Zewwww Ktisss

What was up with the bolt being a glowing orange peice of metal

>>384691662
I always just assumed it was a piece of red rebar from a construction site

>>384691731
>>384691662
It looks like a molten hot piece of rebar

>>384691662
It's red hot

phaw phaw phaw

>pulse rifle sounding like someone banging on some drums

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>>384691920

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BRRRAAAAAAAAPPP

>>384691662
It's electrified rebar.

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>>384692162

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>>384692368

>>384691996
Somehow this was the only gun in that game I actually liked.

>>384693686
the sounds it made was so satisfying

>>384691731
It is red, but it's also glowing due to the heat. The battery at the bottom runs a current through it until it's heated up enough to glow.

No, one battery like that wouldn't provide enough power in real life, but >vidya.

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>>384693686
>>384694246

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KABLAM

>>384691662
It's a piece of rebar, heated by the 6v battery attached to the bottom of the crossbow.

I'm not sure how realistic it is to have a 6v battery heat rebar to glowing hot, or if the rebar being heated up would actually make it any more lethal, but whatever.

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>>384695557
related

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>>384693686
It's a real gun, you know.

>>384691662
red hot 1000 degrees bolt vs combine elite

>>384695838
How does the Match variant differ from the stock USP? What does the little barrel attachment do other than look smoothe?

>>384692368
Are you feeling it now Mr.Krabs?

>>384697316
afaik it's just a weight added to reduce recoil

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most of HL2's weapon felt like plastic toys, but I'm willing to overlook it because it was the first time I got to fiddle with ingame physics

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DUKKADUKKADUKKADUKKADUKKA
*runs out of ammo*

>>384695316
YEA

actually OP its

FUNK

tsssssss

>>384698436
actually it's

SHUKKKKK

fssssssssssss

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>>384695316
BANG

>>384695316
https://youtu.be/T1IFYrtd5vI

>>384691996
>obligatory standard issue underpowered gun to make everything else powerful

PTUT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3MP0z2_IyE

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>>384695718
>audiovisual auto-alert

>>384698696
he didn't fly so good

I miss hl2DM

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*notices you*
Birk!

>>384691996
>>384700503
If you want to make this gun less shit there's a command that changes the gun's damage:
>sk_plr_dmg_pistol [any number you want]
You can use the command with any gun in the game, just replace "pistol" with anything
If you feel the ammo for the revolver is small there's also another command to solve that
>sk_max_357 [any number]
These commands will reset when you exit or enter a level
If you want to make the commands permanent you can change the settings in skill.cfg in the hl2 carpet

>>384704220
You could also try getting fucking good. The pistol does 5 damage and fires as fast as you can click. Aim for the head, retard.

>>384704419
>isn't perfectly accurate
>18 shots
>head damage multiplier is 3
>Overwatch Soldiers have 100 HP on Hard
>7 headshots to kill one
that's a stupid idea

>>384704419
I typed all that shit so that people can stop whining about it being underpowered or shitty
desu the only change i would do is crank the damage up to 7, but honestly the best thing to do is to "git gud" with it

>>384704735
>honestly the best thing to do is to "git gud" with it
The best thing is to just forget it exists after a certain point in the game.

Here's a fan fact: the basic metrocops actually get a significant HP boost once you get back to C17. You're fighting low-HP versions in the beginning because the pistol is just THIS bad (and you don't get lots of MP7 ammo until later).

>>384697960
+ barrel is longer than std

>>384704636
it helps that combine soldiers are pretty much braindead and just run into you to die.

>>384704865
didnt knew that metrocop fact
T b h i just like the sound it make, and i just use it when i run out of smg and shotgun ammo

>>384705135
>just run into you to die
they actually strafe left and right, more like

and the pulse rifle/shotgun versions do hurt on Hard

There's just no point to use pistol later in the game, I mean you can use it against headcrabs and such but Dynamic Resupply System ensures you get so much ammo for shotgun if you use shotgun so you might as well use shotgun. Shotgun's damn good.

The exceptions are probably that huge cave full of headcrabs in the end of Ravenholm. And Episode 2 last battle, pistol is very good at blowing up Magnusson bombs (though I liked doing it with an xbow or revolver for style points, but it's objectively a waste of ammo).

>>384705294
It's fine if you like it, I just got a bit triggered by the "git gud" anon.

>>384705461
IIRC I think Combine Soldiers use some advanced tactics when you put the game in hard, they dodge and flank you, making them actually dangerous, but man, they are dumb as hell on medium

>>384706035
If you ever played Episode 1 with developer commentaries, it's discussed there. The AI isn't bad, but the maps are way too linear for them to do anything.

>>384691996
Babayaga

>>384691731
Well you're pretty goddamn dumb

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*blocks your path*

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>Mfw people say hl2 is one of the best shooters of all time.

>>384698178
Easily the coolest sounding gun in the game

Also
>vvvvvVVVVVVV PWOONG

>>384691295
Wouldn't the bar being red hot actually hurt penetration, since it would be more malleable?

>>384706486
it was in 2004

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BOOM *kachink* BOOM *kachink* BWOOOM *ktchink*
*tchk* *tchk* *tchk* *tchk*

>>384695838
>want a USP match
>none on gunbroker
>airsoft one doesnt have a silver slide

>>384706467
Sounds like a mule giving birth

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>>384692162

>>384704220
That's cool to know but outside of messing around for fun I play without cheats, games are easy enough as it is, ammo is plentiful and I'm not *that* attached to the 9mm. I do like the subdued sound it makes though and the revolver is great.

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>>384706486
>mfw people say hl is one of the best shooters of all time