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This gun seems awful...[]
Perhaps it's just my opinion, but this weapon seems absolutely useless, at least in multiplayer. On Bronze difficulty, a fully charged shot (which uses 3 points of ammo) which connects with the head is necessary to get a one hit kill. The number of charged shots needed increases dramatically with difficulty level. Not very effective relative to the Paladin or the Phalynx, and much heavier too. Is there perhaps a key to using this weapon, or is it just awful and in need of a patch? --ZzirBooty 07:30, March 10, 2012 (UTC)
- Topics like this belong either in the forums or a blog post as this isn't remotely what talk pages are for. Lancer1289 07:38, March 10, 2012 (UTC)
- The problem, in my opinion, is that damage shown in description is misleading. Pistol inflicts this amount of damage only if charged. What would you choose: heavy pistol you need to charge every shot (poor damage otherwise), or lightweight pistol with same damage reachable per normal shot (less ammo per clip though)? psysteel 18:58, April 1, 2012 (UTC)
Shields/Synthetics[]
Has anyone done some more thorough testing on this weapon to see if it does extra damage against shields or synthetics? The description and what Tali says when she gives it to you seem to imply it, but I haven't really noticed any major increase when using it against Geth.--WouldYouKindly 19:02, March 13, 2012 (UTC)
No the Arc pistol does the same amount of damage vs shields as it does vs health/barriers.--50.52.188.48 03:26, August 3, 2014 (UTC) Insidiak
Half Charge[]
I've tested this weapon thoroughly and it seems to support a half-charged shot as well. As described, it's a shot that isn't fully charged (charge for about half a second) which does about half the damage of a full-charge and consumes 2 shots instead of 3. I'll let someone else experiment before adding it to the page if it's legit. Freakium 04:46, March 18, 2012 (UTC)
Firing situations[]
It seems the Arc Pistol had the same bug/feature at the Geth Shotgun, it can fire during charges, sprint and rolls. Any confirmation on this?