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The SMG... godsend or overpowered?

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tempsanity:

--- Quote from: "Alex" ---Face it, pro-2-pistols people want dual pistols because it looks cool, end of story.
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So true.
The balance between realism and 'coolness' factor is very important. ;)

breversa:

--- Quote from: "Alex" ---Face it, pro-2-pistols people want dual pistols because it looks cool, end of story.
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It only LOOKS cool to people who don't know the reality of it. But as UFO:AI is a rather technically-contexted game, such "fantasy" should not be implemented.
If you want dual pistols, go play Tomb Raider. :P

Pariah:

--- Quote ---But as UFO:AI is a rather technically-contexted game,
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Uh, hello, little green men, lasers, plasma and particle weapons, UFO:AI IS a fantasy game.

I do agree, thanks to holliwierd, the coolness of dual pistols, no matter how illogical, is a given. First and foremost, this is a game. To, you know, have fun with.

Surrealistik:
I want it because it gives me a compelling reason to use pistols, and increases their viability. Maximizing the number of interesting options is always a good thing when it comes to game design.

That aside, while UFO:AI may be a hard sci-fi game, my points are no less true: combat occurs at extremely close ranges and advanced pistols when dual wielded tend to bring more firepower to bear than a single rifle or heavy variant of the same technology, which makes doing so reasonable under certain circumstances.

Pariah:
Ahh, I think I see the disconnect. If I may:



--- Quote ---advanced pistols when dual wielded tend to bring more firepower to bear than a single rifle or heavy variant of the same technology
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Surreal, I think you are looking at this strictly in a numbers in the game way, while Brev is looking at it from a real world point of view.

I think a legit question, that would also bring us a full circle back to the one that started this thread would be:

How would a Dual Wield Pistol stack against the SMG?
How would a Dual Wield Laser pistol stack against the SMG?
How would Dual Plasma and Dual Particle stack?

From what has been said, it looks like the SMG would (and possible should) beat all four. Yes? No?

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