Best Weapon?

[dskdev]

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[Pulowski]

i always stick with ak 103, and mk23 for sidearm

[Taberone]

Primary Weapons: Personally I find the MP5 is still the best weapon just like in the original Intravenous. 9mm ammo is absolutely everywhere so you'll never run out. Being able to suppress the MP5 in IV2 is also pretty neat, it'll reduce the aggro range a little bit.

Secondary Weapons: Either the MK23 or P320 RX with a suppressor attached. It was like this in the original, too. The P320 RX is louder than the MK23 when suppressed, but 9mm ammo is so common that its harder to run out.

Gadgets: Throwing Knife and HSR EMP. Throwing Knife can be thrown for a silent kill, or it can stab enemies for an instakill. HSR EMP is good for putting out the lights when you need to hide in the dark and a suppressed weapon would just aggro everyone nearby.

[Stret]

these are the specific weapons/categories that stand out a lot for me, i havent tried the supporter pack weapons yet

- Suppressed SMGs as a whole
- ASVAL
- ruger mk4
- MK23
- deagle
- auto-fire glock

Suppressed SMGs always kill stuff pretty fast because enemies dont wear armor, and theyre the quietest primaries you can get get other than the asval. Its also very good for run-and-gunning & turn accuracy stability, and all that sort of stuff. They even work fine with big mags, and 9mm is easy to loot. All things considered theyre pretty much the standard primary for me in both stealth and loud, and feel like a near-direct upgrade over the supressed rifles
My personal favorite in that category is the scorpion evo, but you can get a tiny bit quieter with the MP5. The quietest is the MP7, but it sacrifices enough damage to sometimes require an extra shot & its ammo is hard to loot. Another remarkable option is the MP5SD which turns all ammo you loot subsonic

The ASVAL is basically an intentionally overpowered ng+/endgame rifle, its way quieter, it deals high damage unlike the other silenced rifles (in fact high enough to often one-shot). Its basically a suppressed rifle with none of the downsides of suppressed rifles (high instability/low damage/big noise/etc), and its also the only weapon in the game with a 4X scope, which has some really useful strenghts

the ruger mk4 packs relatively really high firepower for how quiet it is when suppressed + subsonic

the MK23 feels like the overall best of the generic pistols, it deals very high damage and its the quietest outside of VP9/ruge

the deagle can one-shot things and be made pretty quiet still, also feels like the ideal choice for booster-less suppressors

auto fire glock is silly but surprisingly potent, outside of poor stability

[Stret]

Originally posted by Taberone:

(...) just like in the original Intravenous.

for IV1, id say the saiga is a clear winner. that thing is a monster
the overkill shotgun shells didnt get soaked up by bodies of the enemies you kill, so that thing could melt through a comically high ammount of people. and in general it just feels really potent & more stable than iv2's

[Blendy]

anyone know ruger mk4 location?

[dskdev]

I don't remember but it's really not worth it...i have the achievement for fully upgrading it and it's only slightly better than the vp9 tbh

[dskdev]

I beat the game on hard now with the skorpion evo 3 and glock 18 combo...it's good but not OP like the saiga was. I didn't even find the Saiga or Super 90 until the last mission.

[Kiyo]

The one you like the best.

[Kiln]

Ruger MkIV has been my goto sidearm since I found it.
I'm really enjoying the HK417 too- 90 damage with 10 penetration kills nigh on anything. There is no hope of silencing it, and the fire rate is lower, but it really does not matter.

[melta]

the knife

[dyslxeic]

My fist! Knock them out pick them up hide them and then stomp on their heads.

[dustbiter]

I think the MP5 is good for jumping in blind and killing everything on 3-round burst. Ammo is easy to find so you can afford to blast away. Use a 9mm sidearm for more ammo.

[Stret]

Originally posted by Kiln:

Ruger MkIV has been my goto sidearm since I found it.
I'm really enjoying the HK417 too- 90 damage with 10 penetration kills nigh on anything. There is no hope of silencing it, and the fire rate is lower, but it really does not matter.

penetration doesnt matter for the player, enemies dont wear armor

[Bean Consumer]

Originally posted by Kiln:

Ruger MkIV has been my goto sidearm since I found it.
I'm really enjoying the HK417 too- 90 damage with 10 penetration kills nigh on anything. There is no hope of silencing it, and the fire rate is lower, but it really does not matter.

Where do you find the MKIV?

[Crimzon]

Originally posted by skooma:

the knife

I agree the knife is so fun. Step one make dark room step two make some noise step 3 pick em off one by one. I wish there was an option to switch picked up item so when you pick the knife back up it is automatically re-equipped or better yet be able to dedicate another item slot to knife so you can have 2 knives or 3 or 4 lmao.