BF2S Forums Pistol's got nerfed BAD

There a last resort, why should they be good

gburndred wrote:

There a last resort, why should they be good

Mabye because it is the year 2142?

These new ones pretty much require you to get into knife range to be at all effective, especially now that distance affects damage.

theres distance damage on pistols in BF2, minimum is 8 damage, normal is 20.

I personally think the EU pistol owns... 31 damage, and its a flipping revolver!

yeah i miss my pistol sniping from BF2. Expert pistol was one of the easiest badges for me to get in BF2. i'll have to figure out how to use these things better. though recently i've found myself to pull out the knife instead...

Yes, and that the EU uses a revolver of all things... Cmon man! If you look in the files, the designers nicknamed it the "oldschool" pistol :\

-MP-Nuke1266 wrote:

Yes, and that the EU uses a revolver of all things... Cmon man! If you look in the files, the designers nicknamed it the "oldschool" pistol :\

Oh, I like the revolver. It has alot of "OOMF" to it. Its just I don't feel that they are as fast or as accurate as they used to be. So, ok, maybe saying you need to be in knife range was a bit much, but I'm having difficulty making shots with the pistol in 2142, that I could easily make from twice the range in BF2.


ah well....adapt or die.

i think the revolver is much much better, fast reload, the thing i dont like abuot pac, u have to unload a full clip to kill a person.

Whats even more frustratign than the pistol nerf is the fact engy's don't get one. And the SMG only gets 2 spare clips and it takes half a clip to kill one person. I'm constantly caught reloading as engy. Especially the AU one which only has a 26 shot clip ^_^.

I'll probably end up getting the max clip upgrade just so I get an extra clip for engy.

Also I find firing the revoler zoomed really awkward. In zoomed mode the gun covers the spot where you need to aim so you can't even see the target ^_^

the revolver feels heavy and clumsy, it feels like your tom hanks in SPR, shooting at the tank with his own pistol.

Then again the guns dont seens to be very accurate. I would think they would be more so being the future and all.

Mongoose wrote:

its needs a smith and wesson model 29 for that "authentic" feel

That would make me feel lucky.

Last edited by doctastrangelove1964 (2006-10-22 18:17:59)

GotMex? wrote:

Elamdri wrote:

no...the KNIFE is the last resort. What kills me really is the loss of speed. I used to be able to kill PKM whores with the BF2 pistol. These new ones pretty much require you to get into knife range to be at all effective, especially now that distance affects damage.

Something tells me you shouldn't be able to kill a PKM troop with a pistol in any game. That might have to do with why they toned down the effectiveness of the weapon.

Pistol VS. any rilfe should never win, and this was sometimes the case in BF2. Pistol VS. pistol is where the skill is at.

its not that the pistol is overpowered, its that against LMG's, I can put more bullets into a smaller area in a faster time. They have to take there time to make thier shots hit, I can spam the button and get 5 head shots in 2 seconds proned.

Pistols... ehh... I think they wanted to make sure they were actually a last resort in this game, not the mini-snipers they were in BF 2 (take a BF 2 engy with his shotty, and he'll snipe you out from midrange with his pistol).

And as for the 2142 engy... still no freakin pistol, it's still just the sub-machine gun, a knife, a repair tool, and an RL.  Ahh... I suppose engys/ATs are supposed to sacrifice AI (Anti-Infantry) capability for AA (Anti-Armor/Aircraft) capability