To me the OHK range (for whatever reason they and everyone else decided to start calling it “sweet spots”) is all about how competitive bolt-action rifles can be in comparison to other weapon types.
If you take away a bolt-action rifle’s ability to one-shot kill someone within SOME range, they become uncompetitive in almost every way aside from playing solely outside the range of every other weapon in the game.
If you’re playing the objective with a rifle that is not capable of one-shot kills without a headshot in CQB (literally every rifle in this game), you can be outgunned by even sidearms if you’re up against someone with an equal skillset in a 1v1 gunfight. That’s why I preferred the OHK ranges in BF4, where every rifle had a universal ohk range of 0 to 12.5m. It made playing the objective with bolt-action rifles possible, without making them crazy effective outside the range of every other weapon type (still requiring two shots).
In this game, because SO many people complained about the OHK range in BF4 (because people will always complain about rifles that can OHK to the chest, for whatever reason), they made them more effective at ranges (somewhat) outside the effective range of most other weapon types.
This has only resulted in people claiming it makes sniping “too easy” at range because you can OHK enemies but if you’re not another Scout you can’t really fight back effectively.
IMO - sweet spots shouldn’t be removed, they should all just be reverted back to close, range and aim assist for all Scout rifles should be removed.
Bolt-action OHK ranges were close range from BC2 to BF4. I wouldn’t mind an OHK range up to, say, 15m.
It would not only be a proactive change for Scouts to start playing the objective, but it would eliminate people who claim the Scout class is unfair because of their TTK potential within ranges other weapons aren’t so effective.
I make this suggestion added on to the fact that there’s currently a weapon balance pass going through the CTE that’s increasing the ranged effectiveness and TTK of almost every other weapon in the game aside from Bolt-action rifles and sidearms.
A close-range OHK to the chest (not limbs) would keep bolt-action rifles in line with the upcoming balance changes to SMGs and LMGs when playing the objective, allowing Scouts to be more competitive at aspects of the game that mean most (PTFO) - while simultaneously eliminating people claiming Scouts are OP at range, and the reason that a lot of people sit at range with bolt-action rifles (their OHK potential at 75-100m).
