As it stands now, I feel that the Circle of Life Perk for the Gunslinger class is a useless Perk. In order to increase it's usage and viability I feel that a slight buff in due. Below I have listed 2 buffs that I feel would balance it out and make this Perk worth using.
As it is now, CoL only offers a negligible increase to the duration via a Throwing Kill while GG is active. What the system doesn't take into account is the time it takes to throw the knife, have it travel to it's Target for a kill and the animation to revert back to GG reduce to niche that this Perk offers. These are my suggested buffs.
1. Killing an enemy with Throwing Knife while Golden is active extends the duration of Golden Gun by a slightly larger amount than before while also granting the user an extra bullet to fire(If one had at least been used already)
Different Buff #2
2. Killing and enemy with Throwing Knife while Golden Gun is active extended the duration (by the aforementioned increased amount) Also, while Golden Gun is active, the damage of the Throwing Knife is drastically increased and killing an enemy grants the combustion perk if the enemy is killed with a headshot.
The damage increase, I feel, should be at a high enough multiplier to allow for a OHKO in PvP if it is a headshot. This would solve the problem of it not being a OHKO when combined with Incendiary Blade (when it really should) And I think it would put it on par with a Sunsinger's OHKO extended range melee and a Titans Force Barrier/Shoulder Charge gimmick. The balance is there in that it only one hits while GG is active. This would create a new niche for Gunslingers to use instead of the point click shoot kill we have now.
Anyway, that's my thoughts on Circle of Life. Please feel free to leave a response with your opinion on my suggestion and to also leave a thought of your own with a particular buff you'd like to see on a perk.
And let's be honest, they should have named this Perk "Circle of Knife"
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I would say replace the perk entirely with one that allows it to bank off walls