So I have been messing around with various guns. Launcher is meh, Detonators are average at best. Pistols just seem horrible. Some auto rifles are bleh.
I am sure I am missing something here but I see zero usage for a pistol.
Low capacity of ammo, range damage is weak and I only see a single target use when up close, might as well use a shotgun for that.
So what am I missing in using a Pistol?
Seems Assault rifle is the best next comes sniper rifles, SMG uses too much ammo too fast.
Snipe from the shadows pursuit 3.... Thats all I'm using the pistol for atm
^This is the only reason I can think of.Originally Posted by Ashnon
I agree. The drop off damage and low ammo pool (not clip size), make pistols useless. The only conceivable reason to equip a pistol is as a back up if you run out of ammo, but ammo is so easy to get that it isn't even a good reason.
Variety?
I can speak from personal experience that the Wolfhound and perhaps even the other 7 Round Standard Pistols destroy enemies if you consistently land head shots. They're challenging and rewarding.
Perhaps they'd be more useful if they had an extremely short weapon swap time compared to the other weapons. But that's just not the case as it stands.
Pistols are sidearms. What they're meant for is finishing off a target. Like, you mag dump on a target and it's close to death but not dead. Rather than wait for a reload you just quick swap to your pistol and finish your target.
I use a Wolfhound as my primary sidearm and employ it in nearly every single encounter in this fashion. Y'all need to stop treating this game like WoW or LOTRO or GW2 or any other completely banal and trite themepark MMORPG, IMO.
Defiance is not some tab-to-target fantasy game with RPG combat; this is a shooter. You'll need to treat it as such to understand it.
Pistols are for Critical Kills.
Yeah, except I can switch to a shotgun and do the same thing, only easier. Y'all need to stop assuming other players don't know what they're talking about.
Pistols suck and you think people are treating this game like WoW.....? Gf.
You could switch to a shotgun or just reload and say screw the pistol
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With an Ammo Reserve increase Pistols will be perfectly fine main weapons. I use a Pistol in my first slot, and the only issue I have is running out of ammo. but then again, I'm building myself around Pistol use(lots of Crit-related perks.), not just using one all willy nilly.
You need to stop treating this game like it is Call of Duty or Battlefield or some other completely banal and trite match based FPS. It doesn't have to be all Assault Rifles and Shotguns, just because you say it does.
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