Sickle is broken

[SEEKERDOLL]

nuff said

it is mother of all small firearm

speed of light, no reload, no need to supply, no recoil, hell of a firepower

why you get other gun when you have sickle?

[Cannonball]

It's an excellent weapon against bugs - who seem quite vulnerable to laser fire. And where the not reloading thing is of paramount importance.

It's not bad against the cyborgs, and makes short work of dogs while still putting the hurt on individual units (though it struggles against their heavier targets and grotesques); there are better weapons you can field against cyborgs though.

It's a piss poor weapon against the Iluminate. Sure, it makes short work of the flesh and blood units without shields, but against shields? It suffers. And the tripods are both shielded, come in packs, and seem resistant to laser fire. There are definitely other weapons you should take against the illuminate.

The Sickle's other advantages do remain though. Not having to reload and inifinite ammo are hard to pass up when running solo; plus it's not like it will ever be a terrible weapon. In larger groups though, you can start to specialise your loadout, or take ammo hungry weapons that will do a better job.

[Rodso]

its a good weapon not over powered in anyway as it has its disavantages. the weapon is only as good as the player using it

[Jimbos]

I think there alot of other great choices besides the sickle. But, the sickle is really nice while soloing, or playing support in a group. It's great when you don't want to have to deal with reloading, and you can be accurate enough to kill patrols with it, if you're solo. I find it to be a much more team oriented weapon, since it takes alot of accuracy from the user to be worth while. Can't hit the center of the enemy with it? With no armor pen, you're not gonna do jack for damage with it. That and it overheats faster then any other laser based weapon. So in extended combat, or having to wipe out multiple patrols, you can all of a sudden find yourself overheating, and having to slowly reload it.

The ammo hog weapons have certain advantages that can be hard to overlook. Some of them are stupid powerful against certain enemies, or are just amazing weapons to have on you, period.

Even when running solo I usually prefer the MG-105 or one of the SMGs. Helps to take out patrols much easier. MG-105 you can just kinda spray in a direction, and voila, patrol down. The SMGs you can turn so fast, and they put out so many bullets and have mini stun, you're guarnteed to prevent the patrol from calling for help, if of course you don't out right slaughter them with the initial burst of fire. On top of it, they have AP ammo. So even if you're not dead accurate with it, it still pierces through armor, causing almost all of your hits to be much more lethal, as if you had fully centered hits. Of course if you have one bullet in the clip, the SMG reloads so fast, you won't even notice it. Plus it's nice to have an SMG in hand if you do get knocked down, or if you're carrying items, such as the black case etc. Those are just a few examples of other great weapon choices.

[SEEKERDOLL]

Mmmmhmmmm only I think this weapon is overpowered?
almost EVERYONE holds sickle!
Guess it so, but I have to point it out Sickle's overheat is not a panelty afterall cause it has no recoil
Automated powerder guns have recoil.. so it need controlled fire to shoot straight
In sickle, controlled fire gets you both reload AND cooling

I think at least it should consume Ammo when it retains crazy firepower like this
It is even stronger than plasma rifle(when shoot straight) while poor plasma has range and ammo problem

[laurifen]

Originally posted by SeekerDolls:

Mmmmhmmmm only I think this weapon is overpowered?
[...]
I think at least it should consume Ammo when it retains crazy firepower like this
It is even stronger than plasma rifle if player's aim is good

It's a really useful weapon for solo, but not overpowered. It can struggle on the tougher mobs. and unlike some other weapons you can only hit a single target at a time (it's not explosive, nor is it unstoppable like the Breaker, for instance).

And it DOES use ammo if you end up overheating it accidentally for some reason. Changing a cooling cannister is SLOW, and if you didn't bring a resupply stratagem, you only have three total.

[SEEKERDOLL]

Originally posted by laurifen:

Originally posted by SeekerDolls:

Mmmmhmmmm only I think this weapon is overpowered?
[...]

And it DOES use ammo if you end up overheating it accidentally for some reason. Changing a cooling cannister is SLOW, and if you didn't bring a resupply stratagem, you only have three total.

yeah I notice it
Should say 'almost' not consuming ammo
What I was saying it would balance off when sickle have other ammo system like plasma weapon

[CJay]

All people do is complain. Plus the sickle sucks against the plasma shields. If it were PvP then I would see a problem.

[FlowerHugger]

Originally posted by SeekerDolls:

Mmmmhmmmm only I think this weapon is overpowered?

Yes. I use the Sycthe, because of the unlimited ammo which frees up a slot for me to use an extra stratagems. It's drawback is the overheat and it does poor damage against armor enemies.
But I am built to be self-sustain, so I won't be a burden to the team by being ammo-depedent.

Other guns do have their benefits. They can stun, pierce enemies, pen armor, or improve your melee attack. When it comes to killing group of enemies, other guns do a better job than the scythe or sickle.

To be honest, I wouldn't mind using that extra stratagem for a resupply pack to help our my ammo-dependent brothers.

[Tom Hanks]

Scythe is way much better

[BUTSY 春]

Originally posted by SeekerDolls:

nuff said

it is mother of all small firearm

speed of light, no reload, no need to supply, no recoil, hell of a firepower

why you get other gun when you have sickle?

no armor penetration
doesnt pass through enemies
weak firepower

try using sickle on difficulty 10 or above. its basically useless.

[Grailer]

It's broken at higher lvls when your gun over heats trying to kill armored creatures

[FlowerHugger]

Originally posted by BUTTSY 春:

try using sickle on difficulty 10 or above. its basically useless.

I disagree. It does a great job killing patrol units.

[Mr. Stimpson]

I loved the Sickle for a while, but when I switched to the Tanto I never looked back. More damage, larger mag, one handed. I can give up the extra range because of those upsides, and I'm always moving anyways, so pats aren't a problem. And when you've a case in your hand you aren't in any danger at all because of the high damage.

[Rodso]

Originally posted by Grailer:

It's broken at higher lvls when your gun over heats trying to kill armored creatures

you justh ave ♥♥♥♥ control then

[NEON]

The sickle is good doing what it is supposed to do and considering it certain advantages (like not having to reload through an entire game). I feel it is amazing against the bugs but somewhat weaker against the races.