Do you go entire misisons without pulling out your signature weapon? | Forums

[Shdw_Phnx]

Most of the time I forget to switch to it because they are so situation specific that they generally get ignored.

- TAC-50 C: Almost never. Light on the ammo cap for what it can do. My Nemesis does slightly less (300k - which isn't much when considering the TAC-50 does 2.4M for me), and low amount of ammo means it doesn't really benefit me to switch when I can just use the Nemesis - This is the easiest for me to get ammo for though
- Crossbow: Seldom. Only real use is dogs and heavies (non-named)
- Grenade Launcher: Good if I find a group walking together (rare as that may be) - I find this one tough to even get ammo in the first place
- Technician Occasionally, when I remember that it's there. Most of the time I'm running a skill build with this, so seeker mines seem to work better anyway
- Minigun Seldom. Armor build, it does too little dmg to be worth it. DPS build, you take too much dmg to sustain it (it takes too long to pull out, bonus armor is stripped before I even get to shoot most of the time.
- Flamethrower Seldom. Doesn't hit up close - mobs have to be some distance away for it to hit. Fire dmg doesn't stack on top of itself, therefore, the only use of this is to swipe around to CC some mobs, hoping to then switch to main to kill them. (more useful in a group setting for CC purposes)

[ksubs80]

Personally, I use them all the time. I've got a build that heavily favors more close quarters, so I use the crossbow to take out distant targets when I can't risk closing the distance. Even without any levels into damage, the crossbow 1 shots Reds, 2 shots Purples, 3 or 4 shots non-heavy Elites in most cases (solo Challenging).

I think, like many things, it can depend on the build/playstyle. For all of you,what would make the Spec weapons feel more impactful for your build or just in general? Just a matter of damage, or more emphasis on the secondary traits (Armor on minigun, Status Effect for Crossbow/Flamethrower, etc.) or something else entirely?

I wish we can get a little more ammo during mission encounters, or at least for skill builds. For example, when I run my all CC build in Gunner spec, I would really like to have more ammo for the minigun. As an all CC build, you're main weapon damage is pretty bad, and you don't kill that many people (which makes sense, it's not your job). But if I could reliably count on more ammo, at least I'd be able to help out a little more. This would especially be helpful when running in groups that don't necessarily have powerful damage builds, which is necessary on the higher difficulties.

Note, I'm not looking to be OP with the special weapons, as I can see there being potential in just increasing the drop rate, but there are enough circumstances that render them almost useless and it's a shame.

[Deadshot--Prime]

The only one I enjoy using and use often is the flamethrower. Because fire.

[DrayloreX]

I do not really have problem getting ammo for the signature weapons I use....my problem is they are not worth using....they are worse than just using primary/secondary weapons.

[xcel30]

Well the fact that for the majority of the poll the has stayed around 35/65% (despite some people voting wrong because i messed up a bit) i think it's safe to say that most people think they are ******g awful

[Raiden85OCUK]

Demolitionist is the only decent one, the special weapons are overall terrible. When you can do more DPS with your main weapon something is wrong. To be honest I'd be happy to just scrap the lot and bring back the TD1 specials, at least they were constantly used and very useful.

[Tet2]

They definitely need to buff the signature weapons significantly so they actually feel like special.
Also, would the devs do something about the flamethrower not doing any damage to the enemy if the enemy is standing right in front of you?

[xcel30]

*sigh* Looks like i can't be smug to the devs to point this out in today state of the game as there's not any

[godhelpme89]

Never use mine

[rapier17]

When I remember it is there, but that is usually after the window to use it has gone or I'm running over more ammunition for it.