@1ronKeysI'm one of those players who develops habits in the first weeks of the game, habits that I then can never shake no matter how much evidence there is to show that I should. Habit #44: Never pick up a pistol under any circumstance.
I know they're not all bad, and not bad at all in the right circumstances. But the bias remains. I spend stupid amounts of time early-match looking for the weapons I want, and I'll usually go without until I find them, or pick up a placeholder that I'll refuse to use if pressed. But never a pistol. Not even as a placeholder.
The irony is that one of my most dreaded sounds in this game is the pop pop pop of the wingman. If I've soloed to third and hear that thing going off somewhere then I look upper right to see if the shooter is getting downs or kills. If they are then I'm out. That thing infuriates me.