>>370727475
It really doesn't. Though if it makes you feel better [spoiler]shotgun slugs have 100% armour penetration, the best in the game.[/spoiler] Grab any of the larger capacity shotguns and enjoy your run and gun. SWAT Val mimics are insane though. Better not to fuck around with them. Dragunov to the face is highly suggested.
>>370711817
In 1.0 they'd oneshot the transparent fragments and almost always disable the hard fragments. With a full second cooldown on attacks and lower damage, you either double knife and headshot or don't bother. Throwing too seems to be harder in 2.0 even though the arc is the same. In 1.0 it would flip the knife over and you'd throw from the tip which somehow was easier to aim. Only use it gets outside of being a fork is to stab stunned spider spawns when I don't already have my gun out. Meanwhile in 1.0 I'd carry 6+ knives on me and use them on every fragment and spawn I saw, saving ammo for mimics and sliders. It's a shame and I really hope they bring knives back to their original state - damage and throwing style. Also hope they make the player's gunshot sounds louder too. No idea why those are so whisper quiet.