unless your cool as a cucumber, a sparks pistol, or Uppercut aren't great at close ranges. Ironside is a really good "Hunter first hunt) gun. Its cheap, good, and performs the same regardless of perks. I think the krag was supposed to fill this gap as well, but the double long ammo requirement is not that versatile of a loadout, nor is it really all that cheap. That being said, the krag is nice to shoot with the few times I picked one up, unless until you run out of ammo anyway.
Biggest issue for me with the Martini Ironside is the giant box magazine. I think the gun is fun, but you can basically hide 3 teams behind that thing it just becomes painful to use whenever someone peeks on your left side
@@utes5532 maybe, you got to get used to it. if you play a few ww2 realistic shooter you get used to tunnelvision peepsights and this is a breeze compared to a garand sight for example.
I feel the Krag is sort of an all-rounder. It's long ammo so it has the headshot and two-tapping potential over long distances, while its high rate of fire make it decent in close quarters.
I don't comment often just because I rarely have much to say, but did want to shoot you a happy new year Home, all of these gun review vids and content in general (even on other games like foxhole even if I don't really plan to play them) are a consistent joy in my days.
My issue with the Krag is that at that price, I could just spend 20$ more, get a lebel and in the process : Have more ammo Have more ammo in the magazine (10 Vs 5+1) more damage 132 Vs 124 (meaning I can kill a hunter missing a chunk) More range (but not enough to see a difference) More handling (2%) More muzzle velocity (not enough to make a difference.) I only lose around 10rpm, it might matter in a fight, but not that much. And a faster reload (6 seconds faster, though the 4 bullet extra sort of make it up for it?) The only advantage really is that the KRag doesn't need bullet grubber, but I rarely grab BG when using a lebel: I'll just tap the reload to slip a bullet after firing one, I rarely need to reload before my magazine's empty? I feel like this gun would fit better at 250$ +/-. There's a lot of space in between the berthier and the martin-henry, while the top of the long ammo pool is very tight. Hell, I usually go lebel, rather than berthier because the berthier already doesn't justify its price range
Sparks pistol for ammo feels fair but least so with the Krag. That fire rate is just so competitive at any range. Not saying I want it gone. You pay for quality in an economy game. But this pair is strong.
I've been saying the Spistol needs an ammo pool reduction since it came out. It's made long ammo economy far too affordable, especially for the sniper folks who don't ever use their secondary anyway and used to bring an uppercut for 2-3x the price just for the extra rounds.
@@vinexgamemaking Hated the Uppercut back in the day for that exact reason (and some others), now the Sparks Pistol has taken its place. Way cheaper, way more ammo. No idea what went through their minds when they designed this thing but the ammo pool needs to be brought in line. 10 shots, maybe. Long ammo should reward good aim, not rich hunters.
I'd wish for a slight buff, mostly on ammo capacity maybe. But what it needs MOST URGENTLY, is a raise on the magazine cutoff (the small lever thing on the left side of the rifle, just behind the safety lever) or otherwise bullets shouldn't feed.
I've only had the chance to try it once in Quick Play, I was the Wellspring fighting inside, and man that fire rate just slays. You barely need shotguns anymore I feel like :P
Honestly I've been loving this thing. The poison centennial is still probably my fav; because I like misery, and if that thing gets brought in, either myself or my enemies are going to be having a bad time. It's a coin toss. Anyway, I *would* like to see the krag maybe get a bit of balance, just like 50 bucks less, or an extra two shots or something. Just a little to nudge it up a bit without really changing it. But that is also contingent on crytek fixing that ammo issue which they really have to do. Like, you can't balance around ammo if it's that something that can just be ignored.
I know that the issue of secondaries bringing extra ammo wasn’t the main focus of this video but I just have to say. How the fuck has Crytek not changed it yet? How can you STILL bring an Avtomat plus dual sparks, completely offsetting the balance. It’s frustrating as hell to play against a machine gun, and infuriating when they have too much ammo.
I'd love to see a guide on explosive variants effective range / wall pen radius for bigger explosives if at all based on different materials. It's something that seems very important and useful but I just don't have the set up to do accurate testing.
I often get the feeling that the radius (especially for dynamite) seems inconsistent depending on the walls in the area. It's like there is some unknown factor or random spread to it that we don't know about.
Exicted to see you cover the Lemat Carbine, I love the gun to depth and been grinding to get it. Stole it off some other hunters and used it, and fell in love quickly.
Krag special ammo is low but to say that you HAVE to bring FMJ on your secondary is kinda like saying you have to bring uppercut or a sparks pistol. In this way, you could use your Krag to act more like a secondary or spare. Using your alternative weapon to more liberally while conserving your long ammo. It takes a different kind of playstyle to effectively use it in this way and you can bring alternative “secondaries” to pair instead of pooling ammo with sparks pistol and uppercuts.
I never use long ammo bolt action guns because I find them boring, both to fight with and against. But I like the Craig (as a Minnesotan, I can confirm you were right about the pronunciation). With the reduced ammo and lower damage, it feels sharper and more skilled than the other rifles. Its downsides force you to be more accurate and think about each shot, while its advantages reward going for long shots or penetrating cover if you have the skill to land those shots consistently. Plus the lack of scoped variants (so far) means that you typically have a fighting chance if you wander into the sights of a Craig player.
u can abuse the reload i tested it, if u empty your Krag and reload those first three bullets just press q then u can instantly reload another 3 bullets :D, makes the reload time around 6 seconds and your bullet is already cycled in the chamber too!! upvote for others to see
I haven't found the option of a sparks pistol or uppercut to make the ammo downsides of the krag a non-issue. By taking one with the krag you negate the lack of ammo but you also lose the wider range of options other secondaries give you. You forgo a lot of closer range options that would help a lot in a closer range scenario.
With the whole "sparks pistol is only in the game to add to long ammo pool" yes imho youre right! I think there should be a 2 slot ammo bandolier (to require quartermaster) that would just give you more ammo reserves for your other gun at the cost of having no backup gun.
