Pistols are very easily damaged by zombies. I encountered the problem when shooting at zombies and missing and having them hitting me. After killing the zombie I have checked my pistol, 1 of which I believe was pristine before the fight, and it has been ruined and thus not only can it not be fired but it is not repairable. I have only noticed this with semi-automatic pistols. I could understand this happening to items such as the compass but semi-automatic pistols are designed to be used in war and would not be ruined by 1 hit, or even multiple hits from a zombie. If the hit was hard enough to do any damage to the pistol it would be knocked from the hand or if stored in a pocket the force would be imparted to the body of the person wearing the clothing the item is stored in.
I have had this happen with 2 pistols so far. 1 FNX45 from worn condition (put in this condition by previous zombie attack, was previously pristine) and 1 Amphibia S which I believe was pristine before the attack but was ruined after the attack.
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- Legacy ID
- 3889735324
- Severity
- None
- Resolution
- Open
- Reproducibility
- N/A
While a zombie is running towards you shoot at it with pistol but don't hit. Keep shooting while the zombie hits you. Switch to and kill zombie with melee weapon. Check status of pistol to see it is ruined.
Allow a zombie to hit you while having a gun stored in a chest item.
This can be fixed in 3 ways.
- Items held in 1 hand could be knocked from the hand if hit - problematic as people may end up losing items if server shuts down when being attacked or if item is knocked out of hand and ends up in inaccessible area.
- Make pistols indestructible except for when shot with bullets and possibly when hit with metal tools.
- A combination of the 2.
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I'd like to upvote this.
Pistols also take damage and become ruined when hit by bullets - even though the pistol was equipped and not even in the container.
Wearing a Press Vest containing a pistol holster containing a pristine FNX.
During combat, I had the pistol drawn and was shot in the chest a few times.
My chest items were ruined (as expected) including the holster and the pistol but the pistol was ruined even though it was NOT "in" the holster.