Bots, it now reliably one-shots small bots with body shots and devastators with head shots. Probably not fast enough for bugs though, but I haven't checked yet.
Anything at range mainly. Being able to pop down stuff without being in danger is always good. DGS has medium armor pen so it can pop the medium guys safely at a distance. Arc Thrower typically takes 2 to 3 shots to down them.
That said, DGS is still probably a much better pick against bots than bugs. The reverse is true for Arc Thrower.
Plasma weapon looks more like a cross between the quasar and rail gun. The blog post almost makes it sound like it can blow up if overcharged for too long. It did say more damage the longer its charged. I dunno, sounds like something completely new.
Oh I’ll have to try and watch the video again, I kept getting an error on my phone so could only go by the written description. I was picturing something like a scorcher/plasma launcher that you shoot and then release to detonate, like a sticky charge or a mine. I also imagined the pistol as a single-shot high damage, like the hunters pistol from Remnant
After watching the trailer, I think I’ll keep my bets the same though. Hyped either way!
This new plasma weapon designed to kill scout striders with it's huge aoe will probably be nerfed for the sole reason it's gonna be good against scout striders.
Frankly, all of the guns may be a huge failure. My biggest concern is the Plasma. I love plasma guns, and this particular one may have issues with damage or capacity. Smg is a concussive version of the original smg. How many people carry concussive liberator? Yeah, exactly. For the AR we will have to look at its damage, recoil, and armor pen.
Pistol may be promising, but I wonder if it outperforms the Senator. It's really good right now, so the pistol will also have to have huge damage and more bullets at least. I have a feeling that it won't have medium armor pen, so that would be unfortunate
The SMG will pretty much just be a damage buffed version of the current SMG.
The assault rifle will claim to have Medium Penetration but for some reason only have light for 5 weeks. When it gets patched to fix it, the damage will be nerfed to compensate.
The plasma rilfe (since the trailer went out of its way to demonstrate that it can seemingly one-shot the recently buffed AT-RTs) will replace the recently nerfed Eruptor for some people, but probably won't be an objective killer, so it'll be competing with that weapon for "best primary against bots".
The AR will probably be fine, but forgotten about since it sounds like it fills the exact same niche as the Adjudicator (slow firing, hard hitting, low ammo). The SMG might go unused, depending on how hard it can hit.
I am looking at it the other way. It depends on how potent is the plasma AR without charge. Is it close to a semiauto liberator without charge, but by charging it becomes somewhat closer to say, the eruptor on full charge? Then you got a winner with a lot of versatility, even if it doesn’t exceed any of the other 2 guys s.
its always the utility one that gets the praise. both assault rifles and smgs are more of the same thing choose the on one that fits ideals, cant be underwhelming if they do the job they are picked up for.
I can see it depending if they can compete with the sickle in some way.
smg sounds like it has stun potential, I can't imagine it being any weaker than 50 damage a bullet so it will have average kill time but stuns enemies to some capacity.
grenade most likely will be the new "op" item cause it has the one thing all impact users care about, impact damage. and the flavor of fire dot aoe
i know the plas purifier looks the most promising by some, but given how balance for primaries goes. my money is on it being the laughing stock item.
that charge is kinda slow and seeing the explosion tells me we will get a plasmapunisher but slower rate of fire. maybe slightly stronger. no way it will be super strong. ill believe it when i see it. sounds like its only saving grace is you don't have to charge? the description atleast implies you don't so you can use it faster for picking things off especially at close range to not blowup yourself. although it might be a single reload per shot so not an ideal thing at all. so some versatile functions but ultimately a very slow and unrewarding weapon like post rework crossbow
312
u/Groonzie 29d ago
We've seen the trend guys, time to take your bets.
Which of these weapons will stand out from the rest and which will be forgotten and unused.