Pistol

From Traxus

The Pistol is the basic firearm in Marathon. A shot from the pistol averages 24 damage, which means that 7 shots are needed to kill another player.[1] Its technical name is the ".44 Magnum Mega Class A1".

A player starting the game will have one pistol and three spare clips unless the map is flagged as a Rebellion level.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Technical information 1.1 Damage statistics 1.2 Timing 1.3 Ammunition 1.4 Rate of fire 1.5 Miscellaneous 2 Tactics

Technical information

Damage statistics

• The Pistol does 20 to 28 hit points' worth of Projectile-type damage.

Timing

• The Pistol takes 10 ticks, or 10/30 of a second, to ready.

Ammunition

• The Pistol has a clip of 8 Pistol bullets.
• A maximum of 50 .44 clips can be carried, except on Total Carnage difficulty.

Rate of fire

• The Pistol's attack takes 16 ticks, or 16/30 of a second, to completely finish.
• It takes 30 ticks, or a second, to reload one Pistol.

Miscellaneous

• The Pistol is a dual wield weapon.
• The Pistol has a flash intensity of 0.75 brightness.
• The Pistol has a flash decay of 3 ticks.
• The Pistol has a theta error of 1.

Tactics

Snipe enemies from range and make use of the Pistol bullet's accuracy, invisibility and speed.