Kaze Eyrou
Molon Labe.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.12.19 04:30:00 -
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While many of the sidearms are a whole different weapon on their own, they can be somewhat comparable to some Light weapons in the game:
Scrambler Pistol (Scrambler Rifle): Both do the same damage type, but the difference between them is a charge shot function (the pistol doesn't have one), rate of fire (pistol is slower), overheat mechanic (pistol has a lack of one), and amount of shots (pistol has a much smaller clip size).
SMG (Combat Rifle): Both do the same damage type, very similar rate of fire, and similar clip size. However, the SMG's range is much shorter, and the damage is much less than a Combat Rifle's.
Magsec SMG (Rail Rifle and SMG): This gun mimics the design of the SMG while acting much like its bigger brother, the Rail Rifle. Both have charge-up times, deal the same damage type and have similar clip sizes. Range and damage are once again the factors that divide the Magsec from the Rail Rifle.
Flaylock Pistol (Mass Driver): While you could argue that the Flaylock Pistol is the little brother to the Mass Driver, they both are inherently different from each other. Both deal same damage type, but rate of fire, angle trajectories, time to explode timers, and even the reticule are all very different from each other.
Bolt Pistol (Sniper Rifle? or Rail Rifle): While I'm reluctant to group this weapon with the Sniper Rifle, the Bolt Pistol does share some striking similarities. Both do same damage type, have the highest range in their class, do an amazing amount of alpha damage, and have small clip sizes. Differences would be that with a Sniper Rifle, you have to aim down the sight and crouch to steady your aim, whereas the Bolt Pistol needs none of this setup and can also be reliably hip-fired.
Ion Pistol: Has no weapon similar to it and is the Gallente's unique weapon. It has a very generous clip size for a pistol, an overheat mechanic along with a charge fire mechanic, and deals hybrid blaster damage
That's all I can remember for now; let me know if you have other that you want to know about or any that I missed
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