Shotgun vs akimbo pistol's?

[Sigfig]

Advantages disadvantages things to note play styles etc

[Sterling]

Pistols*. But, like, seriously? They're extremely different and require different skills, I'm not sure what should be compared between them.

[Milk]

Shotguns good for clearing trash. They can be used for single target but not quite as fast. Picks up ammo like... like... they pick up a lot of ammo.

Akimbo Peestols good for single target removal. Ammo pickup rate is like a sloth growing algae to eat.

[kth]

Originally posted by |UDG| Ҟîɫё-мāŋ:

Advantages disadvantages things to note play styles etc

I dont understand what you are trying to ask.
Make 2 different builds and try both, problem solved.
...Christ

[Duende Tuneado]

Shotguns
Pros
-good damage
-good amno pickup
-various ammo types
-can hit more targets with one shot
-some have good concealment
Cons
-can be hard to hit a target at a distance
Akimbo
Pros
-high concealment
-works good with low blow
-shoots two bullets per shot
-damage and ammo pickup depend on the pistol
Cons
-easy to run out of ammo
-hard to hit targets due to the aiming

[Sigfig]

Originally posted by Sterling:

Pistols*. But, like, seriously? They're extremely different and require different skills, I'm not sure what should be compared between them.

Ussualy people run one or the other

Originally posted by Ulysses:

Originally posted by |UDG| Ҟîɫё-мāŋ:

Advantages disadvantages things to note play styles etc

I dont understand what you are trying to ask.
Make 2 different builds and try both, problem solved.
...Christ

Here ill ask another question
What are the advantages of trying them or asking about them
ill answer it for you
Risk pissing someone off because you're not good with a specific build and spend more time
or
ask the community spend less time all together and have time to do other things while you wait for replys

[Sterling]

Originally posted by |UDG| Ҟîɫё-мāŋ:

Originally posted by Sterling:

Pistols*. But, like, seriously? They're extremely different and require different skills, I'm not sure what should be compared between them.

Ussualy people run one or the other

Mostly because that's what the cool kids do. Shotguns and akimbo have insane damage and can be easily concealed, depending on the weapon. I see lots of nerds running the Raven shotgun or Crosskills on their dodge builds.

[Milk]

Akimbo pistols are not worth using for long heists imo.

What are their advantages? Extreme burst damage, in a nutshell. Deagles will pretty much destroy any dozer in less than a second. They also allow you to bring a low concealment primary if you're f2p.

They suck at everything else tho. They're a one trick pony. Single pistols are better because you don't waste quite as much ammo and can actually aim.

Shotguns are pretty much always good. Good damage, good pickup, and if you use the shotgun specific skills you can snipe anything. You want an automatic, do not waste your time with the semis. They struggle a bit with dozers tho, but they'll still take em down with enough shots. They're kinda boring tho. They encourage a kinda "watering your hedges" playstyle where you just hold left click and sweep your mouse over everyones head.

[Sterling]

Originally posted by Angry Floof:

They suck at everything else tho. They're a one trick pony. Single pistols are better because you don't waste quite as much ammo and can actually aim.

Still waiting for the fire mode change where you can make a click fire one of them instead of 2.

[KoffeeMan5000]

honesty it just depends on how you play try both and see what you like

[Craig]

It honestly depends on what playstyle you like. You might like one or the other.

[{FU}TheForgeryTTV]

It varies. Akimbo pistols tend to do good for dodge/stealth players, though a few shotguns can do the same.

For me, I find akimbo pistols underperforming nowadays and nearly every player I had ran across would agree with me as they did not wield akimbo pistols. It won't do that well at close range compared to most shotguns, and there are rifles that easily outclass pistols. Also, none of the akimbo pistols are useful against shields and Captain Winters' units. Sniper rifles and shotguns with the right ammo usually don't have that issue.

[uNorthodoX]

If you run the akimbo-alt fire mod (which lets you shoot off one bullet instead of the 2 shots all the time gimmick), akimbos become better versions of regular pistols. Sure you can't ads but you get twice the mag size, which is pretty awesome on guns like the Deagles or Castigos. They can also be concealed easier which is good for crit builds

Shotguns on the other hand are the easiest weapons to use, especially the automatics. They also need lesser skill requirement compared to pistols to be at their peak (Pistols pretty much need aced trigger happy, while shotties can use basic overkill and wreck stuff). Shotguns are horrible against dozers though

Basically, shotguns are much easier to use, and some are just downright too powerful while akimbo pistols are harder to use since they require actual aiming, and without a mod they waste bullets too quickly

[Duck]

Shotgun is a more no brainer choice. Akimbo is harder to play w/ due to aiming and ammo mgmt