@Romis because it would work with Spitzer if you chose that and maybe make it so you got a small bit more ammo back from boxes than with sparks. Also it'd be a standard price without the beer to buy dualies with special ammo (for medium/compact guns)
I think the other bolt action long ammo rifles should be brought more in line with the krag reduced ammo, lower damage than medium ammo rifles the trade off being damage retention over distance muzzle velocity and standard ammo pen
Happy New Years HomeReel, I love your channel, I may not agree with all your takes but I still get psyched every time I see that you got a new vid. Best of luck and God bless.
Does the 124 have a big impact on its performance? Absolutely, and hilariously so. I've been saying forever that repeating long ammo guns should do less damage, ideally less than 125, but with only the Krag having that feature means it will always lose the war of attrition against any other long ammo gun. I like the gun, but it requiring an ammo sidearm to both fix its ammo problems and cover for its damage on downed enemies makes it far too niche beyond the fire rate. Why bother with a Krag when you can just grab a Mosin and have far less headache, more flexibility in sidearms, and more consistency?
Click heads. It's really that simple. With its fire rate and MV, the damage isn't an issue if you have good aim. If you struggle with headshots, pick the Mosin or Lebel. They'll pull a bit more leg work for you.
@@DamianJoseph661 Being a headclicker is not a legitimate niche, especially when that's what gets said about so many other guns, like high velocity compact ammo or a Centennial. If everything is a headclicker, then it's nothing special.
@@shiekastate being a headclicker is a niche because there usually high firerate less recoil but cant finish off a downed hunter who doesnt lose a 50, the officer carbine, the krag,and the two slot officer fit this category its why the centenial is not its too slow to be able to quickly hit heads but doesnt have the damage to finish
Why use the Krag >looks sexy as fuck >bomb ass fire rate and smooth action >incredible handling and low recoil >no need for bulletgrubber >it's not a filthy fucking mosin PTU PTU INSHALLAH Krag is the final evolution of the Winchester school of headplinking and fast target acquisition. I have a feeling this thing will probably get a sniper variant eventually, it's just made for headhunters. Absolutely love it, favorite long ammo rifle for me.
I think if they give more ammo for the krag it would be more useful, the only upside to use the krag in comparasion to the berthier i see is the ironsight (berthier manages to be worse than vetterli) and recoil that is not a mule kicking the shoulder. As for the moment i am in love of ironside.
Just unlocked the ironside. It is very fun and rewarding to use. Some say it's kinda clunky due to the massive ammo holder but I enjoy it, similarly (and semi controversially) how I enjoy the romero alamo
My only dumb but genuine question I have is not much that specific gun related, but about price, why "nerf" for this game is increasing the price of a weapon, if when you play you earn bunches and bunches of money, and if you not prestige, or are at 100 you just keep swimming at money anyways?
Ammo pool size is such a terrible way to balance things. The Krag needing the sparks pistol to back up its poor pool makes its upside of being the fastest firing long rifle kind of sad. It already has the downside of being the weakest long ammo rifle in the game. Didn't need the ammo pool reduction. Still. Highlights the problem that if you want to use ammo as a balance factor, it absolutely needs to not be able to pull a secondary or two to completely cover that downside. Looking at you, Avtomat with dual Sparks pistols. Biggest problem of that beautiful little gun is that its so good for other long ammo guns. It doesn't shine much on its own because of that huge pool of relatively cheap long ammo. Which is a shame because that thing HURTS to get hit by. I've legit never died to it. I'll dish out the pain with it though. Beautiful little baby.
I dont think just blanket removing secondaries ammo pool stacking with primaries would be a good idea. Most of the time I want to use my ammo at range so the majority of my pool is used for rifle but if I was in a close combat fight maybe the percentage would be more leaned in on the pistol, but the idea of me not being able to choose what to do between those ammo pools sounds like shit. I don't wanna be in a situation where I'm at like 70 meters fight and just have to start using my pistol because I arbitrarily am locked out of using it on my rifle despite using the same ammo type. I don't think we should remove that choice from people, if someone wants to give up potentially having a fast firing follow up weapon to use sparks pistol just for ammo thats their choice, it isn't op cus they now have a secondary that they probably didn't want in particular and lose utility/firepower, its a tradeoff and fair. If pools weren't shared and I didn't have that choice to trade utility/firepower for extra ammo for both, it would disproportionally affect compact and medium rifles since you need special ammo to be competitive at all with long ammo, which doesn't need special and can always use abundant ammo chests around the map. I'd feel pressure to play long rifle/fast pistol or shotgun/uppercut almost exclusively. Nitro, dulch, and slugs/other ammos that are supposed to be restictive already do so perfectly fine where stacking is either not possible, or very limiting (stacking shotguns for slugs means exclusively close range, and more than one dolch sucks so much). Avto is imo a special case, and designs special attention (and special ammo), blanket removing synergistic weapon/ammo choices just to fix avto is a pretty bad idea.
I believe the mindset behind the play style needed to play this gun is to think of it as a farther reaching Winfield with its fast fire rate. It’s sniper variant takes the krag to a whole new level.
I live this weapon so much. Good sight, nice to play and an insanely satisfying shooting sound that makes me drool everytime i shoot it. Plus it reloads hecka fast
I like it but it's so expensive. I just don't like expensive guns in hunt I feel silly when I die immediately, so I generally don't take long ammo rifles.
Kretyc here, your partnership is in the vr post office in the new vr version of the game. Which is why there are 52 job openings related to huntshowdown. (also legally this is a joke, and there is no partnership) (also also the vr thing is 100% real, fr fr, no joke)
Honestly this is the only way they could've reasonably made a new long-bolt-action gun and made it actually distinct. I'm happy they didn't do otherwise. I'm also surprised, given how many people both think it's useless because of the damage, or how many think it's overpowered for the firerate. It's not like the centennial where the gun was just kinda crap on arrival and a small number of people defended it, this one's really split down the middle. I think that's a good sign really.
I'm much more fearful of a Krag than a Mosin, recently. The firerate makes it a winfield with spitzer ammo- it's crazy how effective it is, and I've had a lot of luck with it. Sadly, it feels like an outright replacement to the base centennial, especially with a sparks to make up for the ammo downside.
