What weapons do people like?

[Econ]

My near endgame weapons are mainly Dragonuv sniper rifles (I found 2) as they are not cumbersome; RPK light machine gun (as I thought WP ammo might be less used, but that was before I found the Dragonuvs so may be wrong!) and Galil rifle (I like the 36 range with the extended barrel). In JA2, I relied on the FN-FAL and C7 (M16), but the Galil seems to supersede those.

Late game, I picked up an AR-15 that looks decent due to the low AP cost. Also some AKSU SMGs that I am don't see the attraction of. What weapons do other people like?

[portent61]

Dragunov, Minimi, and Fn-Fal with a grenade launcher are my A teams favorites.

[FatalException]

I like K98s. No bling, no fuss, a reliable dispenser of death from the grave to the end of the game.

And ofc a fully blinged out MP5k, because sometimes you just want to suck in style.

[Vote Quimby]

MGL, gvie it to Ivan and he can solo entire sectors!

[BearEssentials]

Rifles and machine guns. Just the massive range and DPS. Rifle headshots with AP ammo ( always converted as much ammo as i could to AP) is awesome. MGs just need standard ammo, nine round bursts traveling like lasers into the torso means two overlapping MG overwatches kill anything.

With the caveat that I only use non-cumbersome variants, having six free move spaces per turn is gamechanging in terms of what the soldiers can move to before and after taking the shot.

did two full playthroughs, the second in mission impossible, and still not entirely sure why i would prefer an assault rifle or SMG. Maybe if i tried loading them with armor piercing ammo only..

The shotguns are useful but need to be very close up in comparison.

[EliteForceQc]

the Hk-21 Mg. I dont love the gun in particular.. but Meltdown can kill up to 7-8 ennemies in a turn (her turn + overwatch). And with her bazooka that never miss a shot at 3 km.. She's terminator.

All my merc have a diffrent weapon. I finally realise the weapon are more situational that just "good or bad". Good weapon can be real bad when the situation flip over.

[Gacu666]

M24 all the way. Colonel first then *redacted* then the Major LOL.

[Kryten]

Why Dragunovs though? They don't have any penetration and I found PSG-1 or M24 much better tbh. I also have the big one that used .50 cal, but I never found any ammo for that, would need to craft it.....

[aurealismo]

I have a great success with Raven overwatch build using the FN FAL.

[Lightning]

HK21 is really good on Gus, also like the M82 sniper rifle but really rng to get, had 2 on my first plathrough which i deleted and found 0 on my playthrough i completed the game the first time with

[oxide]

i am midgame and FN FAL with mods makes it good. 36 range and nice bonus to aim

[botlobby]

Try the Galil, it starts with high crit. Put all the mods that add crit, and a suppressor (which also adds crit). It's a crit machine.

Give it to Fox and get multi stealth kills. Even if you miss, you get another chance at a burst of crits.

[pascal.difolco]

The AUG is pretty cool once modded
Dragunov packs less punch than a M24 and a sniper don't need to move much (give him a heavy armor for good measure, it's penalty free then lol)
Didn't got yet the endgame weapons

[['w']]

Steyr Aug 3x10 36 range, always and ever

But the greatest guns are
FN-FAL 3x15 - 30 range (MD becomes a killer machine with a modded one - +3aim scope)
AA12 shotgun 3x26 12 range
Dragunov sniper 1x36 36 range

RPG-7 has also a very special place in my heart

MA-Baxter's Argument Invalitator 3x22 Damage

well the HK 8x11 36 range is also a beast, used it only once, ammo is rare

[EliteForceQc]

Scope Steyr-Aug (absolutly brutal flanking)
Raven FN fal (overwatch are a shield wall)
Kalyna drugonov (fit the syle)
Meltdown Hk21 (steal all the kill's)
Fox dual Anaconda (thrown ennemie into orbit)
IMP AR-15 M203 (look badass)

[Trolleur_Durden]

With some levels and relevant perks, melee becomes quite viable, so much that a sharpened knife became my favourite weapon.