Thoughts on the Pistol

[squerl]

In the new video at around 1:30 to 1:50 the player is using the single pistol. Besides the fact that he doesn't hit a single zombie, what do you guys think of the pistol?

I don't know if it's just because the audio was muffled, but to me it didn't sound like it had any balls. Keep in mind I play with the deag on CS:S, but my second favorite is USP. I don't know.. I didn't really like the animation too much because it jumps up real quick like it's powerful, but the audio tells a different story. I think it'd be fine when you have two, because that's how I picture dualies acting, but meh..

I guess it just depends on personal taste. I wouldn't want everyone to have to use deag, and I don't think people would be happy if they just used CS:S pistols.

Solution? Have more than one type of pistol laying around :D My favorite weapon in HL2 is the Magnum revolver, maybe when it's time in the map to upgrade to dualies you'd have the choice of either doing that or just carrying one powerful pistol like the Magnum.

[iRelentless]

I used the Modded STARS Beretta skin for my Deagle. Only 9mm but it was still more fun to use than the stock for some reason. :D

I like the idea of a single more powerful pistol instead of dualies because it would add more choice. Actually playing the game on release, if it doesn't have a second class pistol ,will probably make me think "pity da fool who needs second pistol instead of dualies. These rock!" though.


EDIT: Did you not see dual pistols during your playtest to know about how powerful they feel/sound, instead of speculating from a gameplay vid? Or where they still using CS:S sounds back then.

[squerl]

Yeah, I used the pistols. I'm just saying in this video it seems a little dinky and it'd be cool to have some more choices for secondary weapons.

[dontleave]

Replace it with Samus' arm cannon.

[Chronos]

As said many times before, one of the lacking things of L4D is the amount of weapons. It's also pretty silly that Tier 2 weapons are just lying in an organized pile on the ground next to ammo. I was expecting them to be just scattered throughout the mission.

[Chronos]

Yeah and the pistol definitely looks too weak.

[Halfeatendonkey]

i dont really care bout the Gun so much...sure it might sound weak but hey..source engine..skins..mods.. :) I usually use Deagle or Usp.

Edit: Tho, the skin looks like shit,im sick of the god damn..old school WW1-2 Gun omfgz0r lawl aölaödkgnj. Why not ..a berreta,a glock..The STAR skin for Five-seven on CSS...

[Chronos]

Colt .45's are sick.

[Halfeatendonkey]

Colt .45's are sick.
I HATE EM ! I HATE EM I HATE EM I HATE THEEEEEEEEEEMMMM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IIIIII HHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAA TTTTTTTTT EEEEEEEEE THHHHHHHH EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MMMMMMMMMMMMM

[Lolerskates]

Tho, the skin looks like shit,im sick of the god damn..old school WW1-2 Gun omfgz0r lawl aölaödkgnj

God that was retarded.

[Halfeatendonkey]

God that was retarded.
w00t, retarded ? what are you talking about O.O Dont make me open a fat bottle of WHOOP AAAZZ on you!

[toxictbag]

My deagle on CSS is a custom skin to make it like a hand cannon :)

[gorgoth]

I didn't really notice the Colt details in the vid, but in the game it should be very powerful, in reality, an untrained person (me) would have trouble hitting the side of a barn with a .45 it's so powerful. The thing almost rips your arm off if you fire it. My grandpa was in the army and we have a handed down .45 circa W W I. It's scary. :)

[Deadly]

weak or not, putting a hole into someone charging at you at full force is bound to do some damage.

[No Shelter]

Berettas!

[dontleave]

Berettas!

Akimbo Uzi's...

















NOW!

[Halfeatendonkey]

Akimbo Uzi's...
Too much of a Rambo style.

[Shrubberyjsc]

Have more than one type of pistol laying around

Choice is not bad.

;)

[Lolerskates]

I didn't really notice the Colt details in the vid, but in the game it should be very powerful, in reality, an untrained person (me) would have trouble hitting the side of a barn with a .45 it's so powerful. The thing almost rips your arm off if you fire it. My grandpa was in the army and we have a handed down .45 circa W W I. It's scary. :)

how big a boy are ya? I never get too much kick from my dads .45, but I've also shot guns in bigger rounds.

[gorgoth]

Well at the time I was 12 so that might affect it. But also it was A W W I Colt, not W W I I, which supposedly are smoother.

[d_cover]

is the more thhan 1 pistol in the game?

[squerl]

You have a single pistol to start out the game, then when you upgrade to the second tier of weapons with auto shotty/hunting rifle/assault rifle you can pick up a second to dual wield.

[d_cover]

thx m8 worried about if the game lacked pistols

[Brazuca]

would be cool if they put 2 different pistols.

Imagine 1 being the Deagle. Very Powerfull, less clip size.

Imagine the other being the Bereta. Not very powerful, more ammo, and can be akimbo (dual wielded)

Wouldn't it be great being able to choose from 2 main weapons and 2 pistols in the beggining.

( I realized something, since there is dual wield it should be something the player is able to do only on a later part of a scenario, instead of being able to just pick up a another survivor's bereta when they die.)

Maybe at a certain part of a scenario the players get a chance to upgrade something on their deagle, while those that have the Bereta get another one to dual wield.

[gorgoth]

Frankly, if done well, the 1911 will kick ass. Along with the other guns, with the exception of the auto shotty and maybe the hunting rifle, the guns have an old battered feel to them-which is why the 1911 is perfect. Deagle's and M9's are too, new feeling for me? Anyone agree?

