Re: We're Gonna Need Guns
Non-gun weapons and add-ons.
Tasers and stun guns, which actually don't knock people out, they incapacitate them for as long as the juice is on and a few seconds after. (proabably best represented in hero as an entangle) Except when they don't affect the target or don't effect them as planned. Knew a cop who had to get zapped as part of his training every so often. Big guy. He said his instant reaction to getting hit by a stun gun (which is quite painful) was to grab the guy and throw him across the room. Even when he tried to not do that.
Pepper spray, which has about an 85% effectiveness according to several trainers I talked to. Last for many seconds to minutes. More than just a flash attack, it makes it very difficult to concentrate on anything other than the amazing pain in your eyes and skin, when it works.
Virtually all the actual firearms trainers I know consider lasers to be worthless, or even negatively effective. Particularly in a team operation. (Is that your red dot on the hostage or is yours the one on the hostage taker? They all look the same. Go ahead, pull the trigger and find out.) It's just as bad with IR lasers and NVGs. There also is a tendency for the shooter to try to aim with the laser vs the sights. This causes all sorts of bizzare problems. Very overrated in games. Can be really effective when used as a pointer by the team leader, but not as gun mounted toys.
High intensity tacical lights (surefire) are really effective in temporarily disabiling the guy being illuminated at night or in dark areas. The brightness of these, particularly the 9V and larger, is amazing. Much brighter then any maglight. All the bad guy sees is this wall of light that is too bright to look at. With a weapon mounted light it's even better. There are obvious issues with turning on a really bright light, but it only really applies if the bad guy is not in the light cone. If he is he is going to be shooting blind.
