Does gun safety have a gameplay purpose?

[MuangMuang]

Do guns go unintentionally discharging if it's not on safety when holstered or is it just a cool gimmick to add realism?

[Frostiken]

I've seen more than one livestreamer pop off a round accidentally but beside that, no.

I mean, gun safeties in real life are not really 'used' much either, honestly. I think most guns have them because police/military requirements demand it, but a lot of guns simply don't bother. The only safeties I ever actually bother to put on (in real life) are my AK safeties to keep the action closed.

The logic is this - if a safety is stopping you from pulling the trigger and accidentally discharging a round, you ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up already. There should never be a situation where that's required. And absolutely nobody carrying a duty weapon is going to have a safety on for the same reason you don't put them on in ITR.

A ton of people off themselves or a friend doing stupid ♥♥♥♥ because they go 'oh the safety is on, I can pull the trigger', and surprise, the safety wasn't on. So proper gun safety is to always treat a gun as if there is no safety.

[V I D A L]

Nah... for realism. I find it add to the immersion and role play fun. I always put on my guns on safety and also pop the round off the chamber when I'm back at base.

I've also seen a youtuber playing this game and shooting accidentally while trying to clean the gun. Besides.. you can shoot yourself and damage.

So it is cool it's there.

Also, many guns have multiple firing modes to cycle through and safety is part of this mechanic.

[Dee Snuts]

One time i let my friend try this game and he got annoyed when he tried to kill the first enemy and he had safety on. Not 5 minutes later he somehow accidentally shot himself.

Aside from that its useful for cleaning and immersion but not much else.

[IIBuxy]

just for the hekk of it i always put my guns on safety when i enter the base, and upon cleaning the gun or mag i empty out all the rounds before getting to work adds to my own lil fun

[TJ]

YES. If you have all your ammo boxes in the same place on a shelf, quicksave your game and then shoot the ammobox lol and stay in the same room. Or shoot your stack of grenades...
It's very much recommended to use the safety and clear guns before stashing them away. A makarov shot isnt that deadly depending on your difficulty. But blowing up 12 nades and 5 noobtubes could be pretty fatal :)

[IIBuxy]

fun tip: don't put boxes of ammo on the stove, empty or not. if you have weapons as decoration on the wall it "might" get damaged

[unknown2559]

if you play seated, it prevents the controller colliding with the chair from firing the gun when holstering

[Flyingbox]

For the times when you don't want to discharge a bullet. Or the times you forget and it's just a flip-switch of your thumb. I turn safety on after every combat because of all the times I bump the trigger.

[0-0-Bram]

Have you tried not pulling the trigger when you unholster your gun?
IDK maybe other controllers are different; the Quest2 controllers have a separate grab and fire trigger so gun safety has been a non-issue. Safeties are for undisciplined babies

[FOX ϟ 🦊]

I shot myself once because I was nervous after a battle a group of those spider-like monsters, so yeah, I used it lol

[hemmert]

Help! I can’t figure how to release pistol safety on my Quest 2. Tried all buttons. What am I missing?

[Werner]

Originally posted by hemmert:

Help! I can’t figure how to release pistol safety on my Quest 2. Tried all buttons. What am I missing?

y or b

[Orgvi]

Originally posted by Werner:

Originally posted by hemmert:

Help! I can’t figure how to release pistol safety on my Quest 2. Tried all buttons. What am I missing?

y or b

yorb

[xenon2]

I'm new to this game (reverb G2), intro looks cool enough but i cant unlock the pistol - tried this tutorial second time, is there option to disable this "safety"?

[xenon2]

OK... community bindings fixed it. I would like to have some more "arcade" mode for newcomers like me.