Popinjay Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Hi all, I have been visiting this board for a while and it has occurred to me that no-one has started a topic to discuss their favorite weapons (and reasons for that decision). So, here it is: My favorite weapons used to be the shotgun, there is nothing quite like kicking open a door, finding the room behind crawling with mutants and firing on them point-blank. However, as I progressed through the game, I started to enjoy a good gatling gun. In one base defense mission, my main gat wielder (call-sign "Tank") found herself cutoff and alone with only her massive weapon to help her when every ret converged on her position. She managed to kill 6 rets (all using launchers and warp weapons) before sinking to the floor redlined. Luckily, my second gat wielder had finally lubered into the fray, and iced the 7th ret, ending the mission before Tank lost her final HPs. What luck, but what a fight! It was seeing Tank moving slowly forward, only pausing to blow away yet another alien that sold the ol' gat' to me. Now I don't go anywhere without one :-) Popinjay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Haven't played around with the gatling all that much yet, so I would have to say sniper or shotgun. Love them both for diffrent reasons. The shotgun is, as you said, neat in bases and the likes. Never go there without some. Love standing at the corner, waiting for some stupid mutant to come close. And when it does I put a solid 900 damage shot in it's stupid face! When you are outdoors however, a line of snipers is neat. I tend to have maybe 5 snipers standing at the ready, and send forth a scout. The scout will have something like the FN Fal, and his main purpose is dodging. So when he sees a mutant/alien the snipers put down heavy fire at it, while my scout does his best dodging alien rockets... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accounting Troll Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 In close combat against the Reticulans the MP7 and FN P90 handguns have to be my favourite because of the combination of armour piercing rounds and high fire rate. I also take along a flamethrower or two because it combines high damage potential with area effect and there is nothing funnier than watching a Reticulan trying to pat out the flames . When I hit the post Russian base difficulty hike, I add a couple of soldiers with psi projectors which means that I effortlessly beat Reticulans with Sky armour and rocket launchers. When I fight transgenants, a combination of advanced alien lasers and sniper rifles is my favourite, as it lets me deal with any variety of transgenant at long range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chryssalid_Victim Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Can't say I've played around with the Gatling Gun either too much Love the Alien Lasers for their pinpoint "Between the Eyes" Accuracy at almost Sniper range. Can't argue too much with the 900 Point Blank dmg from the Neostead either. However if you have Rebalance Mod 4.1 there's a little C-4 going on there, i.e. 2500 dmg grenade...oh the carnage!! I'm pretty early on so can't wait to see what else this game'll throw up...something new every time. And I've never knicked any psi Projectors yet wich means I just get b*ttf**ked atm but I'm sure I can turn that around with a little creative pounding Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deejax Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 How about the (advanced) plasma rifle? It has massive damage and good range. And when it comes to killing things like a chryssalis or gobber it is a one-shot kill. I love it. :inlove: Most missions I take 3 snipers 2-3 rifles and 1 plasma rifle and sometimes a heavy dude (launchers or the heavy machine guns) I haven't found the gatling gun yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chryssalid_Victim Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Came across an interesting Sniper gun I hadn't seen before when I'd played the game....well I'd seen it SHOOTING at me but never picked it up. It's the MEGA-Sniper rifle...can't remember it's name but under Rebalance 4.1b it does 300 dmg at a range of over 90m!! I think it's effective range it somewhere around 60m but you get the idea. Before the mod this would still have done 200 (hard..not universal) damage.....just can't remember it's name...but nice gun :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 That would be the FALCON sniper gun. Btw, my fav weapon only comes later in the game : The Warpdestroyer! Or better let me say THE WARPDESTROYER! 7500 dmg at 9 meters distance! And that sound, ah that sound.... Like in "Apocalypse now":"I love the sound of the warpdestroyer in the morning, it sounds like, well, like victory..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Facehugger Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 The warpdestroyer is the final iteration of shotgun type weapons. I love the minigun, it is my most favorite gun. Not only can it kill 99% of enemies in one burst, but it just looks so cool! Plus, it has an obscene rate of fire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chryssalid_Victim Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Actually having just reloaded my game at Area 51 I have found the name of the rifle to be the Barrett. It appears to be the slowest yet most damaging of all Sniper Rifles....plus it fires Hard dmg instead of Universal (I think most snipers are universal anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 The Falcon does even more damage with one shot, but has a magazine of only two shots and takes ages to reload (and the magazines are hard to get). Overall, the Barrett is the better weapon. btw, what is this cute Avatar ? Where does it come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chryssalid_Victim Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 The cute little guy is "Eh Steve" from Strongbad's e-mail Strongbad's E-mail He first appears in THIS particular e-mail. You can download the GIF along with a couple of others at the main web site although this particular GIF is an easter egg hidden in the cartoon Strongbad's also responsible for the birth of Trogdor the Burninator if you've heard of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Trogdor the Burninator? Never heard of him, but i will check this out right away. Thx for the fast answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chryssalid_Victim Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Well if you wish to learn more about Trogdor I've edited my post to include the URL to his creation. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Marzipan is cute :inlove: Oh, btw 286 is my trogdor Hi-Score, what's yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Facehugger Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Heh. Burninate! Anyway, Besided miniguns, I have a special place in my heart for flamethrowers. Nothing beats a 3500 damage weapon that also lights stuff on fire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chryssalid_Victim Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Jesus Christ Alarez.....the AUTOCANNON?! *ahem* 1000 dmg at the same burst range as an Alien Laser Rifle, inc burning dmg I LOVE THAT GUN!!! The fact is weighs 25kg when equipped is a bit of a downer since anyone with less than Excellent Capacity (and that's borderline since I don't have everyone in Sun Armour yet) can't even carry it but you get a thumbs up for this :alien2: Trialed it vs Trangenants and smoked 7 of the buggers without them firing back...of couse when good old Deathy appeared i was a tad less gung ho so just Snipered him to death :devil: Can't wait to see what else you've done Haven't used the Psi-Armour yet due to not having met any Psi-Controllers yet, they're just armed with Pants damaging guns atm, and Plasmas yeah don't forget them, So it's time for revenge :devil: Great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Thx for your nice comments I really liked the XCOM Apocalypse Autocannon, so i made this one. It is VERY heavy and comes late in the game and you have to keep clicking continously to keep firing, but that thing had to be "weakened" somehow Oh, i have another fav weapons-combo: First the flashbang grenade followed by a C4 charge, that rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chryssalid_Victim Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Hey haven't tried the Flashbang yet..... *Runs off to try it* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chryssalid_Victim Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Well the Autocannon doesn't come *THAT* late in the game...I ain't been to Russia yet. WHO'S YOUR DADDY NOW YOU ROCKET CARRYING *EXPLETIVE DELETED* :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Nice to know you're having fun with the Autocannon (oh and please send those Transgenants and Retculans a nice WARM and EXPLOSIVE greeting from me, too ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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