Breach Cutter limitation?

[MrSchweda]

I LOVE this weapon. Especially with tri-beam overclock. But what situations or missions would recommend one of the other heavy weapons on engineer?

[Bookslayer10]

I think PGL Hyper Propelant and Shard Diffractor Overdrive Booster are both better weapons on Elimination and Sabotage missions compared to Breach Cutter.

[MrSchweda]

ill give them a try. Make a better dwarf outta me yet!

[guts' theme (Cut & Looped)]

Shard Diff is always better on Sabotage and Rival Presence missions. I'd imagine it would also be extremely handy for sniping ranged enemies in the new modifier.

[Nightwolf]

elim and sabo need the shard diff with the death star setup, this is assuming you have a good team, the shard can melt the eye and dreads once the armor is knocked down and is what you should be taking on deep dives. the breach i take as a general do all be all weapon. its just roundly good for dealing with pretty much everything when the need for a heavy weapon requires it.

[Chibbity]

PGL>All

[Chry Ceph]

The main disadvantage breach cutter has compared to the other secondaries as far as I can tell is that it's a bit terrain-dependent i.e not that good at shooting swarms on walls or ceilings, compared to the other two which are both great at shooting swarms on walls and ceilings.

[kestrel]

honestly, there's not much the breach cutter isn't good at. i probably wouldn't take it into elimination because dreadnoughts resist fire & electricity but that's basically it. it's a fantastic weapon through and through, it doesn't really have any bad overclocks (return to sender is a bit dodgy but it's just a niche pick like sludge blast) and it works against more or less every target in the game provided you build it right

people still making the argument about terrain clearly haven't used roll control, which takes away the only issue BC regularly faces (not that it was really significant in the first place, PGL and shard both suffer with terrain in their own way)

i wouldn't blame someone for running exclusively BC over the other options

[Jakal, Lady kisser]

beach cutter is terrible with verticality and support, and situations where you're not on the front line mowing down a swarm make it rapidly lose untility. it very much requires your playstyle to support it first and foremost which cna cause you to be at an overall disadvantage if that's not what the team needs..

[ULTRA]

Yeah I always do shard diffractor with overdrive, depending on how you spec it, it can be one of the best burst-damage "assassination" weapons in the game

[Nightwolf]

one of the more unique things about the engies heavies is generally all his heavies can be setup to do anything the others can. it may take a little more skill for one over the other but its doable. there are scenarios where one is easier over the others but its not game breaking ot the point you NEED it.

at the end of the day it really boils down to use whatever you are comfortable with. if you hang around long enough you will get comfortable with them all then it will just be a matter of swapping whats best for what you are doing.

until then theres no need to force it.

[MrPurple33]

Origineel geplaatst door Chry Ceph:

The main disadvantage breach cutter has compared to the other secondaries as far as I can tell is that it's a bit terrain-dependent i.e not that good at shooting swarms on walls or ceilings, compared to the other two which are both great at shooting swarms on walls and ceilings.

Or You're an Odball Engie Like Me who takes the PGL With Proximity Trigger- Then You Can Direct Hit as Usual, Including Walls and Ceilings, BUT ALSO Pool Shot and Bank Grenades Off Of Surfaces at Angles, DOWN Tunnels Until You Hear the Explosion and Bugs Scream as They Die, and Even Fire OVER an Oppressor, Bank Off the Wall Behind It, and Hit It In
the Rear End

[armbarchris]

Shard Diffractor can be a VERY good single-target DPS, especially paired with the Stubby.

[Mr. Man!]

inferno BC is the current meta if you care about min/max

[Siffrin]

Origineel geplaatst door Bookslayer10:

I think PGL Hyper Propelant and Shard Diffractor Overdrive Booster are both better weapons on Elimination and Sabotage missions compared to Breach Cutter.

Breach Cutter can no longer hit all three (or even one) of the Hiveguards secondary HP bars right? I remember some older videos of DRG where it would work but now it doesn't anymore.

[Tyyne]

Hyper prop for escort, otherwise it's triple bread cutter for all.