Which of the Power weapons should I have been using?

[Pagan Nova]

I cannot recall everything about how I played, but here's as best I got:

started Body, eventually spread points out for alternate routes. Power weapons in Body line didn't feel strong, tech weapons more common, talking pistol good, Nomad sniper rifle good, quickhacks good...what did I do wrong, what shotguns and machine guns are "good" and don't feel substantially weaker than the uniques? the shotguns are based on ricochet but couldn't ever truly use it, machine guns are rare bullet hoses than either cannot hit or do pitiful damage when they do..so yes, that smart auto aim pistol kinda did all the work, good damage per shot and good ammo too. nearing end of main story and partway through Phantom Liberty, wanting to retry the game, and wanting to know if some weapons are just bad or uniques truly are the best. and if more info is needed, i'll try.

[[=]Josiah]

For me, the best non-iconic Power Weapons:
1) Pistols from the Nue or Tamayura family
2) Submachine guns from the Saratoga family
3) Assault Rifles from the Ajax or Kyubi family
4) Shotguns from the DB-2, Tactician, or Carnage family

I dislike most of the smart guns because their damage output is considerably less than their Power equivalent.

Unless you've got something against using iconics, they really are the best guns in the game.

My favorite loadout is:
1) Silenced power pistol (most of the game is La Chingona Dorada and then replaced with Pride)
2) fast-firing Silenced assault rifle when stealth is broken (Psalm 11:6 used together with Contagion)
3) "sniper" rifle or shotgun depending on the situation. The "sniper" rifle is a silenced Kyubi xMod2 with a T5 Jue scope (same range as sniper rifles!) and the shotgun is either Order or Ba Xing Chong.

If you're looking for a more expansive look at the weapons, Sam Bram has some really great ranked-weapons videos on YT. I don't agree with them all but he does an excellent job of covering how they can be useful and how they compare with each other.

[Mander]

Pagan Nova lähetti viestin:

I cannot recall everything about how I played, but here's as best I got:

started Body, eventually spread points out for alternate routes. Power weapons in Body line didn't feel strong, tech weapons more common, talking pistol good, Nomad sniper rifle good, quickhacks good...what did I do wrong, what shotguns and machine guns are "good" and don't feel substantially weaker than the uniques? the shotguns are based on ricochet but couldn't ever truly use it, machine guns are rare bullet hoses than either cannot hit or do pitiful damage when they do..so yes, that smart auto aim pistol kinda did all the work, good damage per shot and good ammo too. nearing end of main story and partway through Phantom Liberty, wanting to retry the game, and wanting to know if some weapons are just bad or uniques truly are the best. and if more info is needed, i'll try.

Can't speak about every weapon: it's mainly a matter of preference, but that is one misconception.
Shotguns are among the best weapons because of dismemberment, which allows to one shot KO if you erase at least 2 limbs or pop heads. Regardless of difficulty (I play Very hard).
Grab a shotgun with a high number of pellets (carnage) or a high ROF (tactician, pozhar), use a kerenzikov + support system + axolotl as cyberware to align shots better, spec fully in the shotguns perk tree and install vivisector/kneel mod on your weapon.
Play as an ambush predator, go for the head or legs and kill them all before they even had the time to draw.

For Tech Weapons, I found my sweet spot with:
1) Nekomata + sandevistan: wallhacking makes it useful even on close range engagement.
2) Tech SMG + Kerenzikov + Cyberdeck with all the tech perk unlocked for an almost full auto of bolt shots. The senkohs in particular (or the Raiju if you have Phantom Liberty) are pocket sized monsters.

Smart weapons are not my jam.

[Pagan Nova]

thank you all for advising me. i feel i should actually restart and try different things, as in, doing these things right. i just about gave up on this..game.