What is the purpose for Autocannon special weapon?

[Katitoff]

Its just bad.
Turret is amazing, but handheld version is just.... bad, regular heavy machinegun neutralizes the same targets just as effectively and does not require another person to load it, and it can't even scratch armored targets, despite even the tip clip showing it killing charger bug frontally.

[Class [E] Legend]

best advice i can give is honestly, get good? stop firing when the shot glances/bounces, reload it yourself its not a long reload, aim at weak spots. actually think about your actions and what happens to them instead of claiming failure over user error

[Katitoff]

Originally posted by Class E Legend:

best advice i can give is honestly, get good? stop firing when the shot glances/bounces, reload it yourself its not a long reload, aim at weak spots. actually think about your actions and what happens to them instead of claiming failure over user error

I'm asking for a reason to use it over recoiless rifle or a railgun as at the moment I can't see one.

I'm veteran of these kind of games, including Helldivers 1, so need to L2P me on here.

[Johnnie Walker]

feels like you didnt read

[Erohw]

this is def a L2P moment.... Ive been using the autocannon and it ♥♥♥♥♥♥ rocks, I shred with it and finish games with most kills 90% of the time.

[Katitoff]

Originally posted by Johnnie Walker:

feels like you didnt read

I did, I don't care about reload, I care about the situation the short movie shows me and why I can't replicate it, do legs have lower armor level on chargers? Is movie old? Is the in-game TV ad for dealing with armor just wrong about AC?

Originally posted by Erohw:

this is def a L2P moment.... Ive been using the autocannon and it ♥♥♥♥♥♥ rocks, I shred with it and finish games with most kills 90% of the time.

Difficulty 7 atm for me and my team.
I'm specifically asking about chargers and AC.

[Levatt]

One of my favorite weapons I use with my friend. It matters where you shoot, it's a middle ground between the Recoiless and something that plain doesn't work on armor. You have to be more careful where you shoot, and if you have a teamloader the amount of firepower you can unleash is crazy. It's less useful on super heavy armor, but it still works if you use good tactics, and it's much more efficient on lightly armored enemies. It's awesome.

[Waldherz]

Its great for ripping appart automatons and it can insta gib most bugs with a single shot.
And you get 10 of those. Reloading 5 is fast. You have a lot of ammo on your person.

Its a good weapon, but it wont fit every playstyle.

[Erohw]

Originally posted by Katitoff:

Originally posted by Johnnie Walker:

feels like you didnt read

I did, I don't care about reload, I care about the situation the short movie shows me and why I can't replicate it, do legs have lower armor level on chargers? Is movie old? Is the in-game TV ad for dealing with armor just wrong about AC?

Originally posted by Erohw:

this is def a L2P moment.... Ive been using the autocannon and it ♥♥♥♥♥♥ rocks, I shred with it and finish games with most kills 90% of the time.

Difficulty 7 atm for me and my team.
I'm specifically asking about chargers and AC.

And im Playing on HellDiver.... The autocannon rocks, you just suck. Learn to aim.

[Darkreaver1980]

Its the best weapon vs robots and decent vs bugs

[Levatt]

Originally posted by Katitoff:

Originally posted by Johnnie Walker:

feels like you didnt read

I did, I don't care about reload, I care about the situation the short movie shows me and why I can't replicate it, do legs have lower armor level on chargers? Is movie old? Is the in-game TV ad for dealing with armor just wrong about AC?

Originally posted by Erohw:

this is def a L2P moment.... Ive been using the autocannon and it ♥♥♥♥♥♥ rocks, I shred with it and finish games with most kills 90% of the time.

Difficulty 7 atm for me and my team.
I'm specifically asking about chargers and AC.

Chargers won't go down as quickly as the picture shows but yes, the legs is the best place to aim on chargers from the front. I believe it's best to be targeting the inner connecting part, not the outside armored parts that can deflect. But if you do struggle with chargers definitely go for the recoiless instead, much more efficient there if you want to take them head on.

[Fingeris]

It's more like a heavy sniper rifle with explosive rounds and medium armor penetration.

[TheFaceless6]

So the autocannon is good because it's essentially useful in most situations except heavy armor and even then it's sometimes good against heavy armor if you can hit gaps in the armor.

It has a lot of ammo and you can reload it yourself if you have the backpack. It does a lot of damage on direct impact, has AoE, you can close holes and kill factories with it.

Comparing it to the recoiless is not really what you want to do with it since the recoiless is explicitly for anti-armor and is much more efficient if someone else reloads it. The autocannon is more for versatility and is actually better if you reload it yourself. Most of my friends have been heavily using the autocannon and I've been seeing it do a lot of work.

So to sort of summerize based on your last post here:

Recoiless: You and friend work together to absolutely dumpster a heavy armored enemy

Railgun: You alone punch holes into an armored enemy with a bit less impact and damage.

Autocannon: You become supporting fire, dealing with crowds, destroying eggs, holes, and factories, and sometimes punching holes in weakpoints of big targets. Also doing big damage to unarmored durable enemies.

[Hussar]

Auto canon is good, you need to crouch, prone to have better targeting. That goes for all weapons.

[Pc Peasant]

solo autocannon is amazing,you can 1 shot artillery bugs, good against most armored bugs, bugholes, eggclusters, the bug tree that fogs the area. i agree however that support pack and railgun is better against chargers, titans.

[Vahnkiljoy]

The autocannon is AMAZING for automatons, rips the large bots apart in a few shots It's now my go to for the bots, and I don't even bother having a friend get the backpack since the reload by yourself really isn't that bad, with the recoiless was more like it.