Is AWP really useless?

[Bane]

I often hear people saying this gun is useless, but it is really useful for clearing lines of infected when I seem to use it. I just wiped out on the Parish finale up until they gave that gun in the saferoom and it just obliterates infected, the reload is also quite fast I tend to find coupled with your ammo size and clip size. It also seems like headshots are quite a lot easier too (rarely snipe)

[**DeiRowtag]

compared to other snipers it is way too slow and low in damage, you can do twice or three time better with hunting or military.

i only use AWP for the fun more than the damage or usefulness

[AustrAlien2010]

Do those people find use in their button pressing? I wonder what use they found. Perhaps they were playing for the achievements?

There is a difference in DPS, that's true. But that doesn't matter, because it's a game. It doesn't matter if you win or lose. They have nothing to say about how you play.

[Zylx]

you can 360 NOSCOPE MLG with it, the people that are saying the awp is useless are nwuubs

[England is not a real country]

Why is the AWP so underated
is the flagship weapon of CS-GO,

[CAT_ATACK]

Its not really that its useless, its more that it and the Scout are like using a pump or chrome shotgun, making its ability to spawn during finales exceptionally irksome since it can become more of a hindrance than a help (essentially Tier 1 weapons eating Tier 2 spawns).

[HoloLiveSonic™]

Originally posted by Zylx:

you can 360 NOSCOPE MLG with it, the people that are saying the awp is useless are nwuubs

Ppl still say mlg in 2022?

[geordiebroon58]

Originally posted by Bane:

I often hear people saying this gun is useless, but it is really useful for clearing lines of infected when I seem to use it. I just wiped out on the Parish finale up until they gave that gun in the saferoom and it just obliterates infected, the reload is also quite fast I tend to find coupled with your ammo size and clip size. It also seems like headshots are quite a lot easier too (rarely snipe)

this is a thing about snipers in general, all have super high piercing power and will destroy hordes with ease

so yet again sure the awp can kill multiple commons per short in a narrow area but every other sniper acheves the same thing

and the milla has 30 bullets and hunting gives good enough accuracy on the move anyways

[Troubled]

The problem with the AWP and the Scout is they are wholly outclassed by both sniper rifles. While the AWP does hit like a truck it comes at the cost of being sluggish in terms of fire rate and being a bolt action while on the other hand both semi auto sniper rifles have far more consistent and reliable dps. They just simply do not fit in with Left 4 Dead's gameplay, at least not well.

However, by far the greatest flaw with both bolt actions is they are absolutely horrendous in taking down tanks. Assuming you can land every shot and not interrupted in any way, shape, or form the Scout takes around a minute in a half to drop a tank and a minute and twenty some odd seconds with the AWP against an Expert level tank.

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/left4dead/images/f/f3/Weapons_effectiveness_on_tank2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100609171648

In comparison the magnum, which is the third least effective in ranged weapon in dropping a tank in terms of dps sits pretty at about sixty seconds. Hunting and military rifle sit at 43 and 33 seconds respectively.

[PINGVINATOR TERMOREGULATOR]

We are still waiting for an update from TLS team when they promised they will balance CSS weapons

[Bane]

Originally posted by CAT_ATACK:

Its not really that its useless, its more that it and the Scout are like using a pump or chrome shotgun, making its ability to spawn during finales exceptionally irksome since it can become more of a hindrance than a help (essentially Tier 1 weapons eating Tier 2 spawns).

Ah, that explains it, my mainstay weapon is usually chrome shotgun even if T2's are available unless the grenade launcher or SG turn up

[Notorious Jackass]

Originally posted by HoloLiveSonic | ホロ住むソ:

Originally posted by Zylx:

you can 360 NOSCOPE MLG with it, the people that are saying the awp is useless are nwuubs

Ppl still say mlg in 2022?

mlg making a comeback 2022

[◢◤Tinsellieye◢◤]

can it be used? yes
is it bad? absolutely
is it fun to use? only if your a masochist
will this get you kicked in the long run? most likely yes

[Demoxicini]

Originally posted by **DeiRowtag:

compared to other snipers it is way too slow and low in damage, you can do twice or three time better with hunting or military.

i only use AWP for the fun more than the damage or usefulness

Indeed but gives challenge to player using sniper, i'm sorry but Hunting or military are kinda overpowered and most people take those 2 weapons because it's easy to use and aim and oneshot.

[Lil Ghork]

For reference, the basic MP5 has 350 DPS compared to the AWP's 115. The single shot damage for the AWP is 115, so with an MP5 you can deliver more damage firing full auto for one full second than with 2 AWP shots.

The AWP doesn't do enough single shot damage to justify its insanely low DPS, and doesn't have enough DPS to justify its pretty low damage that can only really one shot Spitters and Boomers which the basic AK 47 and tier 1 shotguns can do.

If you made the AWP semi-auto and fire a shot every .3 seconds it would STILL do less DPS than the lower damage per shot Hunting Rifle and Military Sniper. Then not to even start with the Scout rifle? Damage per second is 100, meaning you can just BARELY one shot a Spitter.

If you just made these weapons fire 4 shots a second, they would be only SLIGHTLY better than the Hunting and Military Sniper rifle. It wouldn't break the game and people would use them. There is no reason at all to ever pick one of these guns and the CSS knife up, unlike the MP5 which has at least good damage per shot.

[**DeiRowtag]

Originally posted by Demoxicini:

Originally posted by **DeiRowtag:

compared to other snipers it is way too slow and low in damage, you can do twice or three time better with hunting or military.

i only use AWP for the fun more than the damage or usefulness

Indeed but gives challenge to player using sniper, i'm sorry but Hunting or military are kinda overpowered and most people take those 2 weapons because it's easy to use and aim and oneshot.

i never said otherwise, just saying in the sniper category the AWP is far behind the current 2.

i agree with you there