I never said there was, I just remember you couldn't mod them. Or I imagined it. Whichever.

Well to be fair aiming down sights with a helmet on is impossible. And in the lore space marines have a targeting reticule on their HUD that follows their gun precisely, which is why they usually fire from the hip.

they essentially are a servitor

Who even uses smart pistols anyway? your better off with any normal pistol.

I use smart pistols on my tactical and Apothecary loadouts, this allows me to safely assist my allies when they are engaged in melee. Why the hell should I not do this?

I mean, I did enjoy being an Alien in AVP (the old ones)...

Only way you get rid of smart pistols is by removing target lock entirely, and there's little chance of that happening.

unless your a JPA, i feel like your hurting yourself taking a smart pistol due to the lower dmg and innaccuracy of where it locks on. Particulary against orks where 70% of the shots go above their head.

What about the ork smart sicky slugga it has the same stats as a normal one why is that?

no idea but that thing is a beast and hurts like hell, the poision stacking really hurts. a painboy with that is really hard to beat in melee.