Holy shit stop the presses:
It finally happened, Techland has finally acknowledged the issue after a thread from over a year ago and a recent thread with more than 600 comments.
Also here's a shot I recently took of the latest patch TL threw in with some "balance tweaks" and Nvidia's shadows being added as a graphical option, needless to say this was what happened:
Also it seems they nerfed the firearms legendary tree which now means firearms aren't going to be as great as they used to be and that honestly makes gameplay for me a bit dull since I used my trusty golden shotgun as a means to an end when it came to dealing with the Freaks of nature undead.
Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.