[Crakkerjakk]

Actually, my understanding is that depending on the mode you're running NBA in, you very much want to engage your version of vamps with long range ambushes and booby traps.

I mean, I probably would generally tweak firearm lethality for most versions, but I don't think NBA in general (and DD in particular) is especially set on the idea that people should be getting into face to face fights with light weapons. That just tends to be what happens when you're running around Europe doing spy stuff where guns are mostly illegal so you're trying to conceal the ones you have.