BUG: MPX Optimal Range not functioning as intended.
I use the MPX quite often and normally I equip it with a ACOG for 20% more optimum range. Base optimum range is 21m, with the ACOG it is 26m (according to the inventory stats). At longer ranges, I have been noticing quite a large damage drop off and its hard to determine what range your target it is, I have been just been ignoring this issue assuming I was past the 26m mark. Decided to test a few options in the shooting range and found that the MPX damage is stable at 5m and 10m but at 15m there is a large damage drop off. With a base optimal range of 21m, this should not happen. With and without the ACOG equipped, I should be able to hit a 15 or 20m target with no damage loss. So this is the first problem. The actual optimal range of the MPX is not 21m, but seems to be 14m (roughly). If that is the case, equipping a ACOG should allow you to hit a 15m target with no damage drop off. Adding the ACOG or the muzzle device (for an additional 10% optimal range) changes nothing on the MPX, the damage numbers stay the same. So, the listed optimal range of the MPX does not appear to be 21m nor does adding any optimal range mods to the MPX change anything.
At first I thought this might be a bug in the shooting range but I repeated the same tests with other SMG's and they all respond within their listed optimal range and their optimal range is increased when adding corresponding mods to increase their optimal range.
I don't believe this is a bug in the shooting range though, as already mentioned, I noticed in-game behavior that reinforces my suspension that the optimal range on the MPX is not working as intended.
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