Most useless weapons in gaming

[DSK-]

I'd say the impact hammer from UT3. I mean, when the player can carry around 10 guns at a time, why the fuck would you use a melee weapon? It says that the alt fire, an emp blast, can knock a powerup off a player, but you never use it because unreal tournament isn't a game where you get up close and personal, it's a game where there are big maps and people are content at shooting each other at medium range! You just never use it because there are *bigger* and *better* things to kill people with.

The impact hammer doesn't have to be used soley for killing/damaging people, it can also be used for trick jumping which can be invaluable when spawn raping in 1v1 and for doing cheese in nwCTF.

You'd also be surprised how useful the shield gun is in close encounters, though admittedly I'm speaking with no experience from UT3 and experience from UT99, UT2003 and UT2004.

Yeah, the shield gun does have its uses, but I'm talking about the impact hammer in UT3. I mean, people keep each other at a distance to the point that the impact hammer is just... there. You have it, you just never use it since it would be so impractical.

Perhaps. It just makes me laugh, because I often get killed at least twice by shield gun rampaging mofo's and they almost always out dodge me and kill me :`(

Excuse me, I'm going to go cry in a corner...

 

[Uzbekistan]

The joke weapons in the KH seires.

And any 'joke' weapon that you get before you upgrade them to be godly.

 

[twistedmic]

For me, the Archimedes orbital laser cannon was pretty damn useless. Don't get me wrong, it was awesome to see it fire, and cool to know that you just called in an orbital strike, but the single use you got each day wasn't all that effective. It might be able to kill a few Fiends or Powder Gangers, but I could deal with them with a few shots from a scoped rifle (modded out Hunting rifle or Varmint rifle). And it hardly did anything against Radscorpions or Death Claws.

Wait what?! You mean you could use that thing outside of HELIOS 1? I've done 2 epic playthroughs and I never knew that, I remember thinking, "wouldn't it be cool to use this out side of HELIOS 1." but apparently I always could

Well dammit

Don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but I'll say it anyway. You've got to pick up the Archimedes range finder, the 'toy' gun carried by a kid just in Freeside.

 

[UltraXan]

I'd say the impact hammer from UT3. I mean, when the player can carry around 10 guns at a time, why the fuck would you use a melee weapon? It says that the alt fire, an emp blast, can knock a powerup off a player, but you never use it because unreal tournament isn't a game where you get up close and personal, it's a game where there are big maps and people are content at shooting each other at medium range! You just never use it because there are *bigger* and *better* things to kill people with.

The impact hammer doesn't have to be used soley for killing/damaging people, it can also be used for trick jumping which can be invaluable when spawn raping in 1v1 and for doing cheese in nwCTF.

You'd also be surprised how useful the shield gun is in close encounters, though admittedly I'm speaking with no experience from UT3 and experience from UT99, UT2003 and UT2004.

Yeah, the shield gun does have its uses, but I'm talking about the impact hammer in UT3. I mean, people keep each other at a distance to the point that the impact hammer is just... there. You have it, you just never use it since it would be so impractical.

Perhaps. It just makes me laugh, because I often get killed at least twice by shield gun rampaging mofo's and they almost always out dodge me and kill me :`(

Excuse me, I'm going to go cry in a corner...

There there D:

 

[Madaxeman101]

The frying pan from fable and it took ages to find the damn thing and it did 0 damage -_-

 

[Monkeybald]

All weapons in Disgaea games, until they are leveled up in the item world.

 

[Spartan448]

Direct lie = argument invalidated. MLG does not feature the assault rifle. It is not available. Anywhere. Professional players simply do not use it.

No, whoever shoots first is not guaranteed to win a BR duel, as the other player can move to avoid headshots, and take headshots himself, thus winning. In an AR duel, there is no dodging to be done, he has been shot first and will always die unless the other player is so stupid he didn't reload first.

The AR is the cheap way to get kills, as it does not require any aiming skill at all. The BR involves aiming skill, and so is of less use to the unskilled player. The AR can be used with discipline, I agree, but the BR is a weapon of disciplined aiming.

This argument is immensely frustrating. At this stage I'm simply tempted to assume you're a troll.

EDIT: Sorry, not a troll, just unskilled. As evidenced by your 0.45 ranked KDR and 0.78 social KDR, in less than 200 games of Halo 3. Clearly you were just speaking from ignorance. Never mind.

Assumption = Make yourself look VERY stupid. Don't do it. I DO recall seeing a few MLG matches that used Assault rifles. It takes QUITE a bit more skill than the Battle Rifle to use, and in the right hands, can be quite the effective weapon, rather than a tool used soley by CoD noobs who have no idea how to play a real gam, like Halo. Noobs, like you, for example.

