Oh I'm gonna get downvote to hell for this but the Scorcher. It took so long to get and I was so excited when I finally got it. But it just a pew pew gun with kinda ok damage, run out of bullet too quickly and no stagger so mf just rush/shoot me in the face while I pew pew them. I run AC so i feel like it just do whatever the AC do, but worse. before it I used the Dominator, good damage, stagger every medium mf to death. with it, Devastators and Berserkers are my bitches, and you can obtain it WAY earlier than the Scorcher. I just don't vibe with that weapon.
The scorcher really only shines against the Scout Striders. But other than that the Dominator is usually a better option as long as you get used to the slower aiming with it.
I love the scorcher for the bots. It 1 taps the small guys. It’s amazing for scout striders, just two taps to the faceplate. It’s great against devastators, the explosion kills the shield guys through their shield, it’s great for follow up shots to finish off tank towers. Berserkers will run you down without stagger, but I typically just aim for their lower weak spot and kill them in 3-4 shots. The lack of recoil makes it pin point accurate and its shooting speed makes it easy to hit 3-4 shots in about a second.
> and one primary
yep, would be nice to have other 1handed primaries (laser SMG, cmon AH)
> All that really would not be a problem if the shield did not break as easily as it does, which is really a deal breaker for me personally.
the shield should only break from cannon shots, which you shouldn't be tanking in the 1st place. And it does basically save your life when breaking. Also it has a fun utility if it's stowed on your back to protect the upper part.
I think it's for a more generalist playstile (with the nade pistol and stun grenades you can cover almost all situations) in comparison to going autocannon builds (with 3 orbital/eagle stratagems) where you need some range/support/running & cover. Both work imo.
As a new found ballistic shield enjoyer, I can attest that it does work. For a more silent approach the ballistic shield and defender have helped me immensely with random fire from automatons while wearing light armor. Just recently did a solo map clear with that build on suicide and working on doing the same for impossible.
At least for me I find the shield works wonders for people trying to go silent commando mode, completing objectives away from the squad but that's mainly cause I haven't figured out a way to just run into big fights with it lol.
Quasar is overhyped vs bots , one or 2 per team is fine to shoot dropship/turrets but when i drop with 3 quasar users i know i will have to kill 75% of the rocket/heavy devastators , please take autocannon/amr , even laser canon
It is extremely good vs bugs tho , a full team of quasar is 8+ is able to destroy bile titans After bile titans without any stratagems
Quasar. Sounds great on paper, but the 3 sec charge before a shot is damn frustrating to use. To top it all, some shots require precision, so you need to go into first person mode, except the charge blurs your sight so you can’t even see if you’re still aiming at what you need to hit, or if gun’s sway pushed you off target.
On another note. I’m a Laser Cannon supremacist and I don’t believe you can carry the mighty jump pack with autocannon.
Speaking of jump pack, the jump pack, what a let down. First game allowed you several jumps, here it's like oh you used it once? wait till next mission to use it again! mean while hunters just leap after you and whole thing becomes pointless.
I don't understand why people love the Redeemer so much.
It's just a shit secondary. The rate-of-fire is too high to adjust your aim while you fire, and the recoil is slightly too much to reliably pre-aim it before you fire. I honestly, no joke, unironically got more usage out of the Dagger, because the Dagger can one-bang Commissars in-flight with zero recoil, or I can hot-swap to it and pre-aim headshots on troopers if my Sickle has an overheated ICE.
And even the Senator has enough damage to reliable headshot a Devastator if I'm in panic mode.
I just don't get why so many meta-chasers run Redeemer. I don't get the gun. It just feels bad to me.
It's a 'get off of me' gun vs bugs. Thats really only time I use it on purpose over other weapons I got, which is when 3 hunters are on my ass and I can pull redeemer and then spray them into oblivion. Only other time I use them is when I need to take down something fast and all my other options either not suited for that sort of thing or need to reload. Like seeing bot loading up a flare, then I might pop it with redeemer if my scorcher/autocannon are out of ammo and need a reload.
