Which support weapons are worth using?

[Quadsword]

I was a fool and blew 4000 requisition funds for the laser cannon, only to find out it's less effective than harsh language. The starting machine gun is meh, and the anti-materiel rifle is decent but hard to use outside of long range (which makes sense for a sniper rifle, but you're being rushed down 99% of the time and almost never have the luxury of posting up on a hill to line up shots).

Feels bad when I'm struggling to kill a single low tier enemy with the laser cannon while my teammate just casually blasts away hordes with the grenade launcher.

[Ghost from warp]

Aside railgun, Grenade Launcher is no brainer. Autocannon also nice. It has very short reload solo time for two men gun and you easily run it alone.

Both of them can kill any enemy except hulk/tank charger/titan in face. And autocannon is very good against heavy if you aim week spots.

[Dimwit Donald (very high IQ)]

Originally posted by Ghost from warp:

Aside railgun, Grenade Launcher is no brainer. Autocannon also nice. It has very short reload solo time for two men gun and you easily run it alone.

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Machine gun can be good versus bugs, too, if others in your team deal with the armored ones. Used it quite a bit in the beginning.

[WhiteCrow]

Everyone will tell you:

- Railgun
- Autocannon
- Grenade Launcher

They're not wrong, but the others have their uses. You can do "subpar" picks if your team is already loaded with them. Got 3 railguns already? Pick an autocannon or GL. Hell, even a Spear can put in work. If you're swamped in 2-3 Bile Titans a one shot with a Spear can take the heat off the railgun dudes.

[Echo2Omega]

All of them.

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[Crystal]

Originally posted by Electronic Old Man:

Originally posted by Ghost from warp:

Aside railgun, Grenade Launcher is no brainer. Autocannon also nice. It has very short reload solo time for two men gun and you easily run it alone.

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Machine gun can be good versus bugs, too, if others in your team deal with the armored ones. Used it quite a bit in the beginning.

People sleep on the machine gun, let me tell you how to use it effectively.


Its good for laying down and unloading into a hoard or a freshly dropped robot squad. You gotta use the LMG like you are defending Normandy. It becomes, rather effective that way.

[Chaos]

There are not a lot of good choice for support weapon here

- Railgun
- Autocannon
- Grenade Launcher

are the top pick and you should get it too.
Anything else is ranging from "okay" to "garbage", so unless you have excess credits, I won't recommend it.

[Illumina]

The AMR is good against bots if you're hitting weak spots.

[Frostbeast]

Like always. Dont forget the Arc Thrower. Its a very good weapon for higher dificulties. It has some quirks, you need to know, to be effective. Its my favorite Weapon for difficult 8 or 9.