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@Khal_Fraggo

• The Martini indeed needed some sort of nerf, as it was going out of control. SMLE is now the most used, but the Martini is still surprisingly #2. If they change it at all in the coming patch, they need to watch that it doesn’t start absolutely dominating again.

The Martini Henry isn’t in second when you consider each variant as the same rifle since they are the same rifle.

Here are the totals in order from most used to least used:
SMLE - 37.5%
Gewehr M.95 - 17.2%
Russian 1895 - 14.4%
Gewehr 98 - 11.8%
Martini-Henry - 11.4%
M1903 - 7.6%

So the Martini Henry is actually the second lowest used rifle in the game. I don’t get why you combined the SMGs for your comparison, but didn’t combine the rifles. Especially when each variant of the rifles (besides the Russian Trench and M1903 Experimental) perform exactly the same as each other except for the ADS time. The only one that sees less usage than the Martini Henry now is the M1903 which is the longest range sweetspot rifle in the game (100-150 meters).

dang bro… kind of a truth bomb when you put it in perspective like this.