I wouldn't say its bad, imo its balanced. All bolt action long ammos should deal 124 and have one less clip of ammo. Rewards accuracy. I quite enjoy it.
Not sure about the actual historic facts but back then industrial revolution child labor was super common, not sure if it was the case in the firearms industry but the raw materials probably were mined by children
krag feels like what long ammo magazine guns should be, deadly fast bullet, good pen, but with reasonable damage rather than the insanity of the mosin and lebel. It makes sense for an ammo type to not excel in everything, imo only medium ammo and single shot rifles should get to do >125 damage, mosin and lebel are just plain unfair in how good every single stat is, krag feels way more fair to fight against and I don't feel like I'm getting cheap kills, and in theory (if you are an aim god) it's actually probably better than the mosin and lebel if you can consistently land headshots. All around I love this gun.
I do feel you are underselling the reload of the Krag a bit. Specifically, it has the best reload speed of long ammo weapons for mid-combat reloads of 3 shots (minus the berthier’s empty mag). From empty it’s definitely slower if you’re trying to top 6 rounds, but just adding in 3-5 gives it a very competitive reload that’s almost comparable to that of stripper magazines.
Hey Homes, was thinking you should maybe do a video on the Dolch semi automatic pistol. Whould be interesting to hear your opinion on this loved and hated pistol in Hunt
they need to do something with the dolch! the new army with its bleed variant out classes the ROF, bornheim with its fast reload, and the officer with its stability pretty much outclasses the dolch in most situations. for the price of 750 i believe it should have special ammo variants or make it medium ammo. it’s in a weird place rn and i really love the aesthetic of the dolch but it’s an unreliable weapon compared to the other semi auto options we got :/
@@MythicalWaffles Yeah, you do have a point, being based on such an iconic gun the Dolch needs some more attention. And maybe take 200 hundred of the price because jeez
The krag makes me wonder why other long guns should get to be 125+ dmg, i dont really understand it other than sparks and martini which are obv in a diff class. Every long rifle is good at everything and only balanced by being expensive, whereas krag has tradeoffs. I feel like playing something even on the higher tier for non-long rifles like vetterli is just on a completely lower level than long guns in every way, where you have to deal with bad bullet velocity, needing special to penetrate so having ammo pickup limited, while performing worse-same to same at lower ranges and awfully compared to long at the 40+ range with the two tap upper chest range not even being half that of long guns, all while getting put in the same damage group. Same with the pistols, uppercut being in 125+ damage group is just kinda ???, we already have a long pistol that can one tap downed hunters, the fact that one with 5 more rounds in the cylinder exists and can fan all of them is just out of place. Price "balance" is pulling wayyy too much of the legwork for the balance in this game for these guns that otherwise just dont really have tradeoffs. Seeing Krag and Ironside at least have downsides is interesting and new. Maybe they could at least have lower damage than medium at medium ammos ideal range, if they're going to have superiority in basically every other way, so that they aren't just objectively better than everything except cost?
I meam i gotta say the krag is probably by far the most balanced long ammo rifle. Its damage is "so-so" for a long ammo weapon and its ammo pool is so bad its just glorified uppercut with lesser bullets. And the only weapon pairing available that makes the ammo pool somewhat bareable it just a sparks pistol that only has one shot and a 4 second reload time. Ithink the krag is already in a pretty nice position.
We need to have more discussions about how the sparks pistol is used as an ammo crate 90% of the time. I dont think LA is OP, but it makes all long ammo loadouts cheaper than both current/pre-burff uppercut secondary loadouts. Think about how much more loadout diversity we would have if (for example) lebel+sparks pistol ~550$ was replaced with lebel+uppercut ~810$. Let’s see how many avto boys would be willing to fork out an additional 500$ for duel uppercuts. I get that price can’t balance everything, but the uppercut price hike was just steep enough that we saw uppercut usage drop drastically amongst shotgun users. But the sparks pistol undoes all of that for long-ammo rifle builds, doubles down and makes it even cheaper. I don’t know why that gun is even in the game. I’ve seen very little people running it with shotguns after the hype died down. It’s just an ammo box now. 📦 💀
I think that's great! More options are better, giving up close range firepower, fast firing secondary, or even a secondary with multiple shots for more primary is a choice you can make and that's great. I don't think forcing people to go back to using uppercut on the side for ammo is a good idea because it's actually a great weapon and you're paying premium for a great weapon when maybe you really just want extra ammo. Avto is the only gun where it's truly a problem because that gun is supposed to have ammo issues and horrible pickup, but i think it's a special case and doesn't need to nerf an unrelated weapon just because avto is too good. It should just be treated like nitro and be special ammo that doesnt stack with anything.
I wouldnt say krag has a long reload. Sure from empty to full maybe but the first three bullets are hella fast. So the window from empty to being able to fire again is kinda short tbh.
I had like 10 level 1 hunters chillin in my roster, dark tribute gave me 2 UP to all hunters... i gave each and every one the krag and sparks pistol combo with sharpshooter. Spent all my money but im excited to practice with it till im god enough (yes God enough) to bring down The Sculptor by myself (:
@HomeReel Please tell me which hunters you used here. How the hands look in gameplay is one of the most important features and I really like these ones in the video. I can't figure out which hunters they are from though.
I love the Springfield Krag what it's called in the real world Krag-Jørgensen and I was one of the people who wanted it in the game because it's such a cool rifle but also because it comes from my country Denmark and Norway💞🤩☺ and I honestly don't have any issues with it I love the weapon in the game😍 the only issue I have with it is the low ammo I think it should be increased to 9 and then it would be perfect🤔 because then it would have a total of 15🧐
I never understood long gun ammo. Like the ONLY thing it dose is allow you to fight at further distances easier and allow you to penetrate things. Im a 4 star who can pop up in 6 when im feeling like hating myself so I have experience against this and I do notice everyone starts useing long gun ammo but in most engagements It's close range unless you get a wookie shooting in which case just ignore them.
