Why was derringers nerfed?

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If it helps this discussion any, I tested the precise damage outputs of the derringers and a few other weapons a while ago. The 125 brute damage was only if the dude you're trying to shoot is on a directly adjacent tile. For every tile further out, the damage drops by about 25 brute per tile until you hit the maximum possible range of four tiles away from your position. I haven't gotten a precise damage value for when you shoot someone four tiles away from you with the derringer, but it's probably 50 brute, seeing as the damage decrease due to range on projectiles is usually pretty linear. At four tiles away from your position, the bullet basically vanishes, making it the maximum possible range of the derringer.

It's also worth mentioning that 1-4 tiles is usually the "sweet spot" for maximum damage with most traitor guns (revolvers, .22 pistols, etc.), and that the maximum possible range for revolvers and .22s are 14 and 10 tiles away from your character, respectively.

Meanwhile, I haven't even found a maximum range for the radbow yet, but it's at least 11 tiles. And unlike almost all other projectiles, the radiation received from a radbow bolt (20 Gy) remains static no matter how far the projectile's traveled. Except if you shoot it at point blank (as in switch to a non-help intent and specifically click on the dude), in which case they receive 30 Gy with the tradeoff of actually displaying a messages.