Pistol vs Machine Gun

OmNomNom!

Which do you personally use for killing which aliens?

If you use the pistol, do you use the alternate fire and why?

Thanks :)

Wilson

I use pistol alt fire for aliens far away then switch to my rifle when they get close. The pistol alt-fire is really powerful (3 shots kill a skulk) even if you only hit 1 shot it'll take them down a lot and you can finish them off with the rifle.

I think the pistol will be even more powerful once performance is improved and it becomes easier to aim.

OmNomNom!

Do you think using alt fire for pistol actually results in greater DPS?

meb3

i only use pistol

i only fire it sideways

where my black armor brothas at

Kurrine

I used pistol plenty in NS, usually getting the pistol whip achievement for the servers that had that sort of script.

But right now it's a bit troublesome to use in the heat of things with my frame rate currently, which is only usually just playable.

I'll likely upgrade before the end of the year so that'll stop being so much of a problem thankfully.

Floodinator

I use the Pistol most of the time at 1 Hive present in Alt. fire.
It kills a Skulk in 3 shots the whole game.

For sitting Lerks i use the normal fire of the Pistol, 90% of the time the Lerks dead then.
If it moves I use the Alt. Fire.

If you I see a Fade i switch to the Pistol to get 10shot as fast as possible in to the Fade, so that he has no more armor and even a LMG can kill a Fade then.

Silverwing

Pistol play (and skulking) will improve a lot once fastswitch and/or keybinds are in.

Kalabalana

Yeah, it feels like the time it takes to get those 3 pistol alt shots off, you could've already killed the skulk with normal pistol fire.

Boxer`D

alt fire all the way!!

Floodinator

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DPS of Pistol in normal Mode 200. Max DMG per mag is also 200.

DPS of Pistol alt 150. Max DMG per mag 300. Btw that is Enough to kill a armor 0/1 Fade.

As alien I'm glad to see most marines are shooting at me with LMG and not with the pistol!

OmNomNom!

<!--quoteo(post=1873409:date=Sep 7 2011, 06:36 AM:name=Floodinator)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Floodinator @ Sep 7 2011, 06:36 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1873409"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->DPS of Pistol in normal Mode 200. Max DMG per mag is also 200.

DPS of Pistol alt 150. Max DMG per mag 300. Btw that is Enough to kill a armor 0/1 Fade.

As alien I'm glad to see most marines are shooting at me with LMG and not with the pistol!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Aha interesting stats, thanks for that. Thought it'd be something similar.

Syknik

I dare any one to try to pistol whip a decent face. LMG is your best bet, then if need be, switch if the fade is still around, then shoot him. But to just pistol is dumb. =]

Sewlek

use the pistol at first is the best thing you can do against a fade. The pistol does heavy damage (drains the fades armor) which makes the Rifle afterwards much more effective. If you do it the opposite, and use the pistol only as a last resort, you end up doing less damage (with the same amount of bullets hit)