You missed a potentially critical part of my argument, and that's that non-smart pistols get lock on too, if only for the first shot. Also if your entire argument against smart pistols hinges, at least partially, on the idea that people with potato rigs should never get any enjoyment whatsoever, you don't exactly have my sympathy. Please tell me I'm misinterpreting you
No, that's not exactly it. I myself have one of the most potato setups I ever played on atm. (I lose 5 fps out of 20 on 15v15 maps when 1person is shooting at me. I drop to 1 FPS and less when I jump in the fray in Fortress maps.) You are right on the fact that the non-smart pistols have their 1st shot guided, but if one indeed shoots, he will lose the tracking and will have to manually aim for you. If one shot of anything was enough to down, fair enough. But most of the time it's the smart CLIP that kills, because why limit yourself to 1 bullet when you can fire 10 with the same precision and likely get headshots? Truthfully, no, I wasn't saying "people with toaster PCs shouldn't be allowed to have fun", because I fall in this category. And boy am I having fun with this game. BUT... rewarding someone for being bad at aiming in a shooter/melee game seems nonsense to me.
Recoil of successive shots helps too. By firing 4 bullets in a quick succession, the last or two last ones may headshot (except for orks, they headshot by default and recoil makes it go over their head).
Nah Most games attract very few players to the forums. These polls are worthless other than to gauge interest, disgust, likelihood of a coup etc. 100 is a pretty good representation though for EC forums.