Yes, whoever shoots first IS guaranteed to win a BR duel, as the cooldown between shots can stop you short to re-aquire a target and thus continuelessly and flawlessly hit the target, whereas in an AR duel, if your target moves, you've just wasted 5 or 6 bullets, and you need to come up with a new plan REAL fast, or die.

While not requiring as much aiming skill as the BR at CLOSE range (Though the lazy bastards who usually use the BR most of the time know enough to keep their cowardly asses out of the close combat areas so they can get easy kills), the Assault Rifle does require a lot more than the BR at medium range, and does require quite a bit more discipline and tact to use.

You are quite quickly getting on my nerves, and I REALLY do not want to keep pointing out the obvious to you.

Addmittedly, my low K/D in H3 does cast a shadow on all of my points, however, I should note that Halo 3 was the first console shooter I playe, and I was still transitioning from PC controls to Console controls at the time. However, that still doesn't change the facts about the weapons. One does not need to be the master of all weapons to simply point out what a gun can and can't do.

 

[doomspore98]

the extinguisher from gears of war 3, literally useless, but pretty funny. Also apart from ravenholm, I found that the gravity gun was used less as a weapon by me but more of a cover maker

FatMan from Fallout 3.
It causes "save for later, never use" syndrome. :|

Hm...you're right. You always feel bad when you use it, thinking you just wasted ammo...

I call the poke attack from Worms Armageddon, I think it took away 1 health from the enemy and just pushed him a little.

mfG diebane

Dude, the poking thing from the Worms games was EPIC! Imagine an opponent standing next to an edge, almost full health and everything, then you just come over there and give him a little POKE that sends him to his doom. Better than humiliating people with the knife in the CS games, I tell you.

Sure, it was epic as hell if it worked, but the situation hardly ever came. You had to be sure there was not ONE pixel in the way, it made you look so stupid if you failed to fatality-poke someone. In these situations, I preferred the baseball bat.

mfG diebane

Crap I quoted the wrong thing

Apart from ravenholm I found that the gravity gun was less of a killing machine, (unless you count explosive barrels) then a cover maker, saved my life many time. Also, I found that the pool que from fallout 3 to be completely useless. One time a raider came at me with this thing, and I blew his head off with a single shot from a double barrel shotgun.

 

[bobmus]

Direct lie = argument invalidated. MLG does not feature the assault rifle. It is not available. Anywhere. Professional players simply do not use it.

No, whoever shoots first is not guaranteed to win a BR duel, as the other player can move to avoid headshots, and take headshots himself, thus winning. In an AR duel, there is no dodging to be done, he has been shot first and will always die unless the other player is so stupid he didn't reload first.

The AR is the cheap way to get kills, as it does not require any aiming skill at all. The BR involves aiming skill, and so is of less use to the unskilled player. The AR can be used with discipline, I agree, but the BR is a weapon of disciplined aiming.

This argument is immensely frustrating. At this stage I'm simply tempted to assume you're a troll.

EDIT: Sorry, not a troll, just unskilled. As evidenced by your 0.45 ranked KDR and 0.78 social KDR, in less than 200 games of Halo 3. Clearly you were just speaking from ignorance. Never mind.

Assumption = Make yourself look VERY stupid. Don't do it. I DO recall seeing a few MLG matches that used Assault rifles. It takes QUITE a bit more skill than the Battle Rifle to use, and in the right hands, can be quite the effective weapon, rather than a tool used soley by CoD noobs who have no idea how to play a real gam, like Halo. Noobs, like you, for example.

Yes, whoever shoots first IS guaranteed to win a BR duel, as the cooldown between shots can stop you short to re-aquire a target and thus continuelessly and flawlessly hit the target, whereas in an AR duel, if your target moves, you've just wasted 5 or 6 bullets, and you need to come up with a new plan REAL fast, or die.

While not requiring as much aiming skill as the BR at CLOSE range (Though the lazy bastards who usually use the BR most of the time know enough to keep their cowardly asses out of the close combat areas so they can get easy kills), the Assault Rifle does require a lot more than the BR at medium range, and does require quite a bit more discipline and tact to use.

You are quite quickly getting on my nerves, and I REALLY do not want to keep pointing out the obvious to you.

Addmittedly, my low K/D in H3 does cast a shadow on all of my points, however, I should note that Halo 3 was the first console shooter I playe, and I was still transitioning from PC controls to Console controls at the time. However, that still doesn't change the facts about the weapons. One does not need to be the master of all weapons to simply point out what a gun can and can't do.

You've still played something like a tenth of the games I have, and clearly lack experience in what you're talking about.

MLG does not have assault rifles. Ever. You are wrong about that. Indisputably wrong.

