Rifles vs Pistols

[Anxarcule]

My last game I used rifles exlcusively until the end of the mid-game before resorting to melee, with the eigenrifle serving me very well. Are pistols able to hold their own against rifles?

[SaD-82]

Depends.
Concerning the range and the agility-boost-skill? Nope.
But you can dualwield them (or pistol and melee weapon) and unleash different types of ammo at once. A boost to firing speed and voilà: You have a very versatile and deadly gunslinger. A Machinegun-Tommy in persona.

[Anxarcule]

Yeah, I inclined to go with a high agi build (again) so I guess I'll stick with rifles. Thanks!

[Pixel Peeper]

You can achieve a freakishly high rate of fire with pistols, unfortunately there are none with a high PV so they eventually become quite bad.

At least if you go rifles you have the eigenrifle (12) and, eventually, the phase cannon (16).

[EternalEllipsis]

From my understanding, the things that make pistols amazing is a combination of high rate of fire, crit rate bonus, and a passive chance to disarm.

Critical hits pass through AV so the weapons to use are dual chain pistols with as much firing speed as possible to create a hail of weapon removing, AV penetration death.

[xpd.Taco]

Originally posted by EternalEllipsis:

From my understanding, the things that make pistols amazing is a combination of high rate of fire, crit rate bonus, and a passive chance to disarm.

Critical hits pass through AV so the weapons to use are dual chain pistols with as much firing speed as possible to create a hail of weapon removing, AV penetration death.

From https://steamcommunity.com/app/333640/discussions/0/1696045708660229096/, a ranged critical hit does not automatically pass through AV, but only adds +2 or +4 PV :(