Neutron cannon

[Alumno Superstes]

How is it that this lil ♥♥♥♥ does so miniscule damage on sentinels? Description says "huge damage" BS..barely scratches

Boltcaster is way better

[dreamrider]

A Boltcaster w/ 3x standard upgrades, 3x Sentinel scrap upgrades, 3x Autophage upgrades, and all Blueprints (Yes, including the ricochet), will actually get BETTER DPS at ANY and ALL RANGES than a fully upgraded Scatter Blaster can get at optimum (Short !) range.

Fully upgraded Pulse Spitter comes close, and given the bowl shape of the replaced terrain around many building fight locations, it is probably all you need...and it is very fun. Longer clips.
But the Boltcaster WILL out range it

The Blaze Javelin WILL out-range the Boltcaster, and stun, so it IS the better choice for certain situations (*cough* Pillars). (And sometimes Settlement defense.)

[Grimmslayer73]

I like to like dangerously so I use the plasma launcher. 3 or 4 shots can wipe out an entire wave of sentinels. Jut don't shoot yourself in the face!

[UncreativelyNamed]

Originalmente postado por UTMaster:

Boltcaster inferior, Blaze Javelin superior.

OK, Soundwave. :)

Since I'm mostly combat-avoidant, I like the Blaze Javelin for shooting things (like manufacturing facility doors or dissonance resonators) from a distance without upsetting the Sentinels guarding them, but I'll usually just use the Boltcaster when I get in the rare shooty mood. I don't ever shoot anything but the floaty Sentinels, so it works well enough for me, especially with a few S-class upgrades and a few sentinel upgrades. Sentinel upgrades only work on the Boltcaster, as far as I know, so that's an advantage that the Boltcaster has.

[Zoran]

Originalmente postado por Foxglovez:

No one stuns anymore? I am flummoxed.

Playing PermaDeath I always stun. The upgraded neutron cannon is way too dangerous, gonna blow myself up. I only use it on freighter runs to blow up nests from a far distance.

As for the boltcaster, it always meh. Even if it has more upgrades than any other weapon. If it behaved like a fully upgraded Infra-knife, then maybe. But you make the boltcaster faster and get rewarded with more reloading.... it's crap.

[Geldric™]

Originalmente postado por Zoran:

Playing PermaDeath I always stun. The upgraded neutron cannon is way too dangerous, gonna blow myself up. I only use it on freighter runs to blow up nests from a far distance.

Sorry but you are thinking of something totally different - there is NO player damage with the Neutron Cannon - you can shoot it at a wall while standing in front of said wall and take ZERO damage.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3264567122
Now the GEOLOGY cannon or the PLASMA Launcher will kill you quicker than Polo can do, well, whatever it is Polo does... quick... it will kill you quicker than anything.

[Foxglovez]

There is an achievement for blowing yourself up. It's a one-shot w the geo cannon.

[Geldric™]

Originalmente postado por Foxglovez:

There is an achievement for blowing yourself up. It's a one-shot w the geo cannon.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3264590580

[dreamrider]

The banner should have a blood smear on it.

[UTMaster]

Originalmente postado por UncreativelyNamed:

Originalmente postado por UTMaster:

Boltcaster inferior, Blaze Javelin superior.

OK, Soundwave. :)

Since I'm mostly combat-avoidant, I like the Blaze Javelin for shooting things (like manufacturing facility doors or dissonance resonators) from a distance without upsetting the Sentinels guarding them, but I'll usually just use the Boltcaster when I get in the rare shooty mood. I don't ever shoot anything but the floaty Sentinels, so it works well enough for me, especially with a few S-class upgrades and a few sentinel upgrades. Sentinel upgrades only work on the Boltcaster, as far as I know, so that's an advantage that the Boltcaster has.

My favorite upgrade for the Blaze Javelin is the one that allows it to stun targets, which means I can stun lock an enemy as long as I have juice in it.

[-Aya]

Sounds like your setup is awful, I can two shot basic sentinels lol

[Caramirdan]

Originalmente postado por Foxglovez:

There is an achievement for blowing yourself up. It's a one-shot w the geo cannon.

Or even something as simple as trying to destroy a sentinel too close to your Rover's cannon :-(

[Johnny in the Clouds]

Originalmente postado por AmberAnvil:

The Neutron Cannon is really an AoE weapon, best used for crowd control. Use it on swarms of Biological Horrors for instance. For Sentinels use the Pulse Spitter or Scatter Blaster. : )

The neutron canon is ideally suited against the softer targets like the monstrosity horrors and vile spawn. Upgrade the diameter of its impact and you have a very powerful weapon that can wipe out several leaping monstrosities in a single blow, in front and behind you simultaneously. Against the corrupted sentinels (not the standard sentinels) like the vanishing jumping dog things, it can be quite good too. If the AOE is large enough, it counters the invisibility tricks the sentinels can employ.

Also the impact of the neutron canon does no harm to the user unlike the Plasma Grenade which can be as devastating, but is dangerous to the user. Using the canon you can open multiple eggs by your feet without harm to yourself and collect the larva cores quickly.