Semi Auto or Bolt Action?

[SasquatcHunter]

I love the bolters personally. They will espicially be better for you when getting used to sniping. They are a good blend between semi auto and bolt action and you can kill garbage mobs much quicker then a regular bolt action. You can get bolters with 1.3 fire rate and 3.5 crit multiplier and they have over 1k damage.

[DMC14]

i use bolt action. i also use a bolter.

i like some pistols i got a wolverine (i think that's it) that does about 530 damage and shoots burst fire. its probable one of my best guns.

[Nintenja]

Bolt Action and a pistol works towards a combat pursuit. I don't the semiautomatic does.

[Zeldron]

I love the bolters personally. They will espicially be better for you when getting used to sniping. They are a good blend between semi auto and bolt action and you can kill garbage mobs much quicker then a regular bolt action. You can get bolters with 1.3 fire rate and 3.5 crit multiplier and they have over 1k damage.

I really normaly salvage those but after this post I am going to try them out.

[mikepaul]

My Voltan Bolter crits at 3150 or so. I tend to use it at arkfalls to remove hellion arms. I am just not getting enough use out of it because of the tendency for other enemies to shoot and hit me at the same distance I can barely hit them.

That makes the semi-auto a better deal most of the time, since I don't need a crit if I can make solid contact 4 or 5 times. I just modded a purple one that came from a lock box (first good drop in a bunch of boxes) with the 'splat' damage magazine I got plus a barrel and a stock. Not adding the slot for a sight, maybe once all other weapons I need fixing get their share of salvage. I think 33,000+ to add a slot is darn excessive, but until the box drops come with a complete set, I have to make do...

[Aecus Vynn]

My Voltan Bolter crits at 3150 or so. I tend to use it at arkfalls to remove hellion arms. I am just not getting enough use out of it because of the tendency for other enemies to shoot and hit me at the same distance I can barely hit them.

That makes the semi-auto a better deal most of the time, since I don't need a crit if I can make solid contact 4 or 5 times. I just modded a purple one that came from a lock box (first good drop in a bunch of boxes) with the 'splat' damage magazine I got plus a barrel and a stock. Not adding the slot for a sight, maybe once all other weapons I need fixing get their share of salvage. I think 33,000+ to add a slot is darn excessive, but until the box drops come with a complete set, I have to make do...

I had used a regular bolt action, and found that in Shadow Wars, more often than not I am being ganked by some cloak/shotgunner, or someone with an assault rifle with an.. I assume acid nano.

[StickyChief]

My Bolt action all modded Purple VOT Bolter acts like a semi auto sniper with it's reload, plus it has great stats. Love it. Been using it since day 1.

[cyrix]

If your using cloak then bolt action all the way, there's a skill that gives you 30% damage from the first bullet you fire from cloaked so it stacks with bolt actions perfectly coz by the time your ready to fire again your recloaked.

I got a 1,290 + fire damage bolt action with a 4 crit multiplier, add on the 30% damage skill and you got some amaizing big numbers!

Also as your killing with crits mostly you never run out of ammo vs the semi.

[eskimoletdinov]

Get the right perk set up and you can still one hit crit kill many enemies with the semi auto. That being said, I do prefer bolt

[eskimoletdinov]

Bolt Action and a pistol works towards a combat pursuit. I don't the semiautomatic does.

Not at my Xbox atm but from what I remember, the pursuits group up as:

Decoy --- LMG / Detonator (5) / BMG (10)
Cloak --- Bolt / Pistol (5) / Semi-Auto (10)
Overcharge --- AR / SMG (5) / (not sure, I think infector)
Blur --- All shotguns, can't remember Reqs or orders though