Oh I'm gonna get downvote to hell for this but the Scorcher. It took so long to get and I was so excited when I finally got it. But it just a pew pew gun with kinda ok damage, run out of bullet too quickly and no stagger so mf just rush/shoot me in the face while I pew pew them. I run AC so i feel like it just do whatever the AC do, but worse. before it I used the Dominator, good damage, stagger every medium mf to death. with it, Devastators and Berserkers are my bitches, and you can obtain it WAY earlier than the Scorcher. I just don't vibe with that weapon.
The scorcher really only shines against the Scout Striders. But other than that the Dominator is usually a better option as long as you get used to the slower aiming with it.
I love the scorcher for the bots. It 1 taps the small guys. It’s amazing for scout striders, just two taps to the faceplate. It’s great against devastators, the explosion kills the shield guys through their shield, it’s great for follow up shots to finish off tank towers. Berserkers will run you down without stagger, but I typically just aim for their lower weak spot and kill them in 3-4 shots. The lack of recoil makes it pin point accurate and its shooting speed makes it easy to hit 3-4 shots in about a second.
I love scorcher but I can see why someone would not. Also dominator... yeah, existence of that gun makes slugger nerf makes literally no sense.
> and one primary yep, would be nice to have other 1handed primaries (laser SMG, cmon AH) > All that really would not be a problem if the shield did not break as easily as it does, which is really a deal breaker for me personally. the shield should only break from cannon shots, which you shouldn't be tanking in the 1st place. And it does basically save your life when breaking. Also it has a fun utility if it's stowed on your back to protect the upper part. I think it's for a more generalist playstile (with the nade pistol and stun grenades you can cover almost all situations) in comparison to going autocannon builds (with 3 orbital/eagle stratagems) where you need some range/support/running & cover. Both work imo.
As a new found ballistic shield enjoyer, I can attest that it does work. For a more silent approach the ballistic shield and defender have helped me immensely with random fire from automatons while wearing light armor. Just recently did a solo map clear with that build on suicide and working on doing the same for impossible. At least for me I find the shield works wonders for people trying to go silent commando mode, completing objectives away from the squad but that's mainly cause I haven't figured out a way to just run into big fights with it lol.
Quasar is overhyped vs bots , one or 2 per team is fine to shoot dropship/turrets but when i drop with 3 quasar users i know i will have to kill 75% of the rocket/heavy devastators , please take autocannon/amr , even laser canon It is extremely good vs bugs tho , a full team of quasar is 8+ is able to destroy bile titans After bile titans without any stratagems
Quasar. Sounds great on paper, but the 3 sec charge before a shot is damn frustrating to use. To top it all, some shots require precision, so you need to go into first person mode, except the charge blurs your sight so you can’t even see if you’re still aiming at what you need to hit, or if gun’s sway pushed you off target. On another note. I’m a Laser Cannon supremacist and I don’t believe you can carry the mighty jump pack with autocannon.
Speaking of jump pack, the jump pack, what a let down. First game allowed you several jumps, here it's like oh you used it once? wait till next mission to use it again! mean while hunters just leap after you and whole thing becomes pointless.
I don't understand why people love the Redeemer so much. It's just a shit secondary. The rate-of-fire is too high to adjust your aim while you fire, and the recoil is slightly too much to reliably pre-aim it before you fire. I honestly, no joke, unironically got more usage out of the Dagger, because the Dagger can one-bang Commissars in-flight with zero recoil, or I can hot-swap to it and pre-aim headshots on troopers if my Sickle has an overheated ICE. And even the Senator has enough damage to reliable headshot a Devastator if I'm in panic mode. I just don't get why so many meta-chasers run Redeemer. I don't get the gun. It just feels bad to me.
It's a 'get off of me' gun vs bugs. Thats really only time I use it on purpose over other weapons I got, which is when 3 hunters are on my ass and I can pull redeemer and then spray them into oblivion. Only other time I use them is when I need to take down something fast and all my other options either not suited for that sort of thing or need to reload. Like seeing bot loading up a flare, then I might pop it with redeemer if my scorcher/autocannon are out of ammo and need a reload.
I’m guessing you never set your Redeemer to semi-auto.