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10/5/2014 1:08:31 PM
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Which Primary Weapon Do You Use?
Hi all,
Which primary weapon do you primarily use; and why?
I am debating which primary should I use and I would very much like some of your opinions and suggestions to help me to decide.
I very much like the scout rifle for it has good impact, which interrupts the targets, and good damage. Also I always aim for a head shot (or a belly shot against the Vex). So I have grown fond of the scout rifle since I started playing. I also like the hand cannon too; except for its relatively small cartridge size painfully long reloading speed. I have tried to really like it and use it but I have always ended falling back to the scout rifle. The pulse rifle is a good choice too although I do not use it that often. I feel that it is not as easy to use as the auto rifle and not as impactful as the scout rifle and the hand cannon. I however have to say that the pulse is very good at one thing: scoring headshot. First you aim at the chest just below the neck, which is larger and easier to aim than the head, then the recoil will move the muzzle up and you will hit the head.
Lately, I have done some PvP matches and some team PvE. I have noticed that a lot of people are using the auto rifle. I would say nearly a majority of them. For me, I just cannot get used to the constant recoil and the constant adjusting of aim. I understand its appeal and it also manages to score a lot of team kills too. With the auto rifle, you can start aiming at the general direction before moving into a more precise aiming, and thus almost always hits something. WIth the scout rifle and the hand cannon, you have to aim first before firing, and then reengage when necessary and fire again. In PvE teaming, it annoys me to see that my kill counts are lower than a auto rifle user but I believe I deal more or less the same amount of damage; just that my bullets hit fewer targets.
So anyway, what do you use? Please share your views on the primary weapons.
Thanks!
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In pvp weapon damage per shot is the same for weapons of the same type. However, weapon stability, range, and fire rate is not. Scout rifles would be excellent for their range and impact, but auto rifle users mostly use weapons that have the ability to "aim easier while being fired at" perk which negates scout rifle impact. The shingen, silvered hushwind, and some other exotic auto rifles have aiming perks with super high aim assist, very fast fire rate, nearly maxed out stability, and range at the half way mark. Before you break down your green and blue auto rifles look for the shingen and silvered hushwind and find one with both abilities of "move faster while aiming" and "aim easier under fire", then select the aim perk which maximizes "target acquisition." For PVE scout rifles are very viable, unless you are comparing it to the exotic auto rifle Xur had for sale last week that has scout rifle range, shoots super fast when hipped, better than auto scout rifle fire rate while aimed, max stability, and heals/does more damage on the last half of the clip. Some of these statements are opinion, but I do know for certain that my k/d on weapon kills for close quarters maps is much better with an auto than a scout. In the very big maps on clash I definitely opt for scout rifles. A reminder I use is if most of my fire fights are outside of extended grenade throwing range, use a scout. I apologize for being windy! p.s. if you are used to using a scout rifle I would try running with a sniper that has a fast aiming perk for the one head shot kill.