As soon as the Krag was revealed to be long ammo, my interest dropped out the floor immediately. We already had three bolt action long ammo rifles for sweatlords to bring, I would have been infinitely on board if it was Medium like it should have been.
The U.S troops during the Philippine Insurrection had a song about my countrymen that they were fighting and the Kragg, it goes like this "ln that land of dopy dreams, happy peaceful Philippines, Where the bolo-man is hiking night and day; Where Tagalos steal and lie, where Americanos die, There you hear the soldiers sing this evening lay : Damn, damn, damn the Filipinos, cross-eyed kakiack ladrones, Underneath our starry flag, civilize 'em with a Krag, And return us to our own beloved homes." and as a Filipino I love it hahahaha.
I still think it needs 1-2 more dmg and more reserve ammo, otherwise your High RoF is useless without a Sparks Pistol. Furthermore I think the Uppercut needs its damage Nerfed to 120. (Its cost can be reduced then for all I care)
@@gergokerekes4550 Whats the Point of the Krak when its RoF is hammstringed by its Low ammo. I would be fine with the Krak if the Uppercut gets down to 120 damage. Less than a rifle more than any other handgun.
@@gergokerekes4550 So first: you never had a fight where you would have wished for more ammo? More important: your higher RoF only helps if you can afford to put a lot of shots down range. If you are a headshot machine it does not matter either way. Furthermore I think the Uppercut should have iuts damage nerfed
honestly with the amount of people that bring long ammo ive been fine with the ammo and i cant really say much abut the uppercut i dont us it and dont see it too much or atleast that i notice
Don't get me wrong here, but the Krag is a ok gun. The damage on the krag makes its performance less than stellar, but the rate of fire mitigates that somewhat. The ammo is what damns the Krag imo. $376 hunt dollars for a gun you literally have to take 156-414 sidearm to be able to use is painful. I think it needs a min of 10-12 spare ammo. The lebel can get away with that, because of it's slow fire rate and high tube capacity, but the Krag needs something to make it competitive with it's long ammo counterparts. It can barely hang with the vetterli much less the mosin.
Happy New Years everyone. What guide do you want to see in the new year??
Happy New Year to you too
Happy new year and I think a consumables guide would be fun
Happy new year to you as well! I’d love to see a melee weapon guide.
Heavy Knife.
Do the melee weapons
I gotta say, the krag is my favorite rifle in the game, yeah it does less damage but the fire rate more than makes up for that, and you get all the benefits of long ammo pen and damage drop off, the only thing holding this back is the low ammo count
Plus is sounds awesome
Honestly I still like the one shot potential of my hand crossbow so I run it with krag and ammo box so I don’t break the bank, usually there’s a lot of ammo around and I kill my target with less ammo, the stronger the weapon. I hate the only weapon reliably accurate we’re close-mid two tappers, like precisions. I like high velocity without damage drop off. Long ammo had too few bullets or were too expensive and sweaty
Yeah the ammo pool is a shame, I feel forced to take a sparks pistol to make it up but it leaves you very limited if you want to take something else
double snake pistol fix that Problem straight up
The Vet matches it in almost every spec, does more damage, and is a third of the cost with three times the ammo. No thanks
the problem with "cost as downside" balance is that cost is a non-issue for experienced players, so cost only actually affects new players still learning the game, which makes it more difficult for them to learn the game because they're outgunned.
Fact that Homereel isn't a Crytek partner yet is astounding to me. His videos are clean and well edited. He's well spoken, thoughtful,
entertaining and easy to understand. All the qualities you would think a major game company would want in a content creator to
represent their game. But then you look at their lineup of partners anndd... *cough* ArchieTV *cough*
...
Archie, JamesDelaney, Gunsmakk and some others I forgot.
All of them manchildren with an ill temper and a god complex. Horrible representatives for a game but here we are.
They probably don't want analytical YTubers. They want your typical, "Edited Thumbnail + Clickbait titles" for easy views. Homereel is for us superior humans with class, patience, and understanding. Take it with pride.
What's wrong with Archie? Never heard of the guy before right now so I wouldn't know
Watch one of his clips. More toxic than New Vegas.
A partner usually means he’d have to agree to conditions of Crytek. So if he was offered but has to follow certain stipulations that could harm the integrity of his person or channel, he might of not accepted. Also Crytek may already have way too many partners as is and not willing to sponsor any new entries. Thinking about this, is it surprising? Not at all.
"Cooler skins with less hoods and skulls"
yes please holy god damn lmfao
I got bad news for you friend...
thing is, the martini ironsie is *chefs kiss* awesome.
it has the same problems, slow reload+ few extra rounds, and its shots are slower but that is not a problem or me, I am not snipeing with irons.
it is cheaper and hits hard.
for me there is no competition.
the animation of topping up the box is top notch too! haha
You make a great point, but turning corners on your left is still scary with that big ass box in your face, haha
True, and you can have a secondary that can actually help you at close range. Unless your cool as a cucumber, a sparks pistol, or Uppercut aren't great at close ranges.
Ironside is a really good "Hunter first hunt) gun. Its cheap, good, and performs the same regardless of perks. I think the krag was supposed to fill this gap as well, but the double long ammo requirement is not that versatile of a loadout, nor is it really all that cheap. That being said, the krag is nice to shoot with the few times I picked one up, unless until you run out of ammo anyway.
Biggest issue for me with the Martini Ironside is the giant box magazine. I think the gun is fun, but you can basically hide 3 teams behind that thing it just becomes painful to use whenever someone peeks on your left side
I haven't used it but I've seen friends use it and the box blocking half the screen seems like a pain in the ass
@@utes5532 maybe, you got to get used to it.
if you play a few ww2 realistic shooter you get used to tunnelvision peepsights and this is a breeze compared to a garand sight for example.
I feel the Krag is sort of an all-rounder. It's long ammo so it has the headshot and two-tapping potential over long distances, while its high rate of fire make it decent in close quarters.
I don't comment often just because I rarely have much to say, but did want to shoot you a happy new year Home, all of these gun review vids and content in general (even on other games like foxhole even if I don't really plan to play them) are a consistent joy in my days.
