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[Captain_Obvious_au]

To be honest, Pistols have bothered me in the ME universe since ME1, and moreso with ME2. In the ME universe it seems that they're legitimate, medium range weapons with a fair ammo capacity and pretty good accuracy, with every class being trained to use them.

The irony here, to me anyway, is that pistols are really backup weapons in the real world. Most military personnel are never trained to fire them, they only have a very short effective range (50 metres compared to 400-800 metres for an assault rifle), and have little ammunition. They're good in that they're very compact and don't weigh that much, but you wouldn't go charging into battle with them.

Going back to the ME universe though, they're like miniature sniper rifles which just doesn't sit well with me - plus, with the advent of the submachine gun in ME2, the pistol really seems like something that should be relegated to the position as a backup weapon. For example - using the whole ME2 heat sink concept you could change the pistol so that it is more like in real life (ie, not particularly powerful + has limited range) BUT instead of using heatsinks, let it either a) use the old ME1 heat buildup system, or make it so that pistols simply don't use heatsinks.

Either way, the pistol would have unlimited ammo. This would work pretty well in that it would have that advantage over every other weapon, but because of its limitations, you wouldn't want to use it as your primary weapon, just as one to use when your rifle runs out of bullets *cough* I mean heat sinks.

Thoughts?

[Klimy]

I love pistol, but low ammo capacity didn't allow me to use it as a main weapon (play as soldier class, so no offencive skills).

I map AR and pistol for quick swap, and glad to pull out a pistol instead of reloading AR during intense combat.

[Xerxes52]

If they had more ammo I would use them as a main weapon, but right now it's just a backup in case I'm out on my AR or SMG (depending on class).

Although I will switch to it when fighting Scions or when a Praetorian's barriers go down.

I usually treat my heavy pistols, shotguns and sniper rifles as power weapons. They're incredibly effective, but there's so little ammo available for them I have to hoard it for tough enemies. I don't ever touch the heavy weapons, I'd rather grab that 100 credits (same with medkits). It really adds up after a while.

Modifié par Xerxes52, 15 décembre 2010 - 04:59 .

[hitorihanzo]

I hate pistols. I never use them if I have a choice. Their ammo amount, and rate of fire leave a lot to be desired. Give me a SMG any day.

[Telemachus78]

The Phlanax is like a tiny sniper rifle I love it but I do get what you are saying.