Varia31 wrote on 05/18/16 at 01:17:41:
I think that the Rockets or the SMG are the best sidearms. All the others are okay at best in both my opinion and experiences with them.
Yeah, I think Rockets were easily the most popular. They homed, did an easy max-30dmg.
I'm surprised you'd rank SMG as high though. it only did 4 dmg per 4-bullet clip & I thought it didn't really make sense for it to be so weak, because the standard mounted guns which also do 1dmg per bullet without a pause in-between clips has better range, whereas the SMGs effectiveness is limited to close encounters. I also think in a situation against a big dog (Juggernaut, Warthog) the mounted guns were preferable over the SMG.
I think maybe the close range sidearms were not well tailored for small vehicles. Another thing overlooked in the making of the game. The magnum revolver & shotgun for instance were heavy in dmg, with 1 shot being something like 10-11 points of dmg, but because you had to be facing a car head-on for the best shot, it was risky to use if you're a low armor vehicle.
So in a better balanced TM game I think some of these different sidearms could have been pretty good.
(except the laser which was terrible.)