What use are Throwing Cards?

[Ricken]

The Throwing Card throwable is pretty much useless compared to any other throwable.

What can it do that other options can't? If you wanted a stealth weapon, you could have easily applied a silencer to any gun and it would have been more effective; you could even use javelins, throwing axes/knives, or shurikens. In loud, all grenades are much stronger for dealing with crowds and shurikens/javelins/throwing axes/knives are better for single-target kills. (IIRC the cards do much less damage compared to those)

So, what exactly are the cards intended to do? Are they the real joke weapons of this game?

[SugarN'Ice]

Stuck it in a moving object

[ignoramus]

they're the only silent throwable that doesn't require owning the ultimate edition

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up a stealth heist because you accidentally pressed 3 is kinda painful, yknow

[Astra]

Some advantages of having throwing cards are:
1. no dlc needed
1. useful for silent killing when you need to have a non silenced gun (and a saw) for civvie control like in GO bank or a normal bank heist
3. you have a lot
4. they are a pretty cool throwable

[[ACPL] Jon]

Well you can mod them to look like knifes
And then throw a ton of them at someone
Enjoy a real hedgehog you yourself made

[Craig]

Originally posted by PF GameZone:

they're the only silent throwable that doesn't require owning the ultimate edition

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up a stealth heist because you accidentally pressed 3 is kinda painful, yknow

There's also the smoke bomb, which is actually silent. However, you need sicario perk deck so...

[agent0125]

Originally posted by A hot cup of depression:

Originally posted by PF GameZone:

they're the only silent throwable that doesn't require owning the ultimate edition

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up a stealth heist because you accidentally pressed 3 is kinda painful, yknow

There's also the smoke bomb, which is actually silent. However, you need sicario perk deck so...

So why would you bring sicario to a stealth job?

[Tiensi]

Originally posted by A hot cup of depression:

Originally posted by PF GameZone:

they're the only silent throwable that doesn't require owning the ultimate edition

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up a stealth heist because you accidentally pressed 3 is kinda painful, yknow

There's also the smoke bomb, which is actually silent. However, you need sicario perk deck so...

Fun fact: Throwing the smoke bomb in stealth will cause civvies and guards to be alerted :)

[ignoramus]

Originally posted by agent0125:

Originally posted by A hot cup of depression:

There's also the smoke bomb, which is actually silent. However, you need sicario perk deck so...

So why would you bring sicario to a stealth job?

for memes, i guess

i mean even crew chief could be used as a non-dlc alternative to burglar (albeit a garbage one) since the stamina could be useful for whatever and the shouting range could help with controlling civs

[lexilogo]

Throwing cards are pretty bad, yeah.

To try and play devil's advocate as much as possible, they deal 40 damage so it would be theoretically possible to use them as a kind of backup CAR-4. You can throw them about as fast as a CAR can fire, (admittedly, that's relatively slow) and they deal almost as much damage as a modded non-DMR CAR-4.

Of course, the issue is that every other throwing weapon dwarfs them in damage potential (Shurikens don't sacrifice much firing speed, but deal 100 damage, and deal 250 DPS for 6 seconds after the initial hit), and 40 damage really won't work above Overkill. If you ask me they should buff the damage up to 100- Wouldn't make them exceptional, but it'd probably give them one of the highest DPS values of any throwing weapon, which would make them somewhat worth it.

[Helmoldt]

Trophy

[BreakinBenny]

Originally posted by PF GameZone:

they're the only silent throwable that doesn't require owning the ultimate edition

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up a stealth heist because you accidentally pressed 3 is kinda painful, yknow

Exactly what I was thinking! I've seen people do this as they attempt to switch to secondaries only to unintentionally press the 3 key.

[Craig]

Originally posted by  MercyKill  :

Originally posted by A hot cup of depression:

There's also the smoke bomb, which is actually silent. However, you need sicario perk deck so...

Fun fact: Throwing the smoke bomb in stealth will cause civvies and guards to be alerted :)

Really? I threw it during a stealth heist and I didn't get alerted, I don't think...

[Craig]

Originally posted by agent0125:

Originally posted by A hot cup of depression:

There's also the smoke bomb, which is actually silent. However, you need sicario perk deck so...

So why would you bring sicario to a stealth job?

Idk, it's pretty much the only dodge build perk deck I have completed. I don't use crew chief cause I haven't put many points into it, and I don't use crook cause I don't have dlc.

[OVKHuman]

Originally posted by Ricken:

The Throwing Card throwable is pretty much useless compared to any other throwable.

What can it do that other options can't? If you wanted a stealth weapon, you could have easily applied a silencer to any gun and it would have been more effective; you could even use javelins, throwing axes/knives, or shurikens. In loud, all grenades are much stronger for dealing with crowds and shurikens/javelins/throwing axes/knives are better for single-target kills. (IIRC the cards do much less damage compared to those)

So, what exactly are the cards intended to do? Are they the real joke weapons of this game?

Just equip it for stealth jobs so you dont accidentally press 3 and screw it up, no use after

[ignoramus]

Originally posted by A hot cup of depression:

Originally posted by  MercyKill  :

Fun fact: Throwing the smoke bomb in stealth will cause civvies and guards to be alerted :)

Really? I threw it during a stealth heist and I didn't get alerted, I don't think...

i think he might be referring to if civs/guards see the smoke (unless you like threw it in the lobby in a bank heist and didn't see anyone get alerted)