Does the tactical pistol have a point?

[bulldog0890]

does it become great once its upgraded or something? it just seems like a super low damage pistol compared with my magnum

[ウィッチ（？）]

Depends on ammo availability I guess.. If you find more pistol ammo, you use it more. If there is more hand cannon ammo, then you switch to it.

[twiggy]

the free base weapons are best because you dont have to waste resources to get them

[Baron01]

Pistol is needed to hit targets from longer range. There is certain enemy type you need to kill from afar otherwise it will hurt--pistol come very handy. It also pack decent punch with damage upgrade that is not so costly. It has plentiful ammo and can stack up to 12 in your inventory. You will need to waste 1 bullet for mutating enemies every time you encounter them so you better have enough ammo around.

[Hex: Onii-Chan]

Yeah, it does seem very weird. Like, it's clearly meant to be some type of SMG, but even if you need it to tap enemies...the hand cannon seems to have decent enough range, unless it's straight up sniping.

Same as the SKUNK, it just doesn't feel like it's worth investing resources, especially on max security and when the game gives you ammo based on the weapons you already have.

If the tactical pistol was the first gun and *then* we got the hand cannon, then yes, it would make sense to switch - trading in a peashooter for magnum. But atm it just seems a bit silly. That being said - I've just found it, so maybe I'll have to begrudgingly craft it after all XD

[King Dickus]

shooting the tentacles is still only one shot. so i used it for that

[Hex: Onii-Chan]

Originally posted by King Dickus:

shooting the tentacles is still only one shot. so i used it for that

Kind of. Not sure if it's a MaxSec thing, but it takes 2 for me.

That being said - you need to craft it for 600 and then it splits your ammo pools. Between those two things, even without upgrading, just the tentacles aren't worth it. Especially since it's in a section where you should be barely using ammo to begin with.