Opinions on fanning

[Hex: Legal Alien]

Not a complaint post, just curious as to what people think of it.

[beers]

Fanning takes more skill to get kills with compared to Avto / Shotguns / Long Ammo Spam / Dualies / Frag Grenades, and double traps.

[Weidmann]

Originally posted by Beers82:

Fanning takes more skill to get kills with compared to Avto / Shotguns / Long Ammo Spam / Dualies / Frag Grenades, and double traps.

i can hardly disagree on this.. i can show you multiple videos of my plays where i played two single chain pistols with fmj blasting through whole wooden compound and killed multiple people.

i would be pissed as ♥♥♥♥ on the other side if i would be killed by this. I normally don't take fanning, but if the hunter comes with it, i play always two single chain pistols, until the character dies and use him to collect expensive loadouts.

It works unfortunatly quite well, if you fan down people even on higher distances

[Deckard Pain]

It's 8 trait points and only usable but a subset of the pistols. And it loses to every shotgun close range (fanning range), chest level. If it were 4 or 6 trait points I'd say maybe too strong. It's fine.

There are more annoying things than fanning. Like snipers that remain at 150-200m and refuse to play the game.

[De Beautiful Face]

Pew pew goes brrr

[geordiebroon58]

an annoying trait that has gotten me by pure rng more than id like to admit

its a legit no skill trait that works as a clutch with little to no downside, maybe im just used to everyone using chain pistol dumdum ammo or something so thats where my frustration is at but it takes little to no skill

sure theres positioning but lets be real its only used when someone gets rushed and caught off guard or fighting someone with a shotgun

[Mikamus]

Spam showdown gud

[geordiebroon58]

Originally posted by Feldjäger:

Originally posted by Beers82:

Fanning takes more skill to get kills with compared to Avto / Shotguns / Long Ammo Spam / Dualies / Frag Grenades, and double traps.

i can hardly disagree on this.. i can show you multiple videos of my plays where i played two single chain pistols with fmj blasting through whole wooden compound and killed multiple people.

i would be pissed as ♥♥♥♥ on the other side if i would be killed by this. I normally don't take fanning, but if the hunter comes with it, i play always two single chain pistols, until the character dies and use him to collect expensive loadouts.

It works unfortunatly quite well, if you fan down people even on higher distances

i mean i argue it takes more skill to do that but even then its not really skilled its just a lucky kill because you heard someones footsteps

with how inaccurate the weapon is and how obvious sound is from a single player spamming FMJ through a wall at avto speed it just spray and pray, compare that to a wallbang with a lebel or something that hardly means anything

and as you said it works quite well as they probably have no idea your through the wall and they just get sprayed by a inaccurate high firerate weapon through a wooden wall

sure its still "skill" to hear someone through a wall etc these days but ito say its skilled or well deserved is an insult when compared to your usual wallbang

[EruWan]

Originally posted by De Beautiful Face:

Pew pew goes brrr

brrrrrrttttttttt caldwell chaingun

[HakkaH]

Fanning is cool, one of the reason we want to upgrade and survive with our current hunter

[BlackWolf9988]

Its trash 3 stars rely on because they cant aim. Same with levering and dual wield. Im glad they get nerfed next patch.

[RedRevReyn]

It's fine.

[Annie Oakley]

conversion pistol with fmj fanning is op, if you deny then your a noob

[Geo]

well, thing is it still loses to close range dominance like shotguns (or it should 9/10 times).
It just gives rifle users a better chance to deal with someone at close range. For me, fanning goes wrong 50% of the time, I generally consider it a last ditch panic fight to the death type of option, it isn't really something id actively choose to use all the time.

Also as others have said, its not cheap, and there are plenty of powerful traits to take, honestly ive had as much success with taking quartermaster and a mini romero

[󠀡󠀡]

its neat, sometimes annoying, sometimes god tier perk.

always my first Trait pick if i go for a long ammo gun (mosin / lebel)

[Eldritch Panda]

Fanning is strong when using the correct pistol for it IE NOT THE CHAINS.
Theres a reason 3* players think it's bad but it's always taken in high mmr, but personally I only take it if its given to me for free because I like to use my secondary to fill me with more ammo.


Ammo nerfs will make fanning more meta guarenteed.