[Capo Di Tutti Capi]

im not really sure wat 2 say, 2 pistols wud be nice, akimbo pistols wud be nice,upgrades 4 stronger pistol or akimbo weaker pistol wud be nice, gr8 ideas, ummm... how about a 50. cal deagle and a 22. cal colt with 13 bullets or something... soz i was out of ideas 2 begin with

[Puscifer]

maybe when it's time in the map to upgrade to dualies you'd have the choice of either doing that or just carrying one powerful pistol like the Magnum.

I like that idea a lot!

[Drizzt]

hmm someone did a little searching congrats! you deserve a cookie!

[Hauger]

Let's change the whole game into quake arena 15!

[Sifer2]

Im sure a Magnum or something will be added in later on. An also im crossing my fingers for a Chainsaw too :P.

As for tier 2 weapons laying around in clums I agree that's a little silly. Im thinking maybe these videos are being played on Easy mode. It would explain alot of things I noticed that just look off.

[tonjohn]

I enjoyed the pistol and used it quite a bit (relative to everyone else I saw play the game). The pistols do plenty of damage but I must admit that they do "feel" weak (better sound FX maybe?).

Also, I do think it would be nice if there were a couple of more options as far as secondary weapons go (maybe a revolver and/or knife/sword and/or Brass knuckles?).

[Deek]

Sweet. If I'm gonna die beneath a crush of Infected, I wanna go out swingin' brass knuckles, baby.

[Rannos]

I personally want something that can be skinned as or is a revolver. It's a quirk I've gained from using the russian revolver skin for CSS deagle. I dunno why, but revolvers and revolver skin just seem to make pistols feel more powerful.

[Capo Di Tutti Capi]

hmmmm nice space

lol the poistol appared fine in 1 vid where they take on a tank, the guy with pistol actually kills it with shots 2 the head, pistol does appear fine idk, we'll hv 2 w8,


any1 here a good modder?

[g0dlike]

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[Nemesis_vs_Leon]

I like the pistol as it is now

[Timmy]

I find it a bit odd that they decided to take a quite powerful firearm and make it function like a 9mm, but I do respect their right to keep the game creative and original. I think it would be a fun idea to pick up a second pistol that was different than the first, so, for example you would be dual wielding an M1911A1 and a M9 Beretta, or Glock.

[Pixelnator]

Custom skins to the rescue!

That or minimods to the game that boos the pistol power etc.

[USS_Stud]

I'm gonna roll dualies the whole 9 yards. And the Uzi will be my secondary.

[Hauger]

I want a bow and arrows!

Just kidding, like the pistol as it is. Needs more sound though.

[gorgoth]

This is an old topic. I thought it died. Why did someone bump it?

[DJTricky]

I think it is wierd (expect in checkpoints) how guns never disappear, why not have 2 m16s, two auto shottys and a sniper rifle, and you can switch around. That way there are 4 people always running around same weapon, you know, mix it up a bit.

[Shrubberyjsc]

I think the only reason I would be concerned with this is if some nut-job keeps taking an M16, hundreds of times, and floods the server with M16's.

[Gforcemember45]

i would like an old German luger or a Colt 91 in my hand, got love the WW2 guns.

[gorgoth]

Your new right? Because this thread is and should be long dead. Besides, FYI, the pistol is a 1911, so hope you're happy :D

[Kenny]

Honestly, the only gun complaint I have is with the M16. With the amount of firepower it seems to lend, I hope they limit it to only one or two of them per group of survivors..

As for the pistols, I think they are fine now.. although as mentioned by some of you before.. I'd really like a revolver or something similar.

[Gforcemember45]

YAY, colt 91's rule!!! But i still want a luger.

[gorgoth]

91's? Why 91? If anything it'd be 11, or 1911.

[Gforcemember45]

I refer to the Colt 1911 as the colt 91, because that's how the soldiers addressed them. I'm a very militaristic person.

[gorgoth]

Fair enough. I just call it what it is. A 1911, or a Colt 1911, or a Colt .45

[Eddy_of_the_dead]

An also im crossing my fingers for a Chainsaw too :
no chainsaws!!!! no way that is the must horrid thing you can do too a zombie game!!
fire axes magnums an machettes BUT NO FREAKING CHAINSAW!!!!

[Eddy_of_the_dead]

there was a game ( it canceld sadly) it was a zombie shoot and what they did was added a brass knuckel on a desert eagle so if the zombie got to close you would punch em in the face whit it!

[Plankie]

Gforcemember45
YAY, colt 91's rule!!! But i still want a luger.

Wake up from WW2? I don't want Hitler VS Zombies, please.

[Mibtao]

I don't want Hitler VS Zombies, please
alright Hitler VS Infected then

[Eddy_of_the_dead]

alright Hitler VS Infected then
no hitler he sucks

[Gforcemember45]

Wake up from WW2? I don't want Hitler VS Zombies, please.

Sorry, but no. WW2 and every other war has been my life and i never said anything about Hitler, just the guns the German army used.

[dontleave]

I want a musket then.

[Gforcemember45]

That would be interesting, but we would die after the first shot.

[dontleave]

Nah, I meant the Musket dwarves have in Warcraft.

[Gforcemember45]

oh then that makes sense.

[gorgoth]

I want a blunderbuss and a sabre. Civil war style!

[Gforcemember45]

those would be cool, especially the saber! Slash your way through the infected until your arm gets tried.