the AMES is NOT the best non-GAd AR in BO6

[@horg7203]

Note to all : this game is not hitscan. It is a hybrid system.
At 700m/s bullet velocity, the hitscan range is 35m. At 730 it’s a little bit higher. There just aren’t many scenarios in the game that require you to care about bullet velocity.
Bullet velocity is more for warzone.
In short, my point is that even in a pure projectile system, it isn’t that useful in these ranges.
In the current Bo6 system, not only isn’t it that useful, it’s in fact almost completely useless. Yet we have every single CDL pro currently running the gain twist barrel.
Two pros who seem to have caught on are Attach and Pred who I saw last night opting to run the combat stock instead of the gain twist on the AMES

[@wilsonwallace8755]

At those ranges both guns are hitscan there’s no bullet travel time

[@horg7203]

@@wilsonwallace8755 agreed, I address this in the pinned comment reply! So gain twist is even less useful in this scenario

[@wilsonwallace8755]

At first shotzzy was using the gpr but he let the peer pressure get to him

[@horg7203]

@@wilsonwallace8755 100% agree! Logically their decisions make no sense.
Even them opting for sprint to fire or slide to fire on ARs makes very little sense.
But that’s a topic for another video.
I need more data first !

[@bencurtis777]

Bullet velocity in a hitscan game doesn't work like that btw

[@horg7203]

@@bencurtis777 this game is not hitscan. It is a hybrid system.
At 700m/s bullet velocity, the hitscan range is 35m. At 730 it’s a little bit higher. There just aren’t many scenarios in the game that require you to care about bullet velocity.
Bullet velocity is more for warzone.
In short, my point is that even in a pure projectile system, it isn’t that useful.
In the current Bo6 system, you’re correct, not only isn’t it that useful, it’s in fact completely useless. Yet we have every single CDL pro currently running the gain twist barrel.

[@wilsonwallace8755]

@@horg7203I think it’s cause they are talking about GAing the damage barrels which I guess means chf and damage range barrels, don’t get why they would waste a attachment slot on barrel in that case. Are extended mags GA also? I never see them using one in comp

[@jedirayden]

​​@@wilsonwallace8755because the pros aren't stat guys, they go off of feel. Trust me, they have no clue that the bullet velocity barrels are mostly useless in MP. If they did know, they wouldn't use them.
Edit: no extended mags aren't GA, but the pros don't generally use them for a few reasons. First, their aim is good enough that they don't need the extra ammo, second 4v4 means you can wipe a whole team and still have ammo left with the default magazine, and third in a lot of CoD games, extended mags make you reload a little bit slower or move slower. In THIS game, they could run the extended mags 1 and get 45 rounds with no penalty whatsoever... But like I said, they're not stat guys.

[@horg7203]

@@wilsonwallace8755the only pro who has caught onto all of this seems to be attach, and last night I noticed Pred running the AMES without the barrel as well.
They both run the flinch resistance combat stock. IMO a better overall choice!

[@TheGamerTheater]

Would you say the combat stock is a better option then the long barrel? Based off of your testing it seems the long barrel is the only practical choice insofar as barrels are concerned, but would you ditch even the long barrel for the combat stock? I’m assuming the better flinch resistance would make up for, in accuracy, the reduced damage range by NOT running the long barrel.