A late comer to Deus Ex

[Skanky Burns]

Sniper rifle.

[GeneralTacticus]

While the sniper rifle is god once you get it up to 100% accuracy, I'd like to see you use it to take down squads of guys who emerge at medium to short range without getting severely injured. I'd also like to see you use it around a corner.

[Skanky Burns]

Who cares about getting slightly injured, to be honest? F10.

[GeneralTacticus]

Given that on realistic a single pistol shot to the torso can put you down, and a few assault shotgun slugs or a couple of AR bursts will have the same effect, yes, you should most certainly worry about injury. Regen is only useful if you remain alive to use it.

[Skanky Burns]

The proper use of a sniper rifle is to ensure that there are no enemies left alive in the medium to short range by the time you actually get to the area. Take them out before they are even aware of you. I have played the game through on realistic.

[GeneralTacticus]

Yes, I believe you said that, and, yes, nailing enemies before they are aware of you is always to be preferred... however, in many of the indoor areas (the shootout at the 'Ton and Area 51 spring to mind), this is basically impossible. Given a WP rocket is capable of killing entire elevator-loads of bad guys, or clearing corridors with great efficiency, they can come in very handy.

[Skanky Burns]

Undoubtedly. In such situations I normally use the HE attachment to the minigun though, which is always fun.

[GeneralTacticus]

I assume you mean the AR? I tried it out once or twice, once I actually found myself some HE ammo, but given that the GEP gun could as much and more as the HE rounds, and the standard ammo from the AR is utterly useless, I could never justify lugging an AR around solely to use HE shots.

[Skanky Burns]

Its been a while since I played, so the names may not be accurate. I found the standard bullets useful as well. A few into someone's head generally worked well, plus the abundance of ammo for it makes it useful.

[GeneralTacticus]

I always found that it required half a clip to a full one to actually kill anybody, and the recoil precluded for headshots. If I want to shoot people in the head, I'll use a pistol or sniper rifle, or a crossbow, for that matter.

[pg]

sniper rifle is probably the most powerful weapon in the game if used right. if you have infinite ammo for it the game would be so easy it'd be boring. iirc you were limited to only being able to carry a small number of rockets, right? i also really like the stealth pistol w/ lots of mods and fully skilled.

[Skanky Burns]

You do small bursts of fire with the AR and not only do you conserve ammo for your kills, but recoil doesn't have much effect on your aim for that small period of time. Crossbow's own in the early part of the game.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by GeneralTacticus
I always found that it required half a clip to a full one to actually kill anybody, and the recoil precluded for headshots. If I want to shoot people in the head, I'll use a pistol or sniper rifle, or a crossbow, for that matter.

Recoil isn't a problem if you train with rifles. When I played through and specialized in rifles my laser sighted and silenced AR was unstoppable. Pistols are prefered early in the game for quick head shots, but I found that in the later stages a pistol couldn't kill in a single shot, no matter what, and an AR actually does the job quicker in those circumstances.

[General Ludd]

Oh, and when you're fully trained with a modded rifle you can put an entire clip of bullets right into someone's head with ease. Does wonders for the bosses and other tough enemies.

[GeneralTacticus]

Hmmm. Interesting. I'll have to try that, if I can find room in my inventory...