Dominator gun weapon

[PhantomΩ]

What is y'all's opinion on the dominator? I've heard some people say its good, and some others say it's bad (and by some people i mean 2) so what do you guys think?

[Vahnkiljoy]

I really can't quite get the point of it, it SEEMED nice initially, not having to care about the medium sized bugs was nice but it sucks that it is either semi or burst and the firerate is so abysmally slow that burst might as well not exist.

Personally I'm going to stick to my flame shotty for bugs and explosive ar for bots.

[SGT James Doakes]

My Top favorite at Killing Medium to light enemies is the gernade Launcher it 2 taps those fat annoying Spitter Bugs (THATS LITERATELY THE ONLY REASON WHY I HAVE IT) The Down side is the cool down timer

[PhantomΩ]

Originally posted by Vahnkiljoy:

I really can't quite get the point of it, it SEEMED nice initially, not having to care about the medium sized bugs was nice but it sucks that it is either semi or burst and the firerate is so abysmally slow that burst might as well not exist.

Personally I'm going to stick to my flame shotty for bugs and explosive ar for bots.

Interesting. And why do you prefer the flame shotty rather than the basic version of the same shotty?

[Seanathan]

I just got it and I personally like it. The medium armor pen is a pretty big deal and the fact that its only semi or burst doesn't bother me at all considering the kick it has that makes sense in my opinion. If you plan to make it your primary however the one thing I'd suggest is turning down the screen shake effect.

[BEEP!]

Originally posted by Bartholomew-Richard-Fitzgerald:

My Top favorite at Killing Medium to light enemies is the gernade Launcher it 2 taps those fat annoying Spitter Bugs (THATS LITERATELY THE ONLY REASON WHY I HAVE IT) The Down side is the cool down timer

So far the Grenae Launcher is one of my most used weapons I run with a ammo pack with it so I never run out of ammo for it I find it just so useful.

[Plagues]

its fine for robots, meh for bugs. 15 round mags is a bummer, and the "bullets" can deflect.

Imo if it exploded on impact like the explosive AR it would be good.

[Vex]

I like it against the automatons, but against the bugs is trash

[Doomvora]

Originally posted by Tяαgιιc PhantomΩ:

What is y'all's opinion on the dominator? I've heard some people say its good, and some others say it's bad (and by some people i mean 2) so what do you guys think?

It's good against bots, but not really against bugs.

It suffers from the same issues the diligence counter sniper suffers from.

[jautja]

no, it's disgusting, and you'll quickly understand it

[CH13F]

Originally posted by Vex:

I like it against the automatons, but against the bugs is trash

against small bugs yes its trash, slow fire rate,high recoil, long reload. but who cares about smalls, just kite em, someone will pick em up. there s no magic weapon for every scenario and every enemy type.

but how many weapons are there that can kill an armored bug with single magazine? revolver maybe, it can kill hive guard with 6 bullets, but bigger armored targets require way way more.

imo personally, best premium weapon atm

[St0rmFury]

Originally posted by Doomvora:

It suffers from the same issues the diligence counter sniper suffers from.

Which is. . . ?

[Doomvora]

Originally posted by St0rmFury:

Which is. . . ?

Really egregious swaying and poor aiming in general with a low damage/rof/magazine to compensate.

[VoiD]

As with every weapon, you should take the rest of your loadout in consideration.

I like to run the Dominator with the P-19 as my secondary, so I can have access to some lighter firepower to weaker bugs. It's also a good weapon to kill chargers once you break off it's leg armor with AT (often railgun) so it's a really useful weapon to have.

The thing I like about the Dominator is that I don't really have to care about what I'm shooting, just headshot them all and everything below a charger should die quickly enough, it's a great weapon.

If you're having problems with small bugs just get a drone to kill them all for you while you focus on the more dangerous enemies instead. On helldive difficulty nearly the entire swarm of "trash" mobs is going to have medium armor heads blocking your line of sight so I can't imagine myself using anything as a primary without medium penetration.

Do keep in mind that the weapon is rather slow to reload and aim, so it takes some time to get used to it, but so far it's my main weapon for "tryhard mode" against both factions.

[St0rmFury]

Originally posted by Doomvora:

Really egregious swaying and poor aiming in general with a low damage/rof/magazine to compensate.

Alright, guess I'll stick with the regular diligence then.

[Fannidan13]

It does really well on the intermediate enemies, but unless you are in a group or are running it in tandem with a guard dog pack, you can get surrounded by chaff really easily. It suffers from a short magazine and only 6 reloads. I'd have to say if you run a group, it'd be the equivalent of an elite hunter role or something. Not fit for crowd control. In fact, I'd argue this is the gun for the guys who were screaming for DMR buffs. It would be really nasty in a similar role.