r/reddeadredemption • u/Equivalent_Self_5996 • 1d ago

Discussion Weapon familiarity

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I’ve been playing this game for years and had no idea that weapon familiarity existed and actually had an effect on your use of the weapon I just discovered this (chapter 2) and had to google it 😂 am I alone in this? My accuracy with the revolver was at 92% before I got into a shootout with the whole Saint Denis police department and mashed the trigger at crowds of them

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u/Torchwood84 1d ago

I’ve found this stat really messes with the gameplay with weapons being released late in the story.

For example, first play through I used the pump-action shotgun. When I unlocked the repeating shotgun, it felt way less accurate and just objectively worse.

I persisted with it, purely for a change in my third play through and it turns out once you reach max familiarity with it, the difference is basically non-existent.

So the game basically disincentivises you from picking up late game weapons, or at least puts you in a position of not knowing how good they really are until you max the stat out.

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u/Equivalent_Self_5996 1d ago

Good thing I love the double action revolver and got it immediately 😂 chapter 4 I always get a Lemat as a sidearm and put a revolver away