Conventional weapons and their ammo in late game

[Johnny Casey]

Hi. Just started playing this game and wanted to know if there is any point of keeping the conventional weapons and ammo.

I know shotguns can knock the terminators down like in the movies, so it has some usage, but what about the other guns - rifle, pistol, uzi nine milimida? Do they have any usage outside of blowing up the plasma canister or something similar?

[chugzillafx]

i sell everything before i meet baron, no sense having weapons that are not plasma, thats just how i do it, then as soon as i get to level 12 i think it is or 18 haha i forgot, i get the red plasma terminator gun during the beginning of the pasadena mission for baron, its way better than the resistance one imo, then when i get a purple gun i save it until level 24 where i can use it, until i get the ultimate weapon from mack, then i use only that, i sell the red plasma weapons and ammo and use purple only for all the final battles. i have almost 500 hours in so ask anything ya want i should know and ill try to remember it lol

[Korhal]

Personally, as I was able to use the (resistance) plasma guns, I sold all the other weapons. No need in carrying around useless scrap metal.

[Mobile Suit God Damn]

Yeah, once you get proper weapons the old ones are garbage. Keeping a shotgun on hand for crappier enemies is good advice but other than that I just fill my inventory with stuff that I can sell after a mission.

[Steel Panther]

Originally posted by Mobile Suit ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥:

Yeah, once you get proper weapons the old ones are garbage. Keeping a shotgun on hand for crappier enemies is good advice but other than that I just fill my inventory with stuff that I can sell after a mission.

Same. I keep the shotgun, maybe change it to the M16 for a change of pace, or even the 1911, but I keep them for a few missions to build up plasma ammo by blasting the smaller bots.

[SievertChaser]

I keep the shotgun until I need a slot for a missile launcher. It's useful for blasting smaller nuisances.

[Steel Panther]

It's strange the shotgun is so effective, it should be the worst weapon for robots, the penatration on a bunch of pellets is terrible.

[SievertChaser]

Originally posted by Steel Panther:

It's strange the shotgun is so effective, it should be the worst weapon for robots, the penatration on a bunch of pellets is terrible.

The small bug-bots are mostly made of mechanical joints that the pellets would probably bend out of shape and jam up.

[scjay]

The Shot Gun is more cost effective on harder levels. (plasma rounds & med kits are more scarce). Use the Shot gun on Silver Fish & Drones. Save the Plasma Rounds for terminators & above. (Its cheaper to craft Shot Gun Shells).
Skill Points: Increase Back Pack size, Crafting & Lock picking skills, Stealth (machines are more likely to spot you) & Explosives. Fast Learner is good on any level. Try to have at least 1 skill point available So you can increase an unexpected Skill level requirement.
This isn't "The" way to play...Just a different strategy.