Is the slugger still good?

[henhovla]

i am close to unlocking it, is it still good?

[Wutever]

Good? No. Usable? Yes.
If you have a JAR-5 Dominator just use that. It's just a better Slugger.

[Pindie]

No. It's better than the Punisher Shotgun garbage.
Devs have a vendetta against shotguns. They are all med now.

[vishuspuss]

its best noscope long range "rifle"

[Nokturnal]

Originally posted by Wutever:

Good? No. Usable? Yes.
If you have a JAR-5 Dominator just use that. It's just a better Slugger.

^ This.

Currently good weapons: Sickle is for cleaning up little enemies, Dominator is the new DMR basically, better version of the old slugger, Scorcher is pretty good too and specializes in killing the little AT-STs + Bilebugs, also does AoE dmg to Eggs and Breaker burns through it's ammo fast but has the highest DPS in the game for a primary weapon as long as your shots aren't being ricocheted.

[Archfiend]

Originally posted by henhovla:

i am close to unlocking it, is it still good?

No its not good and is closer to being bad then even average now, honestly whoever in the dev team thought that nerfing the slugger was a good idea should be fired and be banned from ever working on game design again.

[Botji]

Some people dont know what they are talking about, Slugger is still a very good weapon.

Dominator wastes ammo when you reload unless you are fine with running around with only 1-6 shots in it into fresh enemy groups and its unwieldy like a damn HMG making it annoying to use/aim since it feels like steering a oil tanker.

The nerf on Sluggers stagger IS a big deal though because its no longer a S+++ "just take the Slugger duh" decision anymore but its still very powerful.



Though personally I have mostly switched over to the Punisher, it lacks long range but it still staggers enemies and is also a single shot reload making it super efficient with the ammo it has + its almost impossible to "run out" in combat unless you literally have no more bullets to reload.

[Device3435]

Originally posted by Botji:

Some people dont know what they are talking about, Slugger is still a very good weapon.

Dominator wastes ammo when you reload unless you are fine with running around with only 1-6 shots in it into fresh enemy groups and its unwieldy like a damn HMG making it annoying to use/aim since it feels like steering a oil tanker.

The nerf on Sluggers stagger IS a big deal though because its no longer a S+++ "just take the Slugger duh" decision anymore but its still very powerful.



Though personally I have mostly switched over to the Punisher, it lacks long range but it still staggers enemies and is also a single shot reload making it super efficient with the ammo it has + its almost impossible to "run out" in combat unless you literally have no more bullets to reload.

Likewise. Punisher just feels more enjoyable to use now.
(Shame most guns in this game are becoming less and less enjoyable to use. You would think they would buff everything to fit a niche, yet still feel enjoyable to use. Sadly most of the guns these days are just all feeling kinda mid or worse now.)

But yeah, Slugger is powerful, just not what it was. Could use some more tweaks still for sure. (Like most of the guns in this game. Bear with the devs though, this game isvery young still.)

[Midas]

It's pretty awful from what I've seen so far. Would never take it over even a punisher or breaker, nevermind a 'meta' primary like the eruptor or sickle. It just does way too little damage unless you're hitting perfect weakspots.

[That person]

Slugger is still good, not the same without the stagger of course but it still deals with med armour bots admirably and is light enough to aim quickly.
To the guy posting above about "garbage" punisher, dude, punisher is fantastic! Destroys any bug except hive guards and heavies, stun locks stalkers and brood commanders, bloody brilliant gun for bugs

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by henhovla:

Is the slugger still good?
i am close to unlocking it, is it still good?

Yes.

[Samiel Hydeberg]

It`s alright. Among the few decent guns, I would say. Nerfing it was completely unnecessary, but what can you do.

[Katitoff]

Good?
Yes.

The only bad weapons are:
Scythe
Dilligence CS
Crossbow

Everything else has its role and place against one of the factions(or both in some rare cases).

Bear in mind that a lot of players equalize "good" as S-tier, way above everything else and performing flawlessly against most targets and both enemy faction, so you'll hear a lot of "iz bad nao" from the meta slaves.