Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: FWG5 vs DX2
59-200 1.9
18.2% Wound Chance
and A DX2 with these stats:
100- 157 2.6
21.8% Wound Chance
In what situations would it be best to use the DX2? Vs humans or what?
hrm, bad FWG5, basically FWG5 is all purpose...DX2 is good for armored/weak to acid, not sure if Light piercing works yet though, been off for long time
A lot of hi level mobs are resistant to heat and not to acid for them the DX2 is a better choice. For heat vulnerable mobs the FWG is better. There are alot of different pistols and most if not all have there uses.
You should always examine a mob and use the weapon best suited to the job. That is for mobs that accually take work to kill. I have 5 pistols I use depending on the mob.
Ive found various results from various guns in various situations, here is my thoughts and the guns i generally use.
Fwg5 60-405/spd 1.5 AP 0Heat Dmg
DX2 160-244/spd 2.1 AP1 Acid Dmg
Tangle 52-106/spd 2 AP0 Stun Dmg
These are all sliced but no powerups, generally on standard mobs and 75% of time i use the fwg5 due to its accuracy rate of fire and low ham costs, i switch to the dx2 when the mob is either AR1+, acid vulnerable or high heat resistant, the tangle i will mention shortly.
Generally when duelling i use the fwg5 due to its great dmg range, but i decided to try the dx2 out against a fully comp armoured bh the other night and it was hitting for well over 800 in pvp from a Last Ditch shot, 400-600 from fan shot, my fwg5 varies widely from 800-1300 in pvp.
Last night i was soloing Kimo's on Lok with my At-St and again would generally be using my dx2 due to Kimo having AR2 and 24k Ham, i decided to try my tangle on it and boy oh boy, did that kimo go down fast.
The Dx2 was generally hitting for 250-400 a hit, switching to the Tangle i was actually seeing figures of 900-1200 over the kimo's head from spamming fan shot, and made very light work of it.
Vulnerabilities and armor aside (obviously use the DX2 on armored/heavy heat resistant).
The FWG5 is generally a better sidearm, superior accuracy in alot of situations cheaper to spam specials, and faster rate of fire unless your a bounty hunter/pistoleer.
Base Stats on a Radiant unmodified/sliced/power'd up FWG5:
63min 215max Speed 1.7
+0 point blank
+23 @ 20m
-70 @ 64m
DX2:
102min 161max Speed 2.5 (Advanced Blaster Barrel)
+20 point blank
-19 @ 80m
-90 @ 64m
So DX2 is more accurate right up in your face but quickly degrades and depending on your level of pistol skill becomes alot more innacurate than the FWG5 the further you go out.
1.7 second stopping shot at master pistol (no master marksman) vs 2.6 second with the DX2