What is the weapon of your choice, and Why?

[Possum]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
Heh. I thought you were talking about real-world weapons for some reason when I saw the title.

I like my little polymer S&W .380

Pro - Light, thin, smooth profile. Utterly reliable. Good accuracy at short range.

Con - Not a lot of stopping power, needs careful shot placement to be effective. Questionable accuracy at ranges over 15 yards.

[Slynky]

Possum said:

I like my little polymer S&W .380

Pro - Light, thin, smooth profile. Utterly reliable. Good accuracy at short range.

Con - Not a lot of stopping power, needs careful shot placement to be effective. Questionable accuracy at ranges over 15 yards.

You're right about the stopping power. I carry a Baretta .380 (14-1). Magazine is loaded alternating with 3 kinds of rounds: hollow jacket, slug, then a "Blue Safety" slug (check it out if you never heard of it...it has a spread on it that's awesome) and then repeated.

[Atrocities]

What good are Mason BLasters any ways? I mean I have NEVER used them because they are sooooooo weak and clearly serve no purpose.

And for stopping power, I prefer my Taurus 357.
Great stopping power, no shell ejection for CSI to find, great accuracy, 8 shots so stupid criminals stand up after 6 shots and act all bad *** "Your out of ammo dude!" BOOOOM! "I think not ." And it is far more intimidating than a puny 9mm.

[spoon]

Atrocities said:
What good are Mason BLasters any ways? I mean I have NEVER used them because they are sooooooo weak and clearly serve no purpose.

They are cheap and do good damage at max range. Great for Talisman races before they go for APBs.
Even without the talisman, they can significantly outperform PPBs (against phased shields) if you factor in cost.

[Atrocities]

Thanks. I had no idea. Wow, you learn something new every day.

[Alneyan]

The big problem of the Meson BLasters is that they are outgunned compared to the latest APBs, while being slightly more expensive. So you either go directly for the APB (APB VII isn't so much behind MB VI if memory serves, and costs less in research), or have to do additional research to get the Meson BLasters before heading for your regular APBs.

If they had one or two more levels bringing them above the APB, I would certainly consider them to be a viable option for range-6 fighting. As it stands, they lack a bit of a punch, and have a narrow window where you can use them at your advantage.

[Atrocities]

I would be interesting is the APB's were crap for short range and the MB filled the void.

[spoon]

Alneyan said:
The big problem of the Meson BLasters is that they are outgunned compared to the latest APBs, while being slightly more expensive. So you either go directly for the APB (APB VII isn't so much behind MB VI if memory serves, and costs less in research), or have to do additional research to get the Meson BLasters before heading for your regular APBs.

In effectiveness, the Meson BLaster VI is about even with the APB X. I think the choice is between what to use in the mid-game -- PPB or MB or APB. Late game is all APB, since it is cheapest and strongest. The research savings you get by going for APBs instead of MB or PPB is a valid concern, but by late-game standards, not too much. Which is to say you'd probably get to APB XII around the same time, regardless if you research MBs/PPBs first. MBs leave you stronger in the mid game. APBs give you a slight head start in the end game. PPBs probably beat out MBs as a mid-game weapon, unless you don't have the rads for it.

[mottlee]

Atrocities said:
What good are Mason BLasters any ways? I mean I have NEVER used them because they are sooooooo weak and clearly serve no purpose.

And for stopping power, I prefer my Taurus 357.
Great stopping power, no shell ejection for CSI to find, great accuracy, 8 shots so stupid criminals stand up after 6 shots and act all bad *** "Your out of ammo dude!" BOOOOM! "I think not ." And it is far more intimidating than a puny 9mm.

NUKE! you only need to be close!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

There was a computerized pistol displayed in the newspaper a few years back that could fire 700 rounds a >second<.