Things are always changing but this is the old question what is the best weapon.

Best Gun:

Best SMG:

Best AR:

Best SR:

Best LMG:

Best GL:

Best RL:

everybody have their own preferences, but i would just go for the popular answer.

best smg: r-sys leopard sigma6

best ar: wolf & maus sg2 s6

best sr: exeter/wolf&maus

best lmg: raskolnikov

best gl: jericho

best rl: both are good. there is only 2 types of rl.

What about a shotgun. I'm stuck between a hargan and exeter

Most of the ppl use bulldog

There's only a few guns....2 of each type. Then the more expensive ones have more slots for the +5% to +15%. The icon is what matters mostly, although a few have slightly different numbers. I'm using the biggest sniper now, the blue one with the 110 dmg and 60 rate of fire, got it with mostly blue mods in it and it does +800 to the head in pve :) with the x4 ability on, and i mostly dodge and retreat, got the run doesn't use stamina thing goin too maybe lookin into getting another ability from some quest or something...mostly been doing pvp, and i love having a insta-kill shot on the first one mostly , the normal 134  dmg bullets do ok too, pretty ok rate of fire too especially since standing still and aiming repeatedly means they can shoot you, but i've done roll backwards -> zoom aim fire roll backwards repeat, and killed 3 or 4 advancing players, many of whom appear to be using aimbots that are slower due to my having some armor and them using assault rifles that with full on head (i'm using the mask too for +1 headshots to kill) i just gotta snap the big gun into em, i don't bring the other guns anymore no pistols ars etc, i do bring nice ammo and random boosts been using the simple +49 hp one, key is using your team and dodging a lot until you know where they are, then hitting them with it. I warm up and practice in pve too goin for headshots and long range ones, dodging in close or melee, can sorta no-scope with no zoom but i wish that worked better and more like firing from the hip with a normal gun too albeit with the slow rof, and i'd love to see more diversity in weapons, maybe a bunch more models and numbers that are more dynamic and less generic....or at least i hate how the best guns all have silencers, and they aren't modeled at all either, i'd love to see more gun modeling, the devs should all play borderlands for the custom options and rpg numbers (to observe the competition! could also use borderlands style npcs for crafting, they do it with your mats etc),

also how about gang hideout crafting options, and also personal hideouts and more options for player owned maps like hideouts, maybe including a buncha personal ones with npcs that level up and that get raided sometimes too, perhaps if I'm there and click 'accept' i either get a bonus or not....

be nice to fix the hackers, maybe some options to teach people who hack how to adapt their skills to not using it? pondering where they would be if wallhacking, and doing some aim practice sans aimbots....

Quote | hotsix posted on Sep 25 2011 07:43 PM UTC

There's only a few guns....2 of each type.

Actually there are 2 gls/rocket launchers, 3 pistols/shotguns, 5 sniper rifles/lmgs, 6 smgs, and 8 ars according to this list. 

Last Edited on: Sep 26 2011 01:38 AM UTC (241 Days ago)

Personally I ended up buying a low level version of every weapon and tested them out myself, you can tailor each one more to your liking with the right attachments.
Your choice of weapon really depends on how you like to play, or the situation you're in.

eg. I use a semi AR for the warehouse safeguard because with the confined space you can also use it for sniping, freeing up space for an lmg. However, I prefer to take a SR in stockpile so I take a full AR or a shotgun depending on the phone booth mission I'm trying to complete.

You can buy most weapons for cheap at the vendor, just grab a 0 slot version of each and test them out in a stockpile/headhunt.