Weapons opinion in 2.0

[tabcef]

I think all of us have at least gottten our hands on something other than the 9mm, so...

Let's comment on 'em.

Knife: Pretty useful, attacks pretty fast- I still can't figure out what the hell the secondary attack is for, though.

Pipe: Not that strong, but it's a freakin' lead pipe!

Axe: Super powerful. I took down clots in 2 hits from the thing, stalkers in 1, and I never really tried it past that.


Dual 9mm Pistols: Honestly.. I think these suck. They're not that great, because the fire rate and damage can't match up at all to the other weapon in the speed category. Plus, the reload is probably the slowest in game- even topping out the shotgun..

Bullpup: This gun is probably one of the best in the game. It's fire rate and damage make it really, really, really, effective. Problem is it sucks up ammo really fast, but that's what you get when you spew out 40 bullets so fast.

Deagle: ..Eh, it's average. It's nice to have, but the bullpup is a better choice, IMO. The damage is toned down from 1.0, I think.

Shotgun: When they said that this gun kicked ass in 2.0, they weren't joking. This thing can really save your arse, especially against Stalkers (HACKERS). It's damage (when aimed to the upper-part of the body, head and stuff) can one shot stalkers and clots.
Problem is it suffers from a slow re-fire rate, and reload.

Hunting Shotgun: I've only seen two people use it, but so far it seems like a portable cannon.. Saw a cone of blood spray come out when they shot, and there was nothing standing left in it's path.
Suffers from the same problem as regular shotgun.

Winchester: Eh.. I dunno. It's pretty average. The damage modifer to headshots is nice, but because the zombie's heads pop off and they still move, it becomes kind of a nuisance to use it, since the headshot bonus is pretty much only there for one shot.
The reloading time is kind of slow, but it's no big deal.

[Dr. Macon Dead]

IIRC, once the head is off you get the headshot bonus no matter where ya hit.

[gibberstein]

I can confirm that. Once that head comes off, their whole body is the target for qualifying for the damage bonus. The quicker the head comes off, the sooner it becomes incredibly easy to rack up the damage bonus ;D

edit: Talking as a player rather than a dev, I like the new HandCannon. I can't remember if the damage was toned down or not, but the new model makes it much easier to aim with. Easier aim = more headshots. More headshots? Refer to my paragraph above

[Mortan Astral]

Does the critical headshot apply to a part of the specimen's face or rather have a chance per headshot it comes off?

And aye, HandCannon+Winchester+Grenades=win

[faust]

Bullpup + Axe + nades = win

Did even knock some Fleshpounds out.

[3verybody]

All the crap liing around the map+nades = win

[kif]

I agree with you on everything except the Deagle.

The Deagle is my favourite weapon since 4 rounds is often enough to kill your average and above average foes. Its highly accurate and for this it fires a bit slower making it easier to aim and get a precise shot. Overall I find the Deagle to be highly effective, even more so then most weapons.

[Doomest]

Handcannon is pretty fucking sweet

[3verybody]

i love eagle too, because 2 or 3 shots usually deals with clots striders and sirens and crawlers.
Usually i don't like the winchy, because the ironsigt is buggy. Hunting shotty is GREAT!
It's hard to get too.

Everybodys guns are called:
Barry(s) the Busted Beretta(s)
DAvid The Desert Eagle
Billy the bullpup
Shreba The Shotgun
Larry the Lawnmower(hunting shotty)
Xena The Xbow
BooBerg The LAW
Wilma The Welder
Lara the Med-needle
Mysterious Mr.Nade.
Kevin The Kevlar

[faust]

Hehe the axe is to beyond such childish names.

[T-Jul]

My favorite weaps are Hunting Shotgun and Bullpup (And I have to say that grenade are freaking useful)

Hunting shotgun is pretty effective you can kill 3 clots with one good shot

[Fraser]

Hunting shot gun, Nothing can beat it i can take sometimes 3 monsters little ones, or 1 of the monsters with claws in 1 shot, And the realy big monster in about 3 to 4 shots, the gore out of the gun is amazing the power of the gun can send enermy's packing

[Dastard]

Duallies are relatively lousy, not enough damage or ROF.
Deagle is tres pwn, a really nice cheap weapon to start out getting.
Shotgun is another really nice one to start out with, I usually get it until I can go to Plan 9.
Winch is relatively so so, not enough damage output to make up for the reload time, since it's only slightly above deagle damage.
Xbow is all about skill, if you're really good with it, you can get off mad head shots which are pretty much death with that thing (4X!), however, trick is getting those headshots when you're being swarmed by zeds.
Bullpup is a decent enough start weapon, best off using it and then selling it, though, the ammo cost outways any point gain from killing.
Law is a bit more controllable than in 1.0, it's good for taking out large swarms.
Hunting shotty is pretty much OMGDEATH. This is entirely expect, however, the main issue is the fact that the ammo for it is based of off normal combat shotty ammo, so it's way too cheap to get ammo. If the ammo for it costed 30-40 a box rather than the 20 now, it would be a lot more balanced, since you wouldn't want to waste it on clots as much.