Blacktail is horrible

[yayokay]

The weapong swing is too much. Sure the DPS are theoretical highter than the Red9 but oh boy, the aiming is so horrible.

I like every handgun for their special niche but the Blacktail is just... mediocre.

[ChiefMendez]

Mod that restores laster sight for Blacktail fixes it.

[Moogal™]

It always sucked, IMO.

[Eternal Bliss]

unironically, it's one of, if not the strongest pistol of them all.
especially with the blacktail laser mod.

[Elnidfse]

Originally posted by Ölmühlen-Witwe:

The weapong swing is too much. Sure the DPS are theoretical highter than the Red9 but oh boy, the aiming is so horrible.

I like every handgun for their special niche but the Blacktail is just... mediocre.

blacktail is good at what it's good at
Which is short to mid range fights. Most of the handguns that aren't matilda or red-9 (both with stock) have the same aim sway. The sentinel and ghost both have this sway regardless if you dotsight them or not.

DPS is a bit of a misnomer across all the pistols as if that's priority number one than the matilda dunks on every single weapon with it's superior firespeed and best in class shot grouping.

[V I D A L]

Skill issue.
Blacktail is the most versatile handgun in the game, if you are good at aiming that is.

The damage is higher than the others, except Red9. The shoot speed is absurd, which let you do the most damage over time, reloads faster.

Takes up less inventory space for a reason. It's very clearly the best handgun in the game, but it requires more skill from the player.

[Moogal™]

Originally posted by Eternal Bliss:

unironically, it's one of, if not the strongest pistol of them all.
especially with the blacktail laser mod.

With mods, sure, any gun could be god like. I think we can agree to disregard "mods".

[doto]

absolute skill issue.

[Captain_Cole]

Originally posted by Ölmühlen-Witwe:

The weapong swing is too much. Sure the DPS are theoretical highter than the Red9 but oh boy, the aiming is so horrible.

I like every handgun for their special niche but the Blacktail is just... mediocre.

I'm loving the Blacktail. It's a fantastic pistol.

[Webley]

Cause it's a Springfield XD. Should have remastered it into a Glock.

[Han Daimond]

I was using the Blacktail in my first playthrough all the way to the end, no issues.

[Heavymetalmixer]

It's true that it has a higher recoil that in OG RE4, but unlike the huge reticle the Red 9 has, you can manually manage the recoil up to a certain distance (bu moving the aim to the opposite direction of the recoil pattern).

[Xengre]

Use blacktail at a bit closer range. Its actually quite good. Alternatively, just swap to an SMG and ditch pistols as both SMGs are a straight upgrade over all pistols but they don't have the same range mind you (though you can snipe with them with controlled single shot firing for areas like water room if you need just fine).

[Angry Harold]

i used the red9 for the first two playthroughs i did, so i decided to try the blacktail. i find it to be much more effective than the red9. i'm not seeing a huge difference in damage between the two when fully upgraded, but the blacktail has some huge advantages, such as crosshair size, taking up way less inventory space, and rate of fire.

[Pure Mind Games]

Red9 forever

[Shep]

Did we play the same game? I used fully-upgraded Blacktail with exclusive upgrade my first run (hardcore) and holy hell I immediately stopped feeling guilty for dropping the Red9. That little thing packs a punch.