any pistol builds

[jelly]

are pistols even viable in the game?

[Rogue]

I use a rose of aisa for my Sharen. It's like my needler gun as well as the rare reactor 40% skill bonus.

[RedFaster]

Handguns could be good if Thunder Cage didn't exist.

Hand Cannons, on the other hand, absolutely wreck with crit, weakpoint, and elemental.

Put even one socket adapter on an Assassin's Edge and you might have a new favorite gun.

[Kuya mo PERCii]

Running out of Python ammo? I got a utility build for general ammo that won't break bank.

New Beginning, then for mods add Maxed Expanded General Magazine, General Rounds compulsive, and Normal Imp[act/Special Rounds Refining. That's it.

And if you like more, just slot in all the bread and butter mods to cake up the gun. And now it's good to go. by theory some of the downsides of the -20$ movement speed is counter acted by the hand gun archetype so have at it.

[P.Diddy's Baby Oil]

the auto pistols and even smgs seem like trash in this game other than thunder cage. of course i haven't tested built up versions of them all, but the base version of any pistol or smg vs something like tamer is laughable. i don't even know why they exist.

[nostrovus]

Masterpiece is fun. But I don't think I'd ever really use it in a hard mission. Doesn't really have the damage. The sounds of the pistols are great though.

[vishuspuss]

new beginnings
rose of aisha
last dagger

ive used quite a bit of pistols and those are fun to use. you run faster with a pistol vs an SMG.

i plan on building one soon because they are tons of fun running 90mph with viessa

[nostrovus]

Honestly the running speed doesn't bother me. The running animation with an smg or rifle does. Looks strange.

[Grognak]

Rose of Aisha is very nice to use and has good stats
https://tfdtools.com/weapons/rose-of-aisha

[Nacht]

you basically have to kiss a target/monster/boss on the cheeks for not to have fall off damage which starts at 15m and the max range is terrible. unless they increase damage significantly , just stick with a cage smg or python if you like close.

just weird how there are so many guns just taking up space , they even made skins for guns that are bad options ...

so in this case using a handgun over and smg or machinegun/assault is ludicrous when you do a damage comparison or fall off range etc ..

but i am all for a total overhaul on guns so i can have actual competitive options and not have to use a tamer or cage .

i personally like handguns if other guns were not so much better at everything it does at short range.

[vishuspuss]

Originally posted by Grognak:

Rose of Aisha is very nice to use and has good stats
https://tfdtools.com/weapons/rose-of-aisha

wow cool website but that tierlist is trash lol

[Midnight]

I suppose if you maxed everything else then you can do a hangun build.

Pretty much anything you sink 6+ catalysts and an activator into is gonna perform decently at least.

Would I recommend doing that? Hell, no.

[Midnight]

Originally posted by Nacht:

you basically have to kiss a target/monster/boss on the cheeks for not to have fall off damage which starts at 15m and the max range is terrible. unless they increase damage significantly , just stick with a cage smg or python if you like close.

Range has to be the most underestimated stat in this game.

When you stand at the terminal in the lab and shoot at spawned enemies with a handgun you've already lost 70% of your damage.

Meanwhile the falloff of LMGs and (some) rifles just about starts at that point.