2142 Best Weapons: Support

I'm too lazy to copy and paste the disclaimers and warnings, so just scroll down to the Best Weapons: Assault post below for your daily dose of iron and vitamins.

Ganz Heavy Machine Gun
I know the name of this one because it sucks so hard it stuck in my mind. What a piece of crap! I does a bit more damage and has slightly better armor penetration than the default LMG, but compensates for these advantages with a much slower rate of fire and crosshairs that take FOREVER to dial in after you stop moving.

The fun I've had with this doorstop of a weapon is chewing up jeeps.
It makes fairly short work of them, delivering a nice surprise to those a-holes who spend their time zipping around looking for infantry to run over.

Other than that, it's about as useful as a cocktail shaker at an AA meeting.

Rating: Avoid At All Costs


The Shotgun
It shouldn't surprise anyone familiar with my CounterStrike career that I dig the shotty. It's pretty much the same as other examples of the genre- devastating at close range, slow rate of fire, and if you miss your first shot you'll probably get gunned down. But it's a viscerally satisfying weapon, and it shines in the close quarters of city maps.

I like it, but perhaps more than other weapons YMMV. It's an acquired taste, one that I have an unquenchable thirst for.

rating: PUMP-A-LICSIOUS!