The new punisher is better than pre nerf breaker

[Jagdtiger]

It does exactly what the breaker does best, lighting entire hordes on fire to burn away the chaff, just as well and indeed better with a bottomless magazine and more pellets. Then, you trade your DPS for stagger so brood commanders and stalkers can't just walk up to you and disembowel you through a hail of fire. It would have almost completely replaced breaker usage without a nerf, and now is in a very good position to dominate the primary slot

[The Ironguard]

well, the fire rate is lower, though the individual shot damage is higher, and the ammo per "clip" is a good deal lower, though being able to load it shot for shot is quite nice. It does have a lot less durable damage than the I-breaker, though i think the spread is not as bad. It also retains much of the stagger from the punisher, which is a nice bonus.

All in all, a very solid new shotgun, better than I-breaker in some ways, not so much in others. Personally i quite like it.

[Full_Metal_HellDiver]

i don't care the new warbond even unlocked'em all.
pocket flamthrower,funny,but no use

[Jagdtiger]

Originally posted by The Ironguard:

the ammo per "clip" is a good deal lower, though being able to load it shot for shot is quite nice.

The pump animation is purely visual, so you can use the time usually spent pumping to instead reload one round, allowing you to fire your whole reserve at maximum RPM while "never" reloading

[DapperDeeds]

I've not tried the punisher in awhile! I did the slugger recently and it was great at stagger, just didn't smack as hard as I like. I'll give the punisher a shot.

[The Ironguard]

Originally posted by DapperDeeds:

I've not tried the punisher in awhile! I did the slugger recently and it was great at stagger, just didn't smack as hard as I like. I'll give the punisher a shot.

Punisher actually has even better stagger than the slugger, and while it has less armor penetration, it does over 50% more damage per shot. VERY good against lightly armored targets (and you can still give devastators a lead-facial if you can get close enough)

[EidolonBae]

Mind checking out this concept post? trying to collect idea feedback https://steamcommunity.com/app/553850/discussions/0/4521136683848677701/

[The Ironguard]

well... it would basically just do what the radar does, except with a bit more visual que.

[Zacharius Sneed]

cookout can also stagger stalkers, very useful!

[BlewberryOne]

Dont say this out loud or nerf will be coming next month.

[Adateram]

People always categorized the punisher as a trash weapon but now that there is an incendiary variant it's the best thing of the world

[The Ironguard]

Originally posted by Adateram:

People always categorized the punisher as a trash weapon but now that there is an incendiary variant it's the best thing of the world

eh, punisher was always my favorite shotgun. Arguably, the standard version is still better than the new one in certain situations.

[Faaxen]

Originally posted by Adateram:

People always categorized the punisher as a trash weapon but now that there is an incendiary variant it's the best thing of the world

I don't recall seeing people saying that the punisher was trash.

However if that ever happened at any point... it only goes to show that some people should have their right at having opinions be revoked.

[Adateram]

Well I do recall people saying every weapons are garbage except the incendiary breaker and the holy pre-nerfed eruptor

[StaunchStache]

Originally posted by Faaxen:

Originally posted by Adateram:

People always categorized the punisher as a trash weapon but now that there is an incendiary variant it's the best thing of the world

I don't recall seeing people saying that the punisher was trash.

However if that ever happened at any point... it only goes to show that some people should have their right at having opinions be revoked.

Just ask those who repeat ad nauseum that the Incendiary Breaker was the only good primary in the game.

[HopeSavior]

The gun just feels off to me. Not sure if it has less pellets or if it just doesn’t hit as hard as it should. The bullets also drop like crazy and it feels like some bullets are not appearing.