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Dual Wielding Pistols?
Sophisanmus:
Yes.
Winter:
--- Quote from: DanielOR on June 30, 2008, 06:07:27 pm ---Oh, and reloading while holding two assault weapons - that ought to be a hoot. Same goes for selecting fire modes. Seriously, is all this worh it?
--- End quote ---
Well, no, since it's not possible. Only one-handed weapons can be dual-wielded. If you place a two-handed item into a troop's hands and then add a one-handed item, only the one-handed item will be useable, and you can't ever hold two two-handed items. Which is exactly how we want it.
Regards,
Winter
Sophisanmus:
Baseless affirmations aside, I think this is an important issue to address, or at least consider and/or debate if there are any plans farther along to implement powered armor suits which provide sufficient strength and targeting assistance as to allow the use of two primary weapons. This may also be pertinent to later-game alien 2x2 units, and possibly human 2x2s.
Also, paired Laser Pistols have already been mentioned as a feasible use, and if there are any weapons that can be paired, there will be some demand for a system flexible enough to allow paired use for all weapons, even if it is disadvantageous to the point of unusability in most of those cases.
2-handed weapons are not necessarily a requirement in most cases, but more of a suggestion for if you want to hit anything. If 2-handed weapons can never be used together, then there may be need of a new, "1.5" hand class, for SMGs and other weapons that can be held, aimed, and fired with one hand, but have enough recoil to need a second hand for accuracy.
Aiki-Knight:
Two-handed side-arm firing is not accurate at all. No police or military force on earth does it. It's pure movie-fiction. Yes, one could handle the double recoil. Yes, it's possible to hit something. Just very unlikely. So far, this game does a good job of remaining true to the way weapons and tactics really work. Anyone who's fired a handgun knows that it's sufficiently difficult to hit another person at 7 meters with two hands and eye-level aiming.
I will defer happily to the developers. To the rest, I say, "Please no cowboy-movie rootin' tootin' shootin' dual pistols from the hip." It doesn't work.
Surrealistik:
The appalling lack of accuracy is true for weapons that feature recoil, not so much for those that do not, so it should be possible to dual wield certain firearms.
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