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Jul 19, 2023
Half-Life
!!9mm Glock Appreciation Thread!! The pistol in HL1 is often overlooked and, at times, has even been called useless. The pistol is one of the most useful and versatile weapons in all of Half-life, especially early on. That's not to say it stops being useful once you get the MP5, it's useful all the way to the end of the game. It's understandable that people might perceive the pistol as being a stop gap measure until you get the MP5 as it's worth only really becomes evident once you're fairly well acquainted with the games AI. So, what is the pistol good for? Long range, accurate shots with lots of ammo! It's not just long range shots but medium and close too. A common scenario is seeing a monster/humans arm and torso sticking out around a corner (head visible sometimes too!). With the pistol you can kill the enemy without them reacting at all. The same goes for long distances - headshots do a lot of damage in HL so being able to hyper accurately pump rounds in a grunts head from a distance is hugely beneficial. But what about the crossbow, 357 and gauss!? They're much better for long range combat! Well, that's true in some cases but not all. Crossbow isn't a hitscan weapon which makes multiple accurate shots (e.g headshots on charging grunts) very hard to do (depending on the map/encounter). Gauss and .357 are great but they come often come much later and with much, much less ammo. The pistol isn't just good for long and medium range, it's also great for close range (depending on the enemy). It's extremely useful against headcrabs, zombies, alien slaves and, to a lesser degree, bullsquids. It takes 3 headshots to bring down an islave which is often easily doable in close range. The shotgun is better if fighting solely at close range but the pistol allows you to take out the close range target and then switch to long range without having to swap weapons. I've hit the word limit so yeah, the glock rules. What do y'all reckon?
!!9mm Glock Appreciation Thread!! The pistol in HL1 is often overlooked and, at times, has even been called useless. The pistol is one of the most useful and versatile weapons in all of Half-life, especially early on. That's not to say it stops being useful once you get the MP5, it's useful all the way to the end of the game. It's understandable that people might perceive the pistol as being a stop gap measure until you get the MP5 as it's worth only really becomes evident once you're fairly well acquainted with the games AI. So, what is the pistol good for? Long range, accurate shots with lots of ammo! It's not just long range shots but medium and close too. A common scenario is seeing a monster/humans arm and torso sticking out around a corner (head visible sometimes too!). With the pistol you can kill the enemy without them reacting at all. The same goes for long distances - headshots do a lot of damage in HL so being able to hyper accurately pump rounds in a grunts head from a distance is hugely beneficial. But what about the crossbow, 357 and gauss!? They're much better for long range combat! Well, that's true in some cases but not all. Crossbow isn't a hitscan weapon which makes multiple accurate shots (e.g headshots on charging grunts) very hard to do (depending on the map/encounter). Gauss and .357 are great but they come often come much later and with much, much less ammo. The pistol isn't just good for long and medium range, it's also great for close range (depending on the enemy). It's extremely useful against headcrabs, zombies, alien slaves and, to a lesser degree, bullsquids. It takes 3 headshots to bring down an islave which is often easily doable in close range. The shotgun is better if fighting solely at close range but the pistol allows you to take out the close range target and then switch to long range without having to swap weapons. I've hit the word limit so yeah, the glock rules. What do y'all reckon?

!!9mm Glock Appreciation Thread!! The pistol in HL1 is often overlooked and, at times, has even been called useless. The pistol is one of the most useful and versatile weapons in all of Half-life, especially early on. That's not to say it stops being useful once you get the MP5, it's useful all the way to the end of the game. It's understandable that people might perceive the pistol as being a stop gap measure until you get the MP5 as it's worth only really becomes evident once you're fairly well acquainted with the games AI. So, what is the pistol good for? Long range, accurate shots with lots of ammo! It's not just long range shots but medium and close too. A common scenario is seeing a monster/humans arm and torso sticking out around a corner (head visible sometimes too!). With the pistol you can kill the enemy without them reacting at all. The same goes for long distances - headshots do a lot of damage in HL so being able to hyper accurately pump rounds in a grunts head from a distance is hugely beneficial. But what about the crossbow, 357 and gauss!? They're much better for long range combat! Well, that's true in some cases but not all. Crossbow isn't a hitscan weapon which makes multiple accurate shots (e.g headshots on charging grunts) very hard to do (depending on the map/encounter). Gauss and .357 are great but they come often come much later and with much, much less ammo. The pistol isn't just good for long and medium range, it's also great for close range (depending on the enemy). It's extremely useful against headcrabs, zombies, alien slaves and, to a lesser degree, bullsquids. It takes 3 headshots to bring down an islave which is often easily doable in close range. The shotgun is better if fighting solely at close range but the pistol allows you to take out the close range target and then switch to long range without having to swap weapons. I've hit the word limit so yeah, the glock rules. What do y'all reckon?

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Jul 20, 2023

It is pretty reliable, as a sidearm should be I suppose. I like using it when I'm low on 9mm ammo, because it makes more efficient use of it, since it doesn't miss as much.