Assault rifle vs pulse rifle?

[Tyler]

Which one is better?

[lucyrocketdog]

I don't like the assault rifle, the recoil is awful and I can't stay on target. I like the pulse rifle better.
My favorite weapon is the epic shotgun up close it's deadly to nearly everything (medium difficulty).

[VulcanTourist]

If you'd like the assault rifle better otherwise, then simply nerf the new recoil:

{ Item Id: 2063, Name: AssaultRifle
  { 
    Recoil: 0, display: true                                    # 0.6
  }
}

That said, the pulse rifle uses the same ammo, has a 25%(?) higher ROF, and does slightly more damage per shot. You could of course nerf its recoil just as easily.

[Snipe]

Well actually Teir2 AR vs Tier2 PR the AR does more damage with less rate of fire and PR does less damage with higher rate of fire. I use the AR mostly untill high rate of fire is needed. Cuz the PR eats ammo pretty quick.

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by Snipe:

Well actually Teir2 AR vs Tier2 PR the AR does more damage with less rate of fire and PR does less damage with higher rate of fire. I use the AR mostly untill high rate of fire is needed. Cuz the PR eats ammo pretty quick.

Did I get it backward? So many numbers, so few synapses....

[Tyler]

so which would be better for general use? i calculated that the pr has a higher dps than the ar, but idk if the ar has any other advantages.

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by Tyler:

so which would be better for general use?

Debug assault rifle. ;-)

[Tyler]

lol

[Tyler]

actually, tho, which would be better for general use?

[Spacewalker]

Pulse rifle has a little bit more headshot damage multiplyer. 4 (PR) vs 3.5 (AR)

[VulcanTourist]

I always chose the pulse rifle, but sadly my choice wasn't terribly Methodical. Being moreso now, it seems the important metric is: how much general damage can you inflict before reload?

AR: 1400
ART2: 2250
PR: 1475
PRT2: 2345

Does an extra 20 meters of range matter? You don't often get to pick and choose your targets at maximum range, but if you did the extra 20 meters might be a reload unless your target outranges you.

[Colonel Mustard]

Personal preference I prefer the Assault Rifle. But that really only comes down to the sound assets. The pulse rifle is like that scene from Dumb and Dumber where Jim asks the other dude if he want's to hear the most annoying sound in the world. That one thing, for me anyways, makes the AR feel a lot better to use.

With that said the Pulse Rifle DPS is a fair bit better than the AR's. In a game where the mobs are a bit bullet spongy the efficiency of the weapon out weighs personal preference IMO.

Because of both those reasons I ignore both those guns and just get the job done with a good ole plasma cannon.

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by Colonel Mustard:

Because of both those reasons I ignore both those guns and just get the job done with a good ole plasma cannon.

Careful of that splash at close range. :-)

[Colonel Mustard]

Originally posted by VulcanTourist:

Originally posted by Colonel Mustard:

Because of both those reasons I ignore both those guns and just get the job done with a good ole plasma cannon.

Careful of that splash at close range. :-)

Is the AOE really all that big? Never really seemed all that big but then again with how nasty some of those debuffs are I tend value staying out of close range more than laying down continuous fire so I never really get too too close to the mobs I'm trying to put down.

[VulcanTourist]

The creature I killed several times while trying to terminate scorpions with a plasma gun was myself.

{ Item Id: 2112, Name: SciFiCannonPlasmaCharge
{
Damage: 600
BlastRadius: 3, display: true
BlastDamage: 500, display: true
}
}

[RocknGames]

regarding the plasma cannon,well a friend of mine "yea we'll go with that,got so annoyed with the bad hit box of the scorpions that they pulled out the plasma cannon and proseeded to shot multiple close range shots....well they died and it wasnt the scorpion that got em ......."walks away whistling innocently"


edit oo I dont feel so bad now...errr my friend doesnt anyways