You're definitely not vibing with the video game logic- You're referring to the baseball bat as a 'piece of wood', But in game it's not just a piece of wood. Heck, IRL it's not 'just a piece of wood'.
The Pipe Shotgun is a Tier 1 weapon as explained above- What neither of them mentioned however is that both the Baseball Bat and Sledgehammer are Tier 2 weapons. And that tier jump makes a HUGE difference.
The Baseball bat is a tier 2 Club type weapon- The T1 version being the wooden club you craft 60 seconds into a new game to complete the tutorial. The Sledgehammer is the Tier 2 version of sledge weapons; The T1 version being the Stone sledge that you can optionally craft like 90 seconds into a new game.
And being T2 weapons, They reflect that in their stats and usability.
Also, You want to talk about a level 1 bat vs a level 6 bat? Go pick up a random tree branch and swing it at a few baseballs/trees/etc- Chances are it's going to break pr...
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