User blog comment:Didikins/Overrated weapons in Advanced Warfare/@comment-24737457-20141231234955/@comment-24756040-20150101011112

You're saying the Bang Stick, that reduces range, is good because it ups fire rate? I call bullshit on that one.

The issue you just showed with the MDL is that you have to be:

1. In a specific game mode;

2. on a certain map;

and 3. on a certain spawn point.

No weapon should have to be THAT specialized. Ever.

The RW1 feels like it has a shotgun spread for the bullet; that's how accurate it feels.

On PC, the EM1 is easily the greatest weapon in the game. Seriously, get the game for your PC and you'll see that the EM1 and the SAC3's are easily the strongest weapons out there. That's what makes them overrated. Some people expect them to do just as good on console... And they don't. At all. They're just decent at best.

With the pistols, they've been blessing us for awhile for easily exploitable pistols. The Five Seven Akimbo in MW3 had an INSTANT speed reload The Python's from Black Ops were an instant down in 2 shots. Hell, the B23R and the KAP-40 were machine pistols in a pistol's body! And in Ghosts we had the P226 which 2 shotted for a really long range, and was a great backup. Pistols were strong and they went to hell in Advanced Warfare, because Sledgehammer is too scared to make weapons good and fear quality weapons instead of OP weapons. Model 1887's were overpowered. The HBRa was quality.

The KF5 has the stats to make it good at medium range: its range is good, the damage with the 5 bullets (maximum damage is a 3 shot kill) is great; it actually has the fastest TTK with the first 5 bullets, and is the reason why I use Rapid Fire on the KF5. 40 bullets in the magazine is good too, but it has hard recoil and low damage outside of the 5 bullets. Without the 5 bullets, it actually has the second slowest TTK in the category, barring the SN6 in some instances. Slap a Foregip and Advanced Rifling on a KF5, and you could use the KF5 at medium range like an Assault Rifle. But not like long long range.

The SN6 actually has the slowest time-to-kill outside of the first 4 bullets in the burst (shot at 1200 compared to the default ROF). Its accuracy isn't great, but moderately good. Its accuracy is not a saving grace; you'll just end up dying unless you have a damage variant like the Hammer or The Third.