Thanks for taking the time. Happy New Year to you :)
My issue with the Krag is that at that price, I could just spend 20$ more, get a lebel and in the process :
Have more ammo
Have more ammo in the magazine (10 Vs 5+1)
more damage 132 Vs 124 (meaning I can kill a hunter missing a chunk)
More range (but not enough to see a difference)
More handling (2%)
More muzzle velocity (not enough to make a difference.)
I only lose around 10rpm, it might matter in a fight, but not that much. And a faster reload (6 seconds faster, though the 4 bullet extra sort of make it up for it?)
The only advantage really is that the KRag doesn't need bullet grubber, but I rarely grab BG when using a lebel: I'll just tap the reload to slip a bullet after firing one, I rarely need to reload before my magazine's empty?
I feel like this gun would fit better at 250$ +/-. There's a lot of space in between the berthier and the martin-henry, while the top of the long ammo pool is very tight.
Hell, I usually go lebel, rather than berthier because the berthier already doesn't justify its price range
Sparks pistol for ammo feels fair but least so with the Krag. That fire rate is just so competitive at any range. Not saying I want it gone. You pay for quality in an economy game. But this pair is strong.
I've been saying the Spistol needs an ammo pool reduction since it came out. It's made long ammo economy far too affordable, especially for the sniper folks who don't ever use their secondary anyway and used to bring an uppercut for 2-3x the price just for the extra rounds.
@@vinexgamemaking If the sniper never has to use the secondary you are doing somethin wrong or you are playing solo without the self revive mechanic.
@@vinexgamemaking Hated the Uppercut back in the day for that exact reason (and some others), now the Sparks Pistol has taken its place. Way cheaper, way more ammo.
No idea what went through their minds when they designed this thing but the ammo pool needs to be brought in line. 10 shots, maybe.
Long ammo should reward good aim, not rich hunters.
5:25 that aged well
I'd wish for a slight buff, mostly on ammo capacity maybe. But what it needs MOST URGENTLY, is a raise on the magazine cutoff (the small lever thing on the left side of the rifle, just behind the safety lever) or otherwise bullets shouldn't feed.
I've only had the chance to try it once in Quick Play, I was the Wellspring fighting inside, and man that fire rate just slays. You barely need shotguns anymore I feel like :P
Honestly I've been loving this thing.
The poison centennial is still probably my fav; because I like misery, and if that thing gets brought in, either myself or my enemies are going to be having a bad time. It's a coin toss.
Anyway, I *would* like to see the krag maybe get a bit of balance, just like 50 bucks less, or an extra two shots or something. Just a little to nudge it up a bit without really changing it.
But that is also contingent on crytek fixing that ammo issue which they really have to do. Like, you can't balance around ammo if it's that something that can just be ignored.
I know that the issue of secondaries bringing extra ammo wasn’t the main focus of this video but I just have to say.
How the fuck has Crytek not changed it yet? How can you STILL bring an Avtomat plus dual sparks, completely offsetting the balance. It’s frustrating as hell to play against a machine gun, and infuriating when they have too much ammo.
M8 I'd hate to break it to ya, but the avto easily gets outclassed by every other rifle once you start engaging in fights beyond 20-30m
@@bigsmoke8816trouble is they cant aim beyond 30m lol. why do you think people complain about shotguns and avtos all day
@@bigsmoke8816 thank god we don’t ever have to fight within compounds or anything.
Oh wait.
@@rangerriggs5066 then just leave the compound and shoot at them from range
Its really easy actually
@@sierra1513 true also love the pfp
I'm surprised you didn't mention the recoil which is absolutely non-existing on the krag.
Best of luck getting that partner letter !
I'd love to see a guide on explosive variants effective range / wall pen radius for bigger explosives if at all based on different materials. It's something that seems very important and useful but I just don't have the set up to do accurate testing.
I often get the feeling that the radius (especially for dynamite) seems inconsistent depending on the walls in the area. It's like there is some unknown factor or random spread to it that we don't know about.
Exicted to see you cover the Lemat Carbine, I love the gun to depth and been grinding to get it. Stole it off some other hunters and used it, and fell in love quickly.
Krag special ammo is low but to say that you HAVE to bring FMJ on your secondary is kinda like saying you have to bring uppercut or a sparks pistol.
In this way, you could use your Krag to act more like a secondary or spare. Using your alternative weapon to more liberally while conserving your long ammo. It takes a different kind of playstyle to effectively use it in this way and you can bring alternative “secondaries” to pair instead of pooling ammo with sparks pistol and uppercuts.
2:00 Hail Mary rudely assassinated whilst searching for her dropped rosary beads.. shame on you.
I will kill 10 Hail Marys as penance
I never use long ammo bolt action guns because I find them boring, both to fight with and against. But I like the Craig (as a Minnesotan, I can confirm you were right about the pronunciation). With the reduced ammo and lower damage, it feels sharper and more skilled than the other rifles. Its downsides force you to be more accurate and think about each shot, while its advantages reward going for long shots or penetrating cover if you have the skill to land those shots consistently. Plus the lack of scoped variants (so far) means that you typically have a fighting chance if you wander into the sights of a Craig player.
And then he didn't just become a Partner with them, he got a job with them.
u can abuse the reload i tested it, if u empty your Krag and reload those first three bullets just press q then u can instantly reload another 3 bullets :D, makes the reload time around 6 seconds and your bullet is already cycled in the chamber too!!
upvote for others to see
Man, I wish the Krag had something like an Avto mod for rapid fire...I could listen to that gorgeous gunshot sound forever 😍😍😍
I haven't found the option of a sparks pistol or uppercut to make the ammo downsides of the krag a non-issue. By taking one with the krag you negate the lack of ammo but you also lose the wider range of options other secondaries give you. You forgo a lot of closer range options that would help a lot in a closer range scenario.
With the whole "sparks pistol is only in the game to add to long ammo pool" yes imho youre right! I think there should be a 2 slot ammo bandolier (to require quartermaster) that would just give you more ammo reserves for your other gun at the cost of having no backup gun.
