City of Heroes

On character creation, you have to choose a weapon if your using gun abilities only.

E.g.

Create a new character

Choose a archtype that has a gun in its power selection list

Click Gun.

Pros and Cons on the weapons

Assault Rifle Pros: 3 shot burst, recharge rate is decent / Assault Rifle Cons: Inaccurate, Brawling Damage is a bit poor.

Single Pistol Pros: Accurate, Fast both shot and brawl recharge rate. / Single Pistol Cons:Shots are weak.

Rifle Pros: Accurate, Shots are Strong / Rifle Pros: Recharge rate is on moderate. Brawling is weak.

any other gun choices? must have pros and cons

this is a nice idea, but it should be the same for other weapons too, like swords....not all swords are the same with speed or strengh, but id say a shotgun would be nice, powerful shot, slow recharge...ever load a shotgun? takes awhile if you dont have a megazine.

Originally posted by reloaded58

On character creation, you have to choose a weapon if your using gun abilities only.

 

E.g.

Create a new character

Choose a archtype that has a gun in its power selection list

Click Gun.

Pros and Cons on the weapons

Assault Rifle Pros: 3 shot burst, recharge rate is decent / Assault Rifle Cons: Inaccurate, Brawling Damage is a bit poor.

Single Pistol Pros: Accurate, Fast both shot and brawl recharge rate. / Single Pistol Cons:Shots are weak.

Rifle Pros: Accurate, Shots are Strong / Rifle Pros: Recharge rate is on moderate. Brawling is weak.

any other gun choices? must have pros and cons

As noted by Thanos, this makes sense for swords. Different swords have different fighting styles and you can do different moves with the same sword. Upward slash, downward slash, heavy blow, light & fast repeated slash, stab, whirl, etc. Some examples would the Scrapper Katana and Broad Sword powersets and the Tank Mace and Hammer powersets (ignoring the actual appearance of the weapon). However, guns are pretty much one-trick ponies.

How many different ways can you shoot a shotgun? Or a rifle? Or a pistol? Sure, you just fire off a shot, or aim for a slower but more accurate shot. And use the gun as a club. But other than that, what else can you do? That's why CoX has the assault rifle - one weapon with multiple functions.

Take a look at the Dual Pistol MM powerset. It makes a good MM power because you also get to summon thugs. If you don't get to call summon thugs, how do you fill the other poweslots?

I don't want to totally knock your idea. It would be pretty cool if choosing your weapon affected your fighting style. I just think your firearm idea could use a little more development.