Before anyone forgets lets not forget the actual best rifle in all video games the M1 Garand.
I love any kind of dual wielding but mostly daggers? Bows are also chill. (I’m rogue trash can you tell).
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Bow and arrow for every situation. something really satisfying about compensating for drop, and having an arrow sticking out of your kill. Also reuseable ammo is a big win.
Even though light and quick is clearly more my style I often end up using big axes and hammers because swords are so boring. I don’t know, I’m hipster trash and, urgh, like, swords are so mainstream, you know.
Depending on the game swinging around a big hammer can be a lot of fun (or, maybe there are one-handed hammers and things, in which case, PERFECT), but it’s about 50/50, sometimes I’m not good enough at the game to competently use a strong, slow weapon, and end up with a sword anyway.
I love spears, but they’re less common.
Bows are good, sometimes, but sometimes I hate them? Very much depends on the game.
I’ve started playing kingdoms of amalur and hey, more games should give you chakram, in my opinions. They frickin rule, I’m having a great time.
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Bows and shortsword/dagger. rogue supremacy.
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A good semi-auto rifle is my favorite weapon of choice, and the M1 is my personal GOAT.
I also love railguns or anything that requires a small charge up time.
Melee, I’d rather use my fists or some kind of fist weapons.
I like big hammers, clubs and maces. They’e often inaccurate and clumsy to use but incredibly satisfying when the hit lands.
Though lately I’ve been getting a magic itch, so I’ve been going for whatever witch/wizard option the game offers.
I like to use weapons that don’t require much aiming. Shotguns? Check. Explosives? Check. Giant Swords? Check. A magick bow that locks on to enemies? Check. A plasma gun that shoots a 2ft wide projectile? Check. Any sort of dialogue system that allows me to talk my way out of conflict? Check.
Mostly that sort of thing.
Mines! Proximity, trip wire, timed. I’ll take 'em all. If mines are unavailable, large quantities of grenades will sometimes do. (I was banned from using mines in Timesplitters)
For low tech RPG settings I gravitate to bow and axe. Good solid peasant weapons. Maybe you want to fight some dudes or maybe just hunt your dinner and chop up some wood to cook it with.
I feel like across all games shotguns are usually a pretty safe bet that very satisfying ch-chunk of the pump action goes a long way.
there is also a part of me that is always drawn to sniper rifles although I don’t have the cool head or aim to back it up most of the time. my ultimate is sniper rifles in a tactics game like X-com or Valkyria Chronicles. thos guys always become my favourites. I once plugged an alien through a doorway from a balcony on the other side of the room in X-com and it was truly my finest moment.
I like how a few of you already brought up the satisfying sound of certain weapons. That definitely counts! 
Me, I dig the sound of reloading a bolt action rifle. Especially if it’s also animated properly.
It depends on the game, but generally, in a shooter I like to go for a shotgun. I don’t necessarily enjoy having to get up in people’s faces to be effective but shotguns pack a punch that I feel like I never really get with other weapons. Sniper rifles are close, but they’re often super unwieldy. Sometimes pistols also fill this niche, and if the shotgun is bad I’ll try and make the pistol work. And automatic guns are always just. Boring. Really really boring.
For melee I change between liking single handed-swords or sabres, preferably with no shield, and straight up unarmed melee. Two-handed swords often feel really clunky to me, and I don’t really like the micromanagement of trying to block with a shield.
Also if it’s a game where a bow or crossbow is an option I will def go with that.
As a general rule, if the game at any point says to you “this probably isn’t the best idea” I’ll kick arse with it. I’m extremely good at taking advantage of the small psychological effects that come from using lesser-known weapons. Greatshields and Whips in particular, in Dark Souls terms. Though anything with an element of baiting and/or manipulation I can make work.
If we’re talking real life though, I’ve practice with a staff to an extent, do in a pinch I’d rather be with something like that.
PING!
Reloading never sounded so satisfying.
Hopefully this isn’t too off base, but I love me some magic.
Particularly magic that doesn’t seem obviously useful. This extends to abilities or however the game interprets utility.
If it’s an FPS? Gimme them grenades and mines of all kinds. Fighting games? You best believe my char has as many variations of fireball as possible.
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In my current run of Dark Souls 2 I’m really coming to love all the utility magic and hexes. Yearn takes the bite out of a LOT of stuff I found a real pain without it. Looking forward to getting Tranquil Walk of Peace and abusing the hell out of that.
Melee: Axes. Love me some fucking axes. In DS3 I’m running the Battle Axe infused with Dark, and the Demon’s Great Axe. I also main WAR in FFXIV.
Any sort of gun game, I’ll usually use a sniper rifle against A.I., because they’re bots and just run at me in a straight line. In games where I have to play against actual people, I’ll get an SMG or something and just get in close enough to spray and pray, because my ability to actually predict an opponent shrinks as they get further away from me. I use the Micro Uzi or the UMP in PLUNKBAT games, with a side of whatever long range rifle I can find. I’ve gotten the M24 out of the crate nearly every time I’ve found it in a game, but it’s pretty much 100% to keep someone else from getting it, or to give it to whoever I’m duo-ing with b/c all my friends are snipers. All I want is the tommy gun, but I’m cursed.
For melee, I prefer spears if the game does them right (needs to be fast and stabby) otherwise light and quick one-handed weapons.
For shooters, if it’s single-player I go sniper rifle. On multiplayer I don’t have good quick aiming so I use anything with large spread: shotguns, SMGs, and assault rifles.
Came here to post this. Rogue Life
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