@Romis because it would work with Spitzer if you chose that and maybe make it so you got a small bit more ammo back from boxes than with sparks. Also it'd be a standard price without the beer to buy dualies with special ammo (for medium/compact guns)
New to Hunt but gotta say absolutely loving the game! I found your gun series and its been super insightful thanks my dude
Nice, been waiting for them to add the Krag Jorgensen, iconic US military rifle
RIP centennial
I'd recommend taking a double action pistol with the krag before taking a sparks pistol to see if you actually need the extra ammo.
I think the other bolt action long ammo rifles should be brought more in line with the krag
reduced ammo, lower damage than medium ammo rifles
the trade off being damage retention over distance muzzle velocity and standard ammo pen
A Caldwell Rival vid...cmon...😏
As someone who struggles with bullet velocity, I gotta try this out. Cool video, thanks!
when the krag medium slot gets added it's gonna be lit
Happy New Years HomeReel, I love your channel, I may not agree with all your takes but I still get psyched every time I see that you got a new vid. Best of luck and God bless.
You too Pierce, glad we can respectfully disagree 😊 hope your New Years is great
Does the 124 have a big impact on its performance? Absolutely, and hilariously so. I've been saying forever that repeating long ammo guns should do less damage, ideally less than 125, but with only the Krag having that feature means it will always lose the war of attrition against any other long ammo gun.
I like the gun, but it requiring an ammo sidearm to both fix its ammo problems and cover for its damage on downed enemies makes it far too niche beyond the fire rate. Why bother with a Krag when you can just grab a Mosin and have far less headache, more flexibility in sidearms, and more consistency?
Yup, but I don’t mind people popularizing the Krag. Just makes them easier to kill 😂
Click heads. It's really that simple. With its fire rate and MV, the damage isn't an issue if you have good aim. If you struggle with headshots, pick the Mosin or Lebel. They'll pull a bit more leg work for you.
@@DamianJoseph661 Being a headclicker is not a legitimate niche, especially when that's what gets said about so many other guns, like high velocity compact ammo or a Centennial. If everything is a headclicker, then it's nothing special.
@@shiekastate being a headclicker is a niche because there usually high firerate less recoil but cant finish off a downed hunter who doesnt lose a 50, the officer carbine, the krag,and the two slot officer fit this category its why the centenial is not its too slow to be able to quickly hit heads but doesnt have the damage to finish
@@shiekastate also headclicker in many games is not its ability to headshot but the ease
The Krag is so cool I got one irl
I wonder they didn't give it poison ammo? It would be fitting with the Krags stats and preferred sidekick (Sparks pistol)
Wait wait wait.
You get *12* rounds? Two magazines? That's it?
What....?
Why....?
I feel personally attack by the Krag vs Krag Pronunciation being a minnesotan myself
and you are so right to call that out
Oh, so THAT'S why I've been seeing Krag + sparks pistol every other game, if not every game
Why use the Krag
>looks sexy as fuck
>bomb ass fire rate and smooth action
>incredible handling and low recoil
>no need for bulletgrubber
>it's not a filthy fucking mosin PTU PTU INSHALLAH
Krag is the final evolution of the Winchester school of headplinking and fast target acquisition. I have a feeling this thing will probably get a sniper variant eventually, it's just made for headhunters. Absolutely love it, favorite long ammo rifle for me.
I think if they give more ammo for the krag it would be more useful, the only upside to use the krag in comparasion to the berthier i see is the ironsight (berthier manages to be worse than vetterli) and recoil that is not a mule kicking the shoulder. As for the moment i am in love of ironside.
Just unlocked the ironside. It is very fun and rewarding to use. Some say it's kinda clunky due to the massive ammo holder but I enjoy it, similarly (and semi controversially) how I enjoy the romero alamo
My only dumb but genuine question I have is not much that specific gun related, but about price, why "nerf" for this game is increasing the price of a weapon, if when you play you earn bunches and bunches of money, and if you not prestige, or are at 100 you just keep swimming at money anyways?
had to witness the krag on hickok45 to realize it wasn't the martini henry conversion.
Ammo pool size is such a terrible way to balance things. The Krag needing the sparks pistol to back up its poor pool makes its upside of being the fastest firing long rifle kind of sad. It already has the downside of being the weakest long ammo rifle in the game. Didn't need the ammo pool reduction. Still. Highlights the problem that if you want to use ammo as a balance factor, it absolutely needs to not be able to pull a secondary or two to completely cover that downside. Looking at you, Avtomat with dual Sparks pistols. Biggest problem of that beautiful little gun is that its so good for other long ammo guns. It doesn't shine much on its own because of that huge pool of relatively cheap long ammo. Which is a shame because that thing HURTS to get hit by. I've legit never died to it. I'll dish out the pain with it though. Beautiful little baby.
I dont think just blanket removing secondaries ammo pool stacking with primaries would be a good idea. Most of the time I want to use my ammo at range so the majority of my pool is used for rifle but if I was in a close combat fight maybe the percentage would be more leaned in on the pistol, but the idea of me not being able to choose what to do between those ammo pools sounds like shit. I don't wanna be in a situation where I'm at like 70 meters fight and just have to start using my pistol because I arbitrarily am locked out of using it on my rifle despite using the same ammo type. I don't think we should remove that choice from people, if someone wants to give up potentially having a fast firing follow up weapon to use sparks pistol just for ammo thats their choice, it isn't op cus they now have a secondary that they probably didn't want in particular and lose utility/firepower, its a tradeoff and fair. If pools weren't shared and I didn't have that choice to trade utility/firepower for extra ammo for both, it would disproportionally affect compact and medium rifles since you need special ammo to be competitive at all with long ammo, which doesn't need special and can always use abundant ammo chests around the map. I'd feel pressure to play long rifle/fast pistol or shotgun/uppercut almost exclusively. Nitro, dulch, and slugs/other ammos that are supposed to be restictive already do so perfectly fine where stacking is either not possible, or very limiting (stacking shotguns for slugs means exclusively close range, and more than one dolch sucks so much). Avto is imo a special case, and designs special attention (and special ammo), blanket removing synergistic weapon/ammo choices just to fix avto is a pretty bad idea.
no guilt issues for me. i rock that martini henry all day, everyday.
happy holidays and a happy new year, home!
