I've been toying around with a LOT of the guns, namely SMGs and Rifles, and all I have to say is... half of them are wasting my ammo no matter how good my aim, the other half it is in fact my fault I missed at all.

I know this isn't Call of Duty, but it REALLY irks me when the Tampa or the Euston throw rounds in every direction while I'm ADS. I could burst fire, but oh wait, the accuracy is STILL way off, and the Carb 9 is basically the more accurate and reliable version of the Tampa assault rifle of SMGs anyway. Regarding the Euston, it's only good in close quarters or with very controlled bursts. However, the Rhetta/Gerund are just plain more accurate (the Gerund doesn't seem to have any kick back at all) and make their rounds count.

The Euston is still salvageable however, as it can be used accurately, just not reliably. The Tampa is a lost cause after round #2.

Is anyone else forming the same opinion about some of these weapons? I mean... I can't even hip fire with the Tampa at 4m because it's just THAT bad.

/Vent.

I some what agree. It seems that the guns don't really vary enough to warrant someone to play around with them much. They are so close in comparrision half time, or atleast what I've found, that I've played through twice now on both sides using the same AR and SMG combo. Seems if I switch to anything else it's either really ineffective or just slightly worse than what I had set before.

But this could just be because of the way I play?

This is what tap-firing and burst-firing is for. As well as front grips and muzzle breaks.

Yeah... this isn't an issue with my screen warping all over the place when I fire - I can manage that without the peripherals. Grab a tampa, aim down the sights, open fire and watch as rounds fly off at 30 degree angles. Then use the Carb 9 and realize it's practically the same weapon, only more accurate. Why burst fire with one and get poor results when I can full auto with another and get better results? You could say "then use that gun" but the issue here isn't simply using "that" gun (that solution is obvious) it's that I should feel compelled to take X gun over Y gun, rather than determining that Y gun is just plain deadlier than X gun. I can slide fire with a Carb 9. The Tampa just makes my presence known and as far as I can tell, deal the same damage per round. The Bulpdaun makes an excellent back up as well, btw.

The stat bars represent nothing. They're not the least bit accurate.

Stability amounts to jack in Brink when the accuracy (a different stat) is $#!%. It's like Killzone 2 all over again with the Tampa. The Euston as I mentioned is still manageable, but if I feel like if I'm going to be anywhere but shotgun range, I might as well bring a Gerund.

I have the exact same thoughts. I'm using the tampa and get destroyed by all the other smg users that have half the recoil and same damage as me.

The accuracy is how often the bullets fly in the perfect path of your ADS. Not even light rifles always hit where you ADS.

This is weird, as I've been having great success with the Euston. Maybe I ought to try the Gerund a bit more, lol. Gives me an excuse to go play again and procrastinate more.

The Euston isn't bad per-se, certainly, when the rounds connect successfully and consecutively, it's unparalleled. It's just in comparison, the Gerund and the Rhetta make hitting your target hassle free. The real saving grace is that the Euston fires extremely fast, and has a quick reload. Unfortunately, while the Tampa does deal fairly high damage for an SMG, it absolutely can't hit anything when compared to a Bulpdaun or a Carb 9 which are accurate, and just as powerful. The only real advantage the Tampa has is reload speed, which let's be honest, is negated by some duct tape on any other weapon.

For the record, the Galactic is THE run and gun SMG. That reticule absolutely does not want to bloom and there's more than enough ammo in even the standard magazine to keep up the fire for a good amount of time, but it has weak damage as a trade off.

All pistols are monsters, and I just can't decide.

I've toyed with several SMGs and ARs and I find that they're all fairly decent in different ways. I had no trouble with the Tampa, as a good close range weapon, but prefer the Carb because it's better at range (although it's a bit weak), but isn't that the point of weapons that function differently?

Find which one works best for you and roll with it.

Yeah, it seems like all the rifles have that range where they just drop off and can't do any damage whatsoever. I just tried the Gerand, and hated it. The Rhetta is a bit nicer to use but overall I kind of like having the high damage of the Euston.

And yeah, I really only will use the Bulpdaun, as the Carb 9 has a very slight amount of recoil that throws it off too much for me and I won't be able to get the kill at medium range. The pistol I LOVE to use is the Sea Eagle. Have a muzzle break and rapid fire on that and it is a monster of a gun (and certainly beats the Drognav).