[199] Pistol Secondary fire
Laosh'Ra
Join Date: 2011-12-09 Member: 137232Members
Join Date: 2011-12-09 Member: 137232Members
<div class="IPBDescription">increase stray on primary fire to make it more useful?</div>is it just me or is the secondary pistol fire mode rather pointless right now? leaving the fancy laser effect aside, the only advantage is increased accuracy (please correct me if i'm wrong).
however, the primary fire is already very accurate, i can barely feel any difference in accuracy, even across huge distances. and even if i'd hit only 9/10 shots with primary fire, the increased fire rate makes up for that (unless i am REALLY low on ammo).
since you cannot reduce stray of secondary fire, how about increasing the stray of the primary fire a bit? not as much as the rifle, but just enough to actually notice a difference when trying to snipe something far away.
however, the primary fire is already very accurate, i can barely feel any difference in accuracy, even across huge distances. and even if i'd hit only 9/10 shots with primary fire, the increased fire rate makes up for that (unless i am REALLY low on ammo).
since you cannot reduce stray of secondary fire, how about increasing the stray of the primary fire a bit? not as much as the rifle, but just enough to actually notice a difference when trying to snipe something far away.
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Primary Fire: Rapid-Fire Pistol
Function: Inflicts damage on targeted player or structure at infinite range.
Damage: 25
Damage Type: Light
Fire Delay: 0.1
Clip Size: 10
Reserve Clips: 5
Description: The Pistol can quickly deliver deadly rounds into flesh and bone alike.
Secondary Fire: Focus-Fire Mode
Function: Toggles between rapid-fire mode and focus-fire mode, increasing damage and delay between shots; the pistol also projects a red laser.
Damage: 40
Damage Type: Light
Fire Delay: 0.2
Clip Size: 10
Reserve Clips: 5
Description: The Pistol packs a punch when focus-fire mode is toggled on, but lacks in speedy delivery.
that said, I completely agree: make the default less accurate!
At the moment I think each fire mode is well balanced. I typically leave the pistol on primary fire and quick switch to it when my LMG is out of ammo. The secondary fire is really good for when you see a skulk coming from across the room. It really does kill deceptively quickly.
however, the primary fire is already very accurate, i can barely feel any difference in accuracy, even across huge distances. and even if i'd hit only 9/10 shots with primary fire, the increased fire rate makes up for that (unless i am REALLY low on ammo).
since you cannot reduce stray of secondary fire, how about increasing the stray of the primary fire a bit? not as much as the rifle, but just enough to actually notice a difference when trying to snipe something far away.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm pretty sure there is no accuracy bonus for enabling secondary fire mode. The laser sight simply indicates that secondary mode is on; it's just for show. I was bored and curious, so here's some data regarding these firing modes:
Secondary fire does more damage per clip:
<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1--> Primary Secondary
Clip 1 250 400
Clip 2 500 800
Clip 3 750 1200
Clip 4 1000 1600
Clip 5 1250 2000<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->
Note that it takes 1.5s to empty a primary mode clip and 3s to unload a secondary one. It takes roughly 1.7s to reload:
<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->Time Primary Time Secondary
1.5s 250 1.5s 200
3.2s Reloaded 3.0s 400
4.7s 500 4.7s Reloaded
6.4s Reloaded 6.2s 600
7.9s 750 7.7s 800
9.6s Reloaded 9.4s Reloaded
11.1s 1000 10.9s 1000
12.8s Reloaded 12.4s 1200
14.3s 1250 14.1s Reloaded
Empty 15.6s 1400
Empty 17.1s 1600
Empty 18.8s Reloaded
Empty 20.3s 1800
Empty 21.8s 2000
Empty Empty<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->
I was pleasantly surprised at my findings when taking reload time into account. During the time it takes each mode to reload, the other mode will do more total damage. This is until primary fire's third clip is consumed, where secondary mode will start doing consistently higher dps all the way through. I just hope the wiki is up to date concerning pistol statistics. D: