Rainbow arch suggestion.

[Emi]

It's not a bad gun at all but I find myself basically never picking it up besides just "for fun" or "for a change" because:
a)Secondary is pretty bland and does nothing special really. The "range capabilities" it gives you aren't much advantegeous in this game.
And more importantly b)its' spread is just plainly annoying and makes it really undesirable compared to literally any other rifle or smg. Randomness just straight up making it not fun to use at mid range.
And so, my suggetions are:
a)less spray/spread
b)embrace the "AR with underbarrel attachement" vibe that this gun definetely has and give a small grenade launcher that either works like firescale or on CD or reloads when you reload the gun or has to be reloaded separately. Just a small projectile that flies fast, relatively far and with significant drop so you have to arc it.
aaaand c)to make RAINBOW Arch actually rainbow make secondary an elemental grenade which has either element on a cycle (F->C->E->F...) or random or selectable. I honestly like cycle option. Corrosive leaves a small acid pool, smaller than cat's nade, fire sets enemies on fire and leaves small fire, smaller than fire of desert lizards and electic nade does what electric stuff in this game does - destroys shields good, say like 1-shot the shield of medium tier monsters.

[egsy]

I've always thought the Rainbow Arch as a poor man's Crimson Firescale. They should definitely buff the underbarrel attachment because as you said it is a little underwhelming!

[egsy]

Also I don't understand why they made the accuracy for that gun so flipping bad... Like at least make it accurate to compete with other Rifles.

[Lucceri]

It was really underwhelming when I unlocked it. When I read it's description, I thought I could Charge it indefinitely and could have an entire magazine's worth of damage in one shot. But right now, the weapon-skill feels too similar to other charge weapons like the Golden Bow/Goshawk/Shrieker. The primary fire is pretty weak, too. I would rather have Cavalry for the range/accuracy or Big Hippo for the damage/RoF.

If the Rainbow Arch was designed to be a Jack of all Trades, Master of None I suppose they succeeded. But if I wanted a close-range spray-and-pray weapon with mid-range capabilities, I'd use Pupil instead.

I do like your idea of the gun automatically cycling through elements. Maybe have the charge-shot be the thing that causes it to switch.
Something like: Fire bullets > Fire grenade > Corrosion bullets > Corrosion grenade > Lighting bullets > Lighting grenade > Fire bullets...

[Eudicots]

The only time I have found this weapon good is when it had +1 projectile and +10% DMG every ammo consumed for weapon skill. As of now it isn't unusable, but it doesn't really have a spot in late game. Actually using a "rainbow" mechanic would be interesting. Maybe instead of cycling elemental effects the weapon skill fires a random elemental effect.

[76561198113663629]

it's good for making money once you have Bounty hunter talent unlocked since you can mark on someone's head and hold down the trigger :D

[Lucceri]

Originally posted by A spirit animal:

it's good for making money once you have Bounty hunter talent unlocked since you can mark on someone's head and hold down the trigger :D

That's Rainbow. Rainbow Arch is a pink rifle that has a charge-shot.

[egsy]

Originally posted by Lucci:

Originally posted by A spirit animal:

it's good for making money once you have Bounty hunter talent unlocked since you can mark on someone's head and hold down the trigger :D

That's Rainbow. Rainbow Arch is a pink rifle that has a charge-shot.

You're both wrong, its called the "Dragonchaser"

[Sensitive_Onion]

Originally posted by egsy:

Originally posted by Lucci:

That's Rainbow. Rainbow Arch is a pink rifle that has a charge-shot.

You're both wrong, its called the "Dragonchaser"

Considering this is a thread about Rainbow Arch, A spirit animal was probably mistaking Rainbow and not Dragonchaser

[Lunacy]

I really like rainbow arch, the charge shot is super powerful and feels good to snipe with it

[76561198113663629]

Originally posted by A spirit animal:

it's good for making money once you have Bounty hunter talent unlocked since you can mark on someone's head and hold down the trigger :D

sorry for earlier i did believe it was rainbow so i made a wrong suggestion
rainbow arch's charge shot can easily kill small fries and snipers as well as break enemies guard
except the ones with big shield like horseman
this gun can also use as a substitute for sniper if you wish to do so
give this gun with high lucky shot chance and high crit dmg to rear guard can helps you a lot
also have your friend gives you both merciless strike and hawkeye sight scrolls will be amazing