I feel as though even though I’ve pushed very far into the net runner perk tree, my power SMG can still outpace my d5 sidewinder of the same class at any range. the targeting is mediocre at best, with like a 50% chance of the bullet actually hitting, where as the SMG has such a tight spread that its useful even at 20m ranges. I just feel like smart just sent great. what doyall think?
before the update that dropped with phantom of liberty they were a huge part of my decker build. Post Im all about the katana. tech sniper rifle is my main secondary. I still keep a smart shotgun as my teriary but im starting to wonder if its even worth the cyberware.
Interesting that so many people don’t like them, I always felt that they were a little op, not that I let that stop me of course, especially for my weaker characters (which is most of them). I think maybe the not hitting enough part might be from the lower quality weapons, so maybe the better ones hit more? I’m not sure. Also there are perks now that help with that, under Intelligence. Other than that, I also like the tech weapons. Power weapons are the only ones I don’t like; so boring. 😛
see I like power weapons, they’re just normal weapons
That’s cool. For me though, I’m playing a sci fi game, I want some sci fi weapons. I can see normal weapons anytime. So it’s great that there’s choices. You could even get ‘old’ guns in the 2020 game if you wanted.
yea fair enough
Do you ever use ricochet with power weapons?
nah
My run with phantom liberty was with smart weapons. They were very good, up to max level. Some were quite bad, but most were excellent. I could overclock for big damage boost, by I almost never needed it.
And it was all categories: automatic pistols, smg, automatic rifles, sniper rifle, and shotgun.
The only drawback was for missions where I had to stay undetected. I fell back on quick hacks and a katana for that.
I recall they have worst stats usually, don’t they? I tried once and it didn’t seem very impressive but then I wasn’t picking perks for them or anything. I’m curious how good they are, too.
yea the stats are worse because u have the “benefit” of essentially auto aim, just that the aiming is kinda ass and I can hit heads better with my smg
You really should give the Warden a shot. It’s my go-to, because it will shitwreck anything in front of it.
i think I picked up the crafting spec for it recently. Dogtown has so much cool shit
Go to Dogtown and kill everything that moves until a 5++ Warden drops with a free mod slot, craft and slot a Hakatomy into it, which will automatically quickhack your targets with different quickhacks depending on where you shoot them. Headshots? Now they’re blinded.
