Best weapon/ammo PvE

[chals]

Feel like im doing less and less damage to PvE creatures. Was wondering whats you guys are running to kill creatures quickly? im currently at the bar and running pits atm.

[0hnoM]

Get yourself a pistol. I have the Beretta - 3 burst fire mode from level 5 in Photon. It is a great pistol.

Pistols do the most damage so they are the best for NPC mobs. That or shotties.


Also, cheap ammo is OK don't waste money on expensive ammo for mobs.

[chals]

Originally posted by buLLy:

Get yourself a pistol. I have the Beretta - 3 burst fire mode from level 5 in Photon. It is a great pistol.

Pistols do the most damage so they are the best for NPC mobs. That or shotties.


Also, cheap ammo is OK don't waste money on expensive ammo for mobs.

Are pistols worth it over shotguns? Or is shotgun the goto?

[Kashra Fall]

Best gun for PvE is the shotgun, hands down. Mossberg+hunting slugs will carry you easily to end game, but if you want to use expanding shots (Which is more damage.) you need to get up close, like within 12m of the target. Hunting slugs on the other hand retain their 190 damage, but can be fired up to 50m effectively dropping boars and fleshes in one head shot or two from safe distances.

[Valinov]

Pistol is BiS. The trait works on mutants, NPC, and players.

[Vororo]

I got the saiga and it makes farming mutants so smooth. Fast semi auto and fast reload, 1 headshot will deal with most monsters and it can instantly fire again for those who survive. Slugs work okay on humanoids but struggle with range.. still, compared to rifles, they take too long to deal with mutants so I find the saiga to be less problematic.

Submachineguns like MP5 or P90 work surprisingly well. Ammo is very cheap and they deal with everything well. Only problem is they need a ton of ammo so you better have carry capacity.

[Deranged Dragon]

Speaking from 2024 and the north expansion. I find that if you're doing PvE farming your best options are to run shotguns for mutants and a pistol (I recommend the revolver) for zombies. Handguns are your go to incase you run into players of an opposing faction but isn't optimal.