You too ♥️
I believe the mindset behind the play style needed to play this gun is to think of it as a farther reaching Winfield with its fast fire rate. It’s sniper variant takes the krag to a whole new level.
I think you're making way too big a deal about the 3 rnd difference between the krag and the other boltys
I live this weapon so much. Good sight, nice to play and an insanely satisfying shooting sound that makes me drool everytime i shoot it. Plus it reloads hecka fast
I like it but it's so expensive. I just don't like expensive guns in hunt I feel silly when I die immediately, so I generally don't take long ammo rifles.
Kretyc here, your partnership is in the vr post office in the new vr version of the game. Which is why there are 52 job openings related to huntshowdown. (also legally this is a joke, and there is no partnership) (also also the vr thing is 100% real, fr fr, no joke)
I just love the sound of the shots. Great should design
Honestly this is the only way they could've reasonably made a new long-bolt-action gun and made it actually distinct. I'm happy they didn't do otherwise. I'm also surprised, given how many people both think it's useless because of the damage, or how many think it's overpowered for the firerate. It's not like the centennial where the gun was just kinda crap on arrival and a small number of people defended it, this one's really split down the middle. I think that's a good sign really.
You gained a subscriber for that monologue, I'm doing my part! For the Bayou!
If you want to go for fmj just pick centennial. It has faster velocity and actually comes with ammo.
I stop playing hunt for a couple of months and that’s when they decided to add the gun I’ve always wanted to be added
The MN flame would get you angry comments if we weren't so passive aggressive lol
I'm much more fearful of a Krag than a Mosin, recently. The firerate makes it a winfield with spitzer ammo- it's crazy how effective it is, and I've had a lot of luck with it. Sadly, it feels like an outright replacement to the base centennial, especially with a sparks to make up for the ammo downside.
a significant thing i've noticed, the krag seems to be very effective in closer ranges due to the firerate
I think compact ammo is most broken, seems to do ridiculous damage and can penetrate thick wooden structures
i usually take a ammobox with me and I have had quite success with the Krag, I love it one of my favorite rifles in the game :)
I wouldn't say its bad, imo its balanced. All bolt action long ammos should deal 124 and have one less clip of ammo. Rewards accuracy. I quite enjoy it.
It might have low damage but I’m loving having the quick follow up shot a lot, definitely net me some good kills yesterday
Not sure about the actual historic facts but back then industrial revolution child labor was super common, not sure if it was the case in the firearms industry but the raw materials probably were mined by children
krag feels like what long ammo magazine guns should be, deadly fast bullet, good pen, but with reasonable damage rather than the insanity of the mosin and lebel. It makes sense for an ammo type to not excel in everything, imo only medium ammo and single shot rifles should get to do >125 damage, mosin and lebel are just plain unfair in how good every single stat is, krag feels way more fair to fight against and I don't feel like I'm getting cheap kills, and in theory (if you are an aim god) it's actually probably better than the mosin and lebel if you can consistently land headshots. All around I love this gun.
I think I'm in love with HomeReel....like actually IN love with HomeReel
I do feel you are underselling the reload of the Krag a bit. Specifically, it has the best reload speed of long ammo weapons for mid-combat reloads of 3 shots (minus the berthier’s empty mag). From empty it’s definitely slower if you’re trying to top 6 rounds, but just adding in 3-5 gives it a very competitive reload that’s almost comparable to that of stripper magazines.
It's just so fluid, feels right
"Incendiary 420" hell yeah
Hey Homes, was thinking you should maybe do a video on the Dolch semi automatic pistol. Whould be interesting to hear your opinion on this loved and hated pistol in Hunt
they need to do something with the dolch! the new army with its bleed variant out classes the ROF, bornheim with its fast reload, and the officer with its stability pretty much outclasses the dolch in most situations. for the price of 750 i believe it should have special ammo variants or make it medium ammo. it’s in a weird place rn and i really love the aesthetic of the dolch but it’s an unreliable weapon compared to the other semi auto options we got :/
@@MythicalWaffles Yeah, you do have a point, being based on such an iconic gun the Dolch needs some more attention. And maybe take 200 hundred of the price because jeez
im pausing right here to say that i wish i could resub after that stellar intro! but im also pausing here to say i want more hoods and skulls
Me, who doesn't play but loves the Krag IRL: Interesting
I like hoods and skulls, but I prefer cool hats.
meanwhile me: Runs the krag with 2 sparks pistols
The krag makes me wonder why other long guns should get to be 125+ dmg, i dont really understand it other than sparks and martini which are obv in a diff class. Every long rifle is good at everything and only balanced by being expensive, whereas krag has tradeoffs.
I feel like playing something even on the higher tier for non-long rifles like vetterli is just on a completely lower level than long guns in every way, where you have to deal with bad bullet velocity, needing special to penetrate so having ammo pickup limited, while performing worse-same to same at lower ranges and awfully compared to long at the 40+ range with the two tap upper chest range not even being half that of long guns, all while getting put in the same damage group. Same with the pistols, uppercut being in 125+ damage group is just kinda ???, we already have a long pistol that can one tap downed hunters, the fact that one with 5 more rounds in the cylinder exists and can fan all of them is just out of place. Price "balance" is pulling wayyy too much of the legwork for the balance in this game for these guns that otherwise just dont really have tradeoffs. Seeing Krag and Ironside at least have downsides is interesting and new. Maybe they could at least have lower damage than medium at medium ammos ideal range, if they're going to have superiority in basically every other way, so that they aren't just objectively better than everything except cost?
HELL YEAH! A minnesota reference
My wife laughed so hard when you called out how Minnesotans annunciation of Krag. Now i cannot unhear myself when i say it.
I meam i gotta say the krag is probably by far the most balanced long ammo rifle. Its damage is "so-so" for a long ammo weapon and its ammo pool is so bad its just glorified uppercut with lesser bullets.
