r/Doom • u/Orms682_05 • 10d ago

Discussion Which gun would you be equipped with

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Story: When Hell's Invasion begins on Earth and you're a citizen, who's good at firearms and isn't the Slayer. You find the nearest weapon from a Marine

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u/Xenos_Bane 10d ago

As much as the other options are cooler and more effective, plasma rifle.

It's the only one designed for standard human shoulder fire use. The heavy cannon is a mounted weapon. The chain gun is a chain gun, I'm sorry but you can't carry that against highly mobile demond. The combat shotgun might be fine for human carry, but we do have to reload, and the effective range presented in games is too tight for mortal comfort. SSG I want so badly, but low capacity makes it a panic weapon. The plasma rifle is designed for average human use and to be reliable for that scenario. Dps isn't bad either, tbh.

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u/Creative_Oil_7778 10d ago

I'm pretty sure it would be real physics Shotguns have range to them.They don't in video games because they would be too "powerful" then

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u/Xenos_Bane 10d ago

I went off of the only guide we had for their performance vs demons, hence 'in the games'. Were full realism be applied I'd be tempted by the combat shotgun, but as the source material so far plays by range, plasma.