The pistol is a pistol skill weapon in Deus Ex. The pistol is part of the player's initial inventory at the start of the game.
Description[]
Characteristics[]
The pistol has a relatively high base damage of 14, sufficient to kill any common trooper in a single headshot at any skill level, and MJ12 Commandos in two headshots at Trained or higher skill level. Limitations of the pistol include its low rate of fire and small magazine size.
Compared to its counterpart, the stealth pistol, the pistol cannot be silenced and has a smaller magazine size, lower rate of fire, longer reload time, and higher recoil at base. It makes up for this by having a slightly higher base accuracy and a much higher base damage (14 vs. the stealth pistol's 8), enabling the pistol to kill common troopers in a single headshot at any skill level, while the stealth pistol will require two even at the Advanced skill level. On the master level both the pistol and stealth pistol take down common troopers in one headshot and MJ12 Commandos in two headshots.
Given the pistol's reliance on hitting headshots to score one shot kills, raising the weapon's accuracy is recommended. The laser modification can be installed for perfect accuracy. Alternatively, 100% accuracy can be obtained at master skill level, in combination with 3 accuracy modifications.
The pistol is compatible with the scope modification, which can be used to transform the pistol into a formidable sniper-style weapon, especially when scope sway is reduced by skill level and accuracy modifications. However, installing the scope will negate the accuracy benefits of the laser modification and will also prevent the weapon from having perfect accuracy when firing outside of scope mode, even if 100% accuracy has been attained.
Notes[]
- The clip modification benefits the pistol due to its low magazine size. Each clip mod extends the magazine size by one round, up to 11 rounds with five clip mods.
- The pistol is a common weapon in the early game, but much less common toward the end of the game. Ammo also becomes less common toward the end of the game.
- The stealth pistol is not necessarily redundant to the regular pistol. Since the scope modification is detrimental to accuracy in non-scoped mode, one possible approach is to specialize one of the two pistols for sniping with the scope, and leave the other without a scope for use in close-range combat.
Acquisition[]
- The pistol is part of the starting inventory at start of the game.
- The pistol is commonly found on NSF troopers in the early missions. It is also carried by guards in the Liberty Island MJ12 lab and VersaLife facility.
Trivia[]
- The pistol is similar in design to the family of Glock pistols. Moreover, its texture file is named "glock."
See also[]
- Pistol, for pistols in other games in the series.
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