Did i use my smart guns wrong?

[Nekropl]

When I aim from a smart weapon, more than half of my bullets for some reason don’t even come close to hitting my opponents, what is the reason for this? I didn't understand some mechanics?

[Father Ribs]

Do you have cybernetics that help with using smartguns equipped?

[Chaosolous]

Invest in the Smart Gun perk tree (intelligence; right side) to improve accuracy of Smart Weapons.

[Blackpine]

Smart guns need some time to acquire target. Once red square on your enemy goes small - you can start shooting.
Though you need to equip appropriate cybernetics. Also ping quickhack and recon grenades shorten the homing time for smart guns too.

[StarBreaker]

As the above people have said but also it took me a while to realise this, but smartguns don't work on most tigerclaw enemies

[Chaosolous]

Originally posted by StarBreaker:

As the above people have said but also it took me a while to realise this, but smartguns don't work on most tigerclaw enemies

I'll test this at some point but now that you said it, it does make sense.

I have seen stray bullets on mostly Tyger Claw enemies.

Also OP, as someone else had said previously, make sure you have the correct hand implant from a Ripper Doc for Smart Weapons.

[Okazaki Naoki]

Tiger claw member counter smart weapon. And some boss do so too.

[Chaosolous]

Originally posted by Okazaki Naoki:

Tiger claw member counter smart weapon. And some boss do so too.

In that case I'm going to blindly guess that the Cyberware Malfunction Quickhack will counter their counter.

[TripSin]

1. You need a the cyberware in the Hands catgeory that will let you use smart weapons
2. You have to have the enemy in the smart weapon window range for a certain amount of time before it locks on to the enemy

[Nekropl]

After all the comments, I will answer the most frequently proposed solutions:
1. I have the legendary smartlink in the hand slot;
2. I aim 100% on the enemy until the targets are captured (until the red diamond decreases on the enemy).
3. I didn’t upgrade the smart weapons branch because... I didn’t see any skills there that significantly improve accuracy, is it really possible that without this, a smart weapon is 90% useless?

[Banzai]

Originally posted by Okazaki Naoki:

Tiger claw member counter smart weapon. And some boss do so too.

There used to be an initial tiger claw version of the smartlink which is given to you after doing a gig (the tattoo). Then you could buy non-tigerclaw versions that would allow you to target anyone including tigerclaws.

I have the T4 version right now but i'm not sure if it's limited or not.

[TripSin]

Certain things will cause you to lose the lock. Like switching between aiming down sights, I think. I think there might be a perk that makes it so that doesn't happen. Some guns have an attribute where they lose the lock randomly I think.

[5ean5ean]

Smart weapons were a cool gimmck when you didnt need to aim for head to do high damage . Now its just better to shoot things yourself.

Smart weapons need to be solely a crowd control option (shooting mutliple targets at the same time.)

[Wigsplitta]

Wait for lock on, invest in smart weapon perks, get better smart wapons and mods, put points in relic perks that unlock weak spots on enemies.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Originally posted by Banzai:

There used to be an initial tiger claw version of the smartlink which is given to you after doing a gig (the tattoo). Then you could buy non-tigerclaw versions that would allow you to target anyone including tigerclaws.

I have the T4 version right now but i'm not sure if it's limited or not.

The regular version can go to T5 if you want. I started with the T1 version before the Heist, never bothered installing the tattoo version, and am now using a T5 version (upgraded from a lower version, because I haven't quite hit level 40 yet).

Originally posted by Nekropl:

3. I didn’t upgrade the smart weapons branch because... I didn’t see any skills there that significantly improve accuracy, is it really possible that without this, a smart weapon is 90% useless?

They exist. Specifcally, one gives +2% accuracy per max RAM, which... can be a lot, like I've currently got ~29 or so max RAM w/ and not all the relevant cyberware is T5, and it's also with a -4 penalty factored in because one of my cyberware implants does that in exchange for a boosted critical hit chance with quickhacks. So, in this case, +58% accuracy for a perk that requires Int 9 and three points to reach/have it (acquisition specialist + precision subroutines).

At the moment I'm mostly fighting Barghests and Voodoo Boys, so I haven't tested against Tyger Claws for a while and I think there's... like, one fight in the game where you go against Kang Tao?