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- Bullet King: Not needing to reload, makes it the highest sDPS LMG. Only thing stronger is a full dot procc'd Pestilence.
- Chameleon: You must have missed the Buff it got. It's only 3% worse than the average AR unprocc'd - but procc'd it's off the chart. Plus, it has SMG CHC.
- Diamondback: Auto-Crit, without needing any CHC - if you can hit your shots. M1A is just an Average Rifle, post nerf.
- Sweet Dreams: Shouldn't be a cooldown on Talent, but it rocks. Sorry you can't Shotgun well.
- Backfire SMG: HzP without sacrificing Crit - how can this be bad?
- VIle Mask: Status Builds! plus procc's w/Jammer Pulse
- Ravenous Rifle: literally the strongest gun in the game, without considering the talent [except a procc'd Chameleon].
- Dodge-City Holster: The perfect Boomer killer [21m Liberty Headshots] .. but I miss the old version with 400% Optimal Range
- Regulous pistol: literally the strongest Sidearm in the game, without considering the talent.
- Eagle Bearer: The best all around AR, plus Tenacity allows you to facetank if your TTK is low enough.
- Big Horn: Allows you to carry three primary weapons [since it's both a Rifle & AR, freeing you up to have a CQC weapon]
Bullet King is highest dps on paper. The only people that actually spend 100% out of cover firing are shield builds, which you can't do with Bullet King. Let's see how long your red DPS build stays alive without ducking behind cover(Always reload when moving/behind cover. Don't be a scrub).
I didn't miss the Chameleon. The changes just bring it up to being on par with other high-end weapons. The talent is interesting, but suffers from only being good when it's up, and having a pretty significant ramp-up time, making it bad for on-demand use that I prefer for my own playstyle. I'll just carry a Strained Police M4 or Famas for long range, and an optimist Vector for close range. The Chameleon just doesn't do either job real great. That's why I pass on it.
Diamondback: I mean...if you're playing a rifle spec, you're going to be hard-pressed to beat a Boomerang Classic M1A, even post nerf. If you think it's "just an average rifle" then your build for it sucks. And if you're good at headshots, Rifleman or Headhunter builds with an M1A are devilishly good! The reason I don't like the Diamondback is that it's a novelty weapon. And I prefer practical use, not gimmick.
Sweet Dreams is a gimmick. And you're getting a gimmick talent for melee in a world of shooting, while giving up a powerful shotgun talent like Pummel or Close & Personal.
Despite my wording, Vile is actually....decent....for Status skill builds, like Eclipse Protocol. But I think you'd be better served by Memento for that, gaining that tasty Skill Efficiency as well as armor and a little shooting damage. It's not that Vile is outright bad(Because more damage is always good), but just that it's outclassed by Memento IMO.
We'll just have to disagree about the Ravenous. It's another gimmick weapon, and as I said, locked to the raid on a sh*t drop chance. Why bother when the Boomerang M1A is easy to get, and performs extremely well without having to re-learn your entire muscle memory and firing habits?
WTF is a boomer? I mean, besides "old" people on the internet. You mean heavies? You don't need to devote an entire exotic to doing that with a gimmick.
Agreed about Regulous. But again, locked to the raid. Limited number of shots is also annoying, so I hope you have a lot of weapon handling. I prefer the faster RoF of a Kard.
We'll have to disagree about the Eagle Bearer. "Best"? Famas and Police M4 would like a word. Also, they don't potentially kill you if you screw up the damage taken/kills mechanic.
The Big Horn is just another Gimmick. But if you like it, more power to you. I've always said that a player who's using something they're comfortable with will outperform someone badly using a meta build. And that pretty much applies to every weapon in the game.
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