And the only weapon pairing available that makes the ammo pool somewhat bareable it just a sparks pistol that only has one shot and a 4 second reload time. Ithink the krag is already in a pretty nice position.
Just waiting for the event to be over to be able to use this gun.
Anyone else see the irony in HomeReel saying “for twenty” when talking about the incendiary ammo? No, just me? Okay then.
We need to have more discussions about how the sparks pistol is used as an ammo crate 90% of the time. I dont think LA is OP, but it makes all long ammo loadouts cheaper than both current/pre-burff uppercut secondary loadouts. Think about how much more loadout diversity we would have if (for example) lebel+sparks pistol ~550$ was replaced with lebel+uppercut ~810$. Let’s see how many avto boys would be willing to fork out an additional 500$ for duel uppercuts. I get that price can’t balance everything, but the uppercut price hike was just steep enough that we saw uppercut usage drop drastically amongst shotgun users. But the sparks pistol undoes all of that for long-ammo rifle builds, doubles down and makes it even cheaper. I don’t know why that gun is even in the game. I’ve seen very little people running it with shotguns after the hype died down. It’s just an ammo box now. 📦 💀
I think that's great! More options are better, giving up close range firepower, fast firing secondary, or even a secondary with multiple shots for more primary is a choice you can make and that's great. I don't think forcing people to go back to using uppercut on the side for ammo is a good idea because it's actually a great weapon and you're paying premium for a great weapon when maybe you really just want extra ammo.
Avto is the only gun where it's truly a problem because that gun is supposed to have ammo issues and horrible pickup, but i think it's a special case and doesn't need to nerf an unrelated weapon just because avto is too good. It should just be treated like nitro and be special ammo that doesnt stack with anything.
As a Minnesotan who has pronounced it Kraig, I feel very called out.
I wouldnt say krag has a long reload. Sure from empty to full maybe but the first three bullets are hella fast. So the window from empty to being able to fire again is kinda short tbh.
I had like 10 level 1 hunters chillin in my roster, dark tribute gave me 2 UP to all hunters... i gave each and every one the krag and sparks pistol combo with sharpshooter. Spent all my money but im excited to practice with it till im god enough (yes God enough) to bring down The Sculptor by myself (:
Shoutout to MN! Love you Homesnacks!!!! If you’re ever in Duluth hit me UP 🤙
@HomeReel
Please tell me which hunters you used here. How the hands look in gameplay is one of the most important features and I really like these ones in the video. I can't figure out which hunters they are from though.
The Wayfinder (which was event exclusive) and the Reverend (which you can still buy)
I love the Springfield Krag what it's called in the real world Krag-Jørgensen and I was one of the people who wanted it in the game because it's such a cool rifle but also because it comes from my country Denmark and Norway💞🤩☺
and I honestly don't have any issues with it I love the weapon in the game😍 the only issue I have with it is the low ammo I think it should be increased to 9 and then it would be perfect🤔 because then it would have a total of 15🧐
Its odd because me and my buddy got killed by this gun, and we missed one small health bar, we were one shot... strange tho
maybe you got headshot
maybe you had slightly less than 124 health
I paused at 0:22, thought about writing an angry comment, didn't, then continued watching the video.
I never understood long gun ammo. Like the ONLY thing it dose is allow you to fight at further distances easier and allow you to penetrate things. Im a 4 star who can pop up in 6 when im feeling like hating myself so I have experience against this and I do notice everyone starts useing long gun ammo but in most engagements It's close range unless you get a wookie shooting in which case just ignore them.
As soon as the Krag was revealed to be long ammo, my interest dropped out the floor immediately. We already had three bolt action long ammo rifles for sweatlords to bring, I would have been infinitely on board if it was Medium like it should have been.
I mean... At that point Centennial isnt that much different
it already a better centenial no need to rub it in any further
lol i liked the presidential ad
Honestñy, the craig kinda feels like an overpriced Martini Henry Ironside with better visibility, and i gotta say i prefer the henry
The U.S troops during the Philippine Insurrection had a song about my countrymen that they were fighting and the Kragg, it goes like this
"ln that land of dopy dreams, happy peaceful Philippines,
Where the bolo-man is hiking night and day;
Where Tagalos steal and lie, where Americanos die,
There you hear the soldiers sing this evening lay :
Damn, damn, damn the Filipinos, cross-eyed kakiack ladrones,
Underneath our starry flag, civilize 'em with a Krag,
And return us to our own beloved homes."
and as a Filipino I love it hahahaha.
i think homereel likes grover cleveland
I'm already tired of the Krag dominating the 5-6 star lobbies :q.
I still think it needs 1-2 more dmg and more reserve ammo, otherwise your High RoF is useless without a Sparks Pistol.
Furthermore I think the Uppercut needs its damage Nerfed to 120. (Its cost can be reduced then for all I care)
if you put those in then what is the point of the other long ammo rifles?
@@gergokerekes4550 Whats the Point of the Krak when its RoF is hammstringed by its Low ammo.
I would be fine with the Krak if the Uppercut gets down to 120 damage. Less than a rifle more than any other handgun.
@@martinnolhaf3151 why is the rof hamstringed by low ammo? if you can't kill 3 guys in 10 long shots you should stay at compact ammo.
@@gergokerekes4550 So first: you never had a fight where you would have wished for more ammo?
More important: your higher RoF only helps if you can afford to put a lot of shots down range. If you are a headshot machine it does not matter either way.
Furthermore I think the Uppercut should have iuts damage nerfed
honestly with the amount of people that bring long ammo ive been fine with the ammo and i cant really say much abut the uppercut i dont us it and dont see it too much or atleast that i notice
We only say that with the word bag.
Don't get me wrong here, but the Krag is a ok gun. The damage on the krag makes its performance less than stellar, but the rate of fire mitigates that somewhat.
The ammo is what damns the Krag imo. $376 hunt dollars for a gun you literally have to take 156-414 sidearm to be able to use is painful. I think it needs a min of 10-12 spare ammo. The lebel can get away with that, because of it's slow fire rate and high tube capacity, but the Krag needs something to make it competitive with it's long ammo counterparts. It can barely hang with the vetterli much less the mosin.