User blog comment:El Alamein/El Alamein Presents: A Glint in the Misty Morn - Season 3 Finale!/@comment-5795750-20140822142233

BG1's "Boom! Headshot!" EDGES:

Sniper Rifle: In spite of my liking for the TF2 I have to say that the Sniper's Remington 700 rifle comes in last since the aiming and subsequent charging of the weapon takes a little bit longer than actually is necessary and while the laser sight does help in finding out how far away targets are (methinks) as well as allow for pinpoint accuracy, its more of a hindrance in this scenario since fog (as particles filled with smut and dust) will not only reveal the dot more clearly (as if the dot is not clear enough in the game already) but also trace the dot back to its origin. Next up to go is the Mosin-Nagant M91/30 held by Zaytsev since as a sniper rifle (and with the exception of Hayha's own sniper rifle) it doesn't have much in the way of magnification and consequently a gauge of the physics behind his shots (like drop and wind speed). 3rd place goes to Hathcock's Winchester Model 70 since the arcing of its shots are going to place him at a slight disadvantage in terms of accuracy and timing of shots and if I can be honest, while his method of gauging the wind is much better than Zaytsev's it is rather primitive; and tied for first are Hayha's Sako M/28-30 and MacMillan's M21 since the M21 is more technologically advanced than the WWII and Vietnam War-era rifles and thus has its share of neat perks like zoomed magnification but Hayha's rifle has proven to be reliable for Hayha and when combined with Hayha's skill, shots fired from this gun will be as deadly and accurate as those of the modern sniper rifle

EDGE (in order from 1st to 5th): Hayha/MacMillan, Hathcock, Zaytsev, Sniper

Other Weapons: So the loadout appears to be, generally speaking: SMG, Pistol plus Explosives, Pistol plus Explosives, SMG, SMG + Knife. Lemme try to gather like terms and then reduce things here.


 * Pistols + Explosives: Both the USP and Colt are carrying the same calibre of round and have effectively the same range so what it comes down to is power and magazine capacity which I think are what the USP has an advantage in; with regards to the explosives, I can surmise that modern claymore mines of MacMillan are more reliable than the claymores of the 1970s and I would actually give MacMillan's mines the edge since they also are activated by tripwire rather than remote which allows for more time for MacMillan to focus on his sniping
 * SMG: So I guess that the KP-31 SMG that Hayha has is a somewhat copy of Zaytsev's PPSh-41 and after doing my research, I can conclude that while the KP-31 has the edge in range over the PPSh, it lacks the latter's powerful round and muzzle velocity

Now comes the SMG vs SMG + Knife vs Pistol + Explosives comparison and it can easily be said that the PPSh-41 trumps both the USP (since you are making a rather facetious comparison between a pistol and SMG) and the MAT-49 SMG; and while the knife is definitely useful in a general fight, I doubt the fighting gets up close here and even if it does, maybe the Sniper might not be around to be involved in it; the Claymores however give MacMillan the element of surprise and can allow him to set up very complex traps the others may fall for. In the end, it is a tie between MacMillan and Zaytsev since the former has the best tools for an indirect confrontation while the latter has the best weapon for a direct firefight

TBF