Any Pistol...why bother

[jnt]

But the AR isn't always the better choice. As I pointed out, if you're in range to avoid the fall off, the Votan Blasters will out do all of the other automatic weapons in DPS. a base 354 damage, and 13.0 Rate of Fire. AR base is 200 and 12.0, 300 and 9.0 (iirc), and I can't recall the Battle Rifle's RoF off the top of my head. The only reason to choose the AR/Carbine in this situation is range. Or maybe nano effects/weapon modifiers.

Oh and a little thought to off set the ammo problem pick up that perk near Overcharge that restores ammo reserves off a melee kill and occasionally give a baddie a good pistol whip.

I had a 404 or so damage full auto AR for awhile, it was pretty hilarious vs groups of enemies at short range. Just feather the trigger at head level, nothing but crits etc. 45 round magazine.

Pistol is, at range, really just a more controllable semi auto sniper with dramatic damage fall off.

[Greywolf]

Seems I almost have to say this every day now.

WATCH THE MOVIE IN MY SIGNATURE.

Aim for weak spots.






PISTOL ADVOCATE IN THIS THREAD. Sorted.

[DustOfDeath]

this is like a ego-skill fight inbetween rpg and fps nerds -_-

"i can do headshots with pistols at 100 meters its op" " pistols suck i prefer shotguns" etc.

Weapons are far from balanced and useful. regardless of situation - some wepons do **** in all situations.
Wolfhound is the only pistol worth having, rest is just crap - or only has specific pvp uses. If its fast, it uses up ammo too fast (why would u want a pistol smg -_-) if its slow... well its simply slow. And most got really bad bloom.

[Greywolf]

My purple wolverine has 0.75 bloom, and my wolfhound has 0.30 bloom, wolverine burst fires.. is siphon and procs ALOT. im talking like every third shot, so shields are full most of the time, wolfhound is just hectic for crits.

use an assault rifle for any time you have to do grey dmg, soon as you see an opportunity opening up for a critical, swap to 500% pistol and eat some souls, sorted.

[Rhorge]

Detu Ara is a pistol. Reason enough to level them.

[jnt]

Detu Ara is a pistol. Reason enough to level them.

Is that the silly machine pistol from Nim? Yeah the Shondu consulate vendor loves the one I sold it.

[Flatsoda]

I don't care to much for the pistol after i got my first SMG while its a ammo spammer if fired properly in controlled bursts isn't as bad.

[BetaChapel]

Is that the silly machine pistol from Nim? Yeah the Shondu consulate vendor loves the one I sold it.

LOL

- but yeah. pistols.

[Lord Marshal]

Seems I almost have to say this every day now.

WATCH THE MOVIE IN MY SIGNATURE.

Aim for weak spots.



PISTOL ADVOCATE IN THIS THREAD. Sorted.

What pistol is that in the video?

[valhalla]

I'm new to the world, wasn't in beta, but running my first character with a burst fire aslt rifle + pistol (load1) and full auto elec aslt rifle + submchn (load2). Maybe it's a bit "roleplay" though I don't consider myself a RP'er. I find it fun and enjoyable to crit headshots for 1400 with my wolfhound side arm. It was even better when I didn't stop to re-supply and ended up out of assault rifle ammo and had to fall back on my side arm. Granted I could have gone into inventory and quickly equipped a shotgun or rocket launcher but why. For me it was experiencing that scene in "Aliens" when Rodriguez draws her sidearm out and I was knee deep in a bug nest.

Yeah, so I died a couple times until I "magically" found more ammunition on the ground. It was good times and something I'll remember. When games come and go over the years that's really all you take away anyways.

Cheers - Valhalla