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Thread: Pistol just as powerful as rifle???

SuddnDeath
Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:47 pm
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I dont get how this game and in many others why they made pistols soo damn powerful i know this isnt real life but come on you would sure think a gun 6 feet long (t21) would do more dmg than a pistol 2 feet long.Pistols should be a very short range weapon for last ressort stuff only.But they would have to make it like only 20 skill points to master.



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HARP00N
Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:10 pm
#2

lol @ rifle 6 feet long and pistol2 feet long..
flabajaba2213
Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:00 pm
#3

I think that what he meant is that the caliber of the rifle must be larger than that of a pistol. You know what would be fun? Instead of a spraystick for close range, give us a different gun that acted like a shotgun, but was AoE up to 10 meters.



Btw, I am also a TKA/Doc on TC. Starting a rifleman/something as an alt. Probably MRM/MCH





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PsychoticChipmunk
Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:08 pm
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flabajaba2213 wrote:

I think that what he meant is that the caliber of the rifle must be larger than that of a pistol. You know what would be fun? Instead of a spraystick for close range, give us a different gun that acted like a shotgun, but was AoE up to 10 meters.



Heh, you know with a shotgun uh. You don't really have to aim.




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Draccuss
Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:18 pm
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I never understood this either. There needs to be some serious damage ranges applied and adhered to just like there should be range issues that should be adhered to. It really isn't fair to have a pistol shooting at 2 seconds that can do the same max damage as a rifle shooting at 6 seconds.


I'm sure that was the intention when the game was being developed but was kind of lost somewhere along the way.



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LittleBoo54
Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:17 pm
#6

If you knew anything, pistols are really gimped compared to rifles.


Don't give me this 700+ dmg geonosian blaster crap, my rifles and template will blow the hell out of anyone using one.



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Osmi
Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:32 pm
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HARP00N wrote:

lol @ rifle 6 feet long and pistol2 feet long..






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charvakas
Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:50 am
#8



Osmi wrote:


HARP00N wrote:
lol @ rifle 6 feet long and pistol 2 feet long..



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I hate you. you made it hard to read this damn thread.



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AcidRaineV
Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:44 am
#9

Spacebar is your friend.




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MydnyghtDaywalker
Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:51 am
#10






HARP00N wrote:

lol @ rifle 6 feet long and pistol2 feet long..






Dunno.. ti seems to me like the T21 is approaching 6 feet.. that thing is freakin huge!



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Evark-Xitov
Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:21 am
#11

There is not an ap2 or ap3pistol. Pistols are weak...and before a pistoleer flames me ive had a 450 damage scatter pistol.


I've been up to 0/4/4/4 bh, master pistoleer, master smuggler (not all at once of course) So I know the shots and equipment, don't miss any of it




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Keltorr
Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:18 am
#12

We have people walking around with pistols that have over 400 max damage without a powerup, and can one-shot players using Eyeshot. You're telling me pistols are gimped?


On the whole, though, I guess pistols are less powerful than rifles, but some of them sure hit at far range a little too well...I'm a pistoleer and considering I'm nowhere near master, there's no way I should be able to hit at like 60m more than half the time, butI often do if I use an FWG





I have a bad feeling about this nerf


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SkipMalone
Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:10 pm
#13

Ummm, Im not sure what game you have been playing, but rifleman own pistoleers. I see rifleman running around smoking PC and NPC with T21's and Jawa Ion rifles. I'll just play devils advocate here for a second. So you say a pistol is too powerful? How about rifleman being able to spam headshots while running hitting with near pin point accuracy? Plus, most high level NPC have medium orheavy armor.. pistoleers may as well spit on those targets. I can only think of 2 professions in this game that need some serious "balancing" and pistoleers are not one of them.






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