I like that high velocity rounds finally got another upgrade and one that's useful on more characters in opening rounds. I think we could actually use even more sources of bullet velocity.
I was thinking there could be an item between high velocity and armor piercing rounds just so that APM is easier to build into, it could be t2 or t3 and have the effects of high velocity rounds and the piercing through enemies' effect of APM but not the piercing through resistances effect.
As for items that could have a bullet velocity stat without building off of high velocity rounds (the bullet velocity gained would be lower than from buying high velocity rounds). I think kinetic dash is a good candidate, its counterpart arcane surge gives ability range which makes hitting abilities easier and bullet velocity does that for weapons, bullet velocity and ability range are different sides of the same coin.
I think sharpshooter is another candidate, you need to be further away from enemies for the passive to be active, but that also means it will be harder to hit shots compared to up close.
Other suggestions might be a stretch/random:
heroic aura, so supports can have less slow bullets
Ballistic enhancement, quite a few heroes who buy it have lowish bullet velocity
The cultists sacrifice buff could give bullet velocity, it already gives ability range
I was thinking there could be an item between high velocity and armor piercing rounds just so that APM is easier to build into, it could be t2 or t3 and have the effects of high velocity rounds and the piercing through enemies' effect of APM but not the piercing through resistances effect.
As for items that could have a bullet velocity stat without building off of high velocity rounds (the bullet velocity gained would be lower than from buying high velocity rounds). I think kinetic dash is a good candidate, its counterpart arcane surge gives ability range which makes hitting abilities easier and bullet velocity does that for weapons, bullet velocity and ability range are different sides of the same coin.
I think sharpshooter is another candidate, you need to be further away from enemies for the passive to be active, but that also means it will be harder to hit shots compared to up close.
Other suggestions might be a stretch/random:
heroic aura, so supports can have less slow bullets
Ballistic enhancement, quite a few heroes who buy it have lowish bullet velocity
The cultists sacrifice buff could give bullet velocity, it already gives ability range
