Pilot hate thread

[Beverage™]

I dislike playing as the pilot. What's your guys' least favorite gungeoneer? The pilots weak combat early game is pretty bad imo. cheaper shop items is nice tho

[h1m4rs]

Originally posted by Beverage™:

What's your guys' least favorite gungeoneer?

The bullet. It's op.

[An Average Dead Meme]

Anyone not pilot, needs keys to open locks and has pathetic shop prices

[Quaz]

Pilot is great. Weak early game, but you don't get him for the early game - you get him for the huge discount and the lockpicks. The convict though is just plain bad. Her shotgun is fine, won't help much past the first floor and the molotov, while not particularly great, is nice to have when there's flammable surfaces around. Her passive stinks though and it's the main reason I dislike her, because in order to use it you have to get hit and you want to be avoiding damage. If you take damage, the last thing you usually want to be doing is charging in frantically trying to take advantage of a short buff while it lasts.

[Bubsy5D]

first floor with the pilot is so frustrating. mainly because of the lack of precision with the starter gun he has

[Beverage™]

Originally posted by Bubsy5D-2:

first floor with the pilot is so frustrating. mainly because of the lack of precision with the starter gun he has

That's exactly why i prefer the other gungeoneers. The hunter is my favorite so far, mostly because her combat potential for early game is good. PLus by the later floors of my runs i hardly find myself strapped for coins or items so the decreased shop prices of the pilot hardly save my runs

[Ctrekoz]

The Hunter>The Pilot>The Marine>The Convict for me from the main ones.

[Player 2]

I don't like the Convict, she brings nothing to the roster of characters. My favorite starter character is probably the Marine, followed by the Pilot: but only for his lockpick and discount.

[Nadoatic]

The pilot is alright, it's the gun that sucks. The rogue special is so ♥♥♥♥, but the pilot's lockpick and cheaper shop prices sell it for me. Lockpick is very handy specially when i see ♥♥♥♥♥♥ chests (blue and brown) that i wouldn't mind risking the lockpick chance to save keys. Cheaper shop prices speaks for itself. I can always just get another gun (almost any gun is better than the rogue special) even in the first floor (course not always), so it doesn't bother me. Though, i do understand that he does have probably the worst starting kit early game. You'll have to fight for your life early game til you get a reliable gun. Also did i mention the pilot's design is really cool? No bias here..
*I forgot to mention his other passive with lets him use 2 active items. This is incredibly useful

Worst character is probably the Convict since her passive is useless especially if you're aiming to not lose any health, which is what you're supposed to do when you play the game. Her shotgun and pistol is good though, but her active is pretty mediocre and i always end up selling it or switching it with almost any other active. Once the creep comes i sell all that ♥♥♥♥ so i guess that's a good thing. She's good early game in a run of course since she has so much stuff but for better players her appeal wears off. She isn't terrible to be honest, but the least best gungeoneer compared to all the others.

[vokiel]

Every character who doesn't start with 2 weapons. (That allows you to quick reload just by switching weapon)

[Beverage™]

Originally posted by vokiel:

Every character who doesn't start with 2 weapons. (That allows you to quick reload just by switching weapon)

What about the bullet? No reloads at all baby

[Lucien Lachance]

Casually running 10 floors. Full Ammonomicon (including High Dragunfire and Rubenstein's Monster) and I can without a doubt say Pilot is the least enjoyable piece of garbage character to play. Tried using all the characters again and his runs are by far the weakest. Completely reliant on what guns you get dropped, starting pistol is literally useless against bosses (requiring you to basically be in shotgun distance of an enemy).

At least the convict has some history, being one of the reasons a boss dps cap was needed (due to abuse of the enrage from being hit, look it up if you haven't seen it)

My favorite characters are all the non starting characters lol. They're just all better in their own way, and junk collecting with robot is extra fun.

Pilots beginning game is so incredibly weak I can still feel the pain from floor 1 long after.

Also I think his past is also the hardest, hated that one.

[Coofi]

Pilot starting gun is well the worst BUT his starting items arent bad at all the extra bag thing for a extra active item is a good start combi ed with the (i dont need keys) and that 50% discount on stuff conpense his weak gun but is stell rely bad cuz we need a good starting gun and my favorite charcter i cant rely tell now cuz i havent unlock every yet i need to get robo guy and bullet (yes i do have paradox and that cowboy guy) but right now my favorite from all start is solider(and than cowboy guy)

[GoobyGoon]

Everyone talking about the pilot forgets that he can have 2 active items which in itself is entirely better than any other passive from the main 4, and to top it off he gets lockpick and discount

[Coofi]

Originally posted by GoobyGoon:

Everyone talking about the pilot forgets that he can have 2 active items which in itself is entirely better than any other passive from the main 4, and to top it off he gets lockpick and discount

Bruh a lot of people didnt forgot and mention here

[Beverage™]

Originally posted by GoobyGoon:

Everyone talking about the pilot forgets that he can have 2 active items which in itself is entirely better than any other passive from the main 4, and to top it off he gets lockpick and discount

I have never once had a situation where 2 having two active items as pilot did me any good tbh. It always ends up with me carrying a good item and just having something else I never use hanging around for the run