Pistols need a rework

During the beta, I was able to get most of my weapons to level 20, but the P18 was the worst one yet that I just couldnt pull myself to do so. It seems DICE changed how pistols worked in BF6 as when you're stuck with it once you're out of ammo, you essentially become a walking bot ESPECIALLY when you're without teammates. Compare this to previous Battlefield games where most pistols were actually competent enough for you to still engage in gunfights and live long enough to hopefully find ammo rather than play as a rat and avoid fighting all-together. You still don't feel like you're at a disadvantage.

The reason for this discussion is due to the new BF2042 battle pass and having to play that in order to get the BF6 rewards. It's no secret BF6 is worked off of 2042, but the one thing that is a striking difference is how effective pistols are: when you ran out of ammo, they still gave you a fighting chance because there is no accuracy debuffs especially in it's intended range nor was the damage low enough to take on another enemy rushing after finishing off the one you were initially fighting. 

That's not to say 2042 pistols are the ideal standard, matter of fact, I have no doubt they'll be OP if the exact same style was implemented into BF6, but it highlights how utterly useless they are even when used for their intended purpose. It can sometimes be better to just rush for a melee attack than using it. 

DICE, do two things: beg EA not to don't do annual releases and rework the BF6 pistols