An Old Classic
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| Tactical Information | |
|---|---|
| Caliber | 10 gauge |
| Capacity | 2 |
| Reload type | Multiple at once |
| Base damage | 15 hearts |
| Firerate | 23.5 RPM (x2) |
| Lifespan | 1000 shells (500 shots) |
| Action type | Single shot |
| Sight type | Iron sights |
An Old Classic is a full-length double barrel shotgun, chambered in the rarer but more powerful 10 gauge. Its high base damage and access to more powerful ammo variants make it a formidable weapon up-close.
The shotgun is not craftable, it can only be found in structures, or as part of the supply crate loot pool.
Mechanics and Play
An Old Classic is a double-barrel shotgun with one trigger, meaning it will fire both loaded shells at the same time. Uniquely, if possible, it will immediately trigger a reload after firing, meaning the reload key only has to be used for the initial load, and after ammo has run out.
Being a full-length gun, it does not have the same accuracy penalties as sawed-off guns, meaning that buckshot and its variants have considerably less spread, effectively increasing the range of the gun. In addition, 10 gauge buckshot has ten pellets, in contrast to 12 gauge which has eight, which on top of the higher base damage and double shell firing make it devastating at short range.
Using the sights will further lessen the spread, in addition to giving the default x0.66 FOV multiplier (1.5-fold magnification). To get the most range out of the gun, 10 gauge slugs can be used, but their usefulness may be hampered by the gun's impractical bead sights, making it substantially less capable for long ranges even with advantageous ammo types.
Sacred Dragon
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| Tactical Information | |
|---|---|
| Caliber | 10 gauge |
| Capacity | 2 |
| Reload type | Multiple at once |
| Base damage | 22.5 hearts |
| Firerate | 23.5 RPM (x2) |
| Lifespan | 6000 shells (3000 shots) |
| Action type | Single shot |
| Sight type | Iron sights |
The Sacred Dragon is An Old Classic's B-side. The stats are near identical, however it features higher base damage and 35% more projectile spread, due to being sawn-off. The gun's range is further reduced by the fact that, while it's possible to aim, it has no sights.
Crafting Sacred Dragon
An Old Classic can be upgraded into Sacred Dragon using selenium steel:
Mods
- Choke: An Old Classic can make use of a barrel choke, halving spread from buckshot-type ammo variants. This makes the already more destructive 10 gauge ammo even more powerful, by extending the effective range and making hits more likely. The choke can only be installed on full-length guns, meaning it is mutually exclusive to the hacksaw.
- Hacksaw: As a full-length shotgun, An Old Classic can be sawed off, increasing ammo spread by 50%, adding a small amount of innate spread and increasing damage by 35%.
Sacred Dragon, due to already being sawed off, cannot use either mod. It acts similarly to a sawed off An Old Classic, however it has higher damage (+50% instead of +35%), less ammo spread (+35% instead of +50%) and no innate spread, making slugs pin-point accurate when used while looking down the barrel.
Trivia
- An Old Classic is based on the shotguns seen in Wolfenstein: The Order and Wolfenstein: Old Blood, with the former game having the full-length version while the latter features a sawed-off shotgun.
- The gun was made as a spiritual successor to the Super Shotgun, which is a similar looking double-barrel shotgun seen in the Doom franchise.
- Sacred Dragon is named after Sacred Dragon, a song by Vylet Pony.
- Before the addition of Sacred Dragon, An Old Classic's model and texture files were referred to as "sacred dragon", before being changed to "double barrel".