Yes it can be an effective weapon. It rarely is though, except when entering a small room and you have no alternatives bar the BR. BR is more versatile, more effective over a greater range and more skilful.

You've not been in enough BR duels. Players aim for the head to kill in 4 shots. If you can dodge those headshots you can kill someone else first through your own skill. If you are shot with an AR, unless the person is truly hopeless, they can easily fix on your chest long enough to kill you, and your AR will not drop them first, unlike a AR vs BR duel.
Also, 4-6 shots out of the entire case of ammo it takes to kill someone with an AR? They are incredibly inefficient when it comes to reloading, and thus a preserve of the run forward and hope the other player runs at you brigade. Also those are only dropped if someone moves the massive distance it takes to dodge a chest shot. There is a lot less requirement for precision or control in handling an assault rifle.

Also, talking about CoD noobs is irrelevant, and counter-productive - the assault rifle is closer to the standard from CoD than the BR is.
Calling me a noob is both insulting and without point or accuracy, as we have already shown with comparison of our relevant experience at the game.

 

[cgmetallica1981]

Guns in Call of Duty multiplayer. Why shoot people if they're just going to absorb your bullets and knife you?

 

[thebeast2000]

im going to have to say the throwing knife in 007 golden eye, especially the source mod version of the multiplayer, you will never hit anyone with it and even if you do they will shoot you in the face before you kill them, its just an aggravating piece of garbage that could be better used for stabbing but they wont let you do that unless you have the other specific knife

 

[Rodrigo Girao]

The bubble gun in Earthworm Jim 2.

 

[ViralBiae]

The grenade launcher from L4D2. Yes, it can blow zombies to tiny little pieces. Commons only though. And that's really only useful if they're bunched together in a really large group, seeing as how the explosive radius is extremely small, and reload time is ridiculous. It can only 1-shot the Boomer for Special Infected (and let's face it, EVERYTHING can 1-shot the Boomer) so if you're trying to kill one of them with that thing as your main gun, you'd be better off switching to your secondary weapon.

 

[Kiju]

The splash attack from the pokemon series.

END OF TOPIC.

Except that's not a weapon...that's a physical attack, and you can't really consider a Magikarp's body as a weapon. >.>;

I'd say the most useless weapon in gaming is your mind. Generally now-a-days, games have been dumbed down so fucking much that a complete idiot can get the best scores. Look at any modern FPS's multiplayer for my proof of this matter.

But to be more realistic about this, I would have to say the most useless weapon I've come across was the miniguns on the back of the Hummer in Resident Evil 5. Seriously, worst guns ever.

 

[Last Hugh Alive]

Probably two-thirds of the players abilities in Prototype. I only used the extendo-arm, the claws (for fun and satisfaction, mostly), and something I else I can't remember.

 

[Coldflame727]

Dark Souls' broken straight sword. You'd be quicker using your fists, really.

I've played Dark Souls, and can honestly say that that is 100% true.

 

[JakePwnsAtLife]

The frying pan from fable and it took ages to find the damn thing and it did 0 damage -_-

Aww, but it's so fun!!

 

[jcj94]

Wooden sword in minecraft. Only slightly better then bashing baddies with your fist. Not much considering it takes less time to get a stone sword than it does for it to turn to nighttime.

 

[team star pug]

Any sniper rifle in Borderlands.

I loved the idea of the hunter with SR subclass, for the fluff of the concept and because hell, I could, in theory, one or two hit kill and pick off dudes from across the desert before they could reach me to beat my head in. a sound strategy.

I then realized that unless you score a headshot, you could spend an entire clip trying to kill one dude, and scoring a headshot was next to impossible because the area of affect (idk the technical term) was so tiny it was equivalent to hitting a pinhead with a fucking dart at range. My character was about as useful to the party as Navi.

Hitbox I believe the term is. I couldn't get into sniping because of the bullets not going where I point the gun at. Not cool doing that on SR's Borderlands, not cool.

OT: Ratchet & Clank 2: the Clank backpack laser thing. You get it so late, and it does so little damage. The Tesla Shield and mini turrets were also passive weapons that did more dps by a long shot.

If you pick up any of the volcano snipers towards the end you might find them pretty effective. I could usually down an enemy in one shot, and they always caught fire. I really wish you could hold your breath or something though, as the constantly moving sight did make headshots a tad too difficult to pull off.

 

[holographicman]

the majority of the guns in Darksector
2 pistols, a sawed off, a magnum, 2 assault rifles, a sniper, a shotgun, an uzi, and another shotgun
the uzi (vekesk) and the second shotgun (protecta) are so powerful thAt everything else is a waste of time, money and ammo
still i enjoyed the game
if there's a sequel HAyden should grow a beard
up his badass level