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What is your favorite main weapon? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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mine is the liberator penetrator, i use stratagems and my heavy weapon for aoe

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

Sickle, for sure. If you pace your fire properly, it's got the best ammo economy out of any primary (outside of the Blitzer, maybe). The armor pen leaves a lot to be desired, but aiming in first-person is accurate enough that you can shoot around armor or target small weak points from afar with relative ease in a lot of cases.

Unless it's a hot planet and I'm expecting a lot of engagements, in which case I'll go back to the Slugger. It feels like overkill for most enemies, but damn is it satisfying to use. I especially love the Slugger's sound design, it's got such a satisfying "kachunk"y feel to it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Against bots, Iove me some Slugger. Being able to stun lock the missle bots is just too good.

[–] ChillPenguin 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I switched to the slugger. Shooting the spewers in the face to cancel their spit as your squad focuses on the smaller mobs. So good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ooo I've never tried it against the Spewers. That's good to know!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Slugger staggers all the bugs that can call in a bug breach, and stagger cancels the call-in even if the target survives the shot. The stagger lasts long enough that you can chain-stun mid-size, dangerous enemies like Devastators or Brood Commanders. You can even stagger-juggle two or even three such targets if your aim is good. The crowd control power of the Slugger is why it's my go-to primary.

[–] SkyezOpen 1 points 7 months ago

Yup it's an ass saver for the damn chainsaw boys. Pop em once each and cycle while backing up and you're golden. Also my go to on bugs because it 2 shots the big red fellas and 1 shots the black ones. Only issue is bad wave clear but a rover or a friend with a Sickle fills that gap.

[–] CarlosCheddar 9 points 7 months ago

I’ve been having a lot of fun with the Sickle and Quasar combo. If you watch out for the heat you never have to worry about ammo.

[–] hardaysknight 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Breaker for sure. Shit wrecks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Breaker simply go brrrrr. I think I've been sliding more towards the spray and pray, though, since it eats light units and I'm already carrying an autocannon most games.

[–] WoolyNelson 6 points 7 months ago

Sicle and Slugger.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Breaker Spray and pray for bugs.

[–] LolcatXTREME 5 points 7 months ago

Liberator penetrator gang💪🏼, goes hard on semi auto

I’ve been using the punisher more recently as well and it’s very good too, has some surprising range

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Dominator, great single shot control of most medium and small enemies. I'm a mid/close range accuracy guy so it suits me well.

[–] Tedrow 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Slugger and Counter Sniper.

[–] WoolyNelson 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I really wanted to like the counter sniper, but I found myself drawn to the Marksman instead due to mag size.

[–] Tedrow 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That's fair, I just enjoy the extra damage and penetration.

[–] WoolyNelson 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I may give it another try, as I seem to be the "anti-heavy" member more often.

[–] Tedrow 2 points 7 months ago

It readily serves Devastators cups of Liber-Tea straight to the face. They don't stand a chance. It's basically a sniper scoped Slugger without the stagger.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I just can’t handle how much the weapon drags when trying to aim. The massive ass rocket launchers handle better.

[–] Badeendje 3 points 7 months ago

Grenade launcher and arc thrower ;-).

But seriously the breaker and the scourger are fun to play.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I've started using SG-8P Punisher Plasma. I am a big fan of just exploding wave after wave, though I still need practise with it.

Used Recoilless Rifle stratagem previously. But now I switched to Quasar Cannon which lets me use a Rover to help deal with melee. Considering buying the Senator for taking out un-armored targets at long ranges.

[–] vasus 3 points 7 months ago

I know the devs have stated that they want the primary weapons to feel weak but I think they forgot to apply this balancing philosophy to the scorcher, breaker (+variants) and slugger. I use the scorcher myself just because it's more versatile than the others in the top tier but if the game were better balanced I would have been spamming the plasma shotgun, it feels so fun to use but it performs like a direct downgrade to the scorcher

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Surprisingly, the scorcher with the SMG pistol and quasar cannon. A heavy loadout but against bots you can pull down a lot without getting overrun. Friends deal with the little crap haha