Arc Blitzer is useless??

[Norwegian Godzilla 2025 Edition]

Been using the Arc Blitzer for a bit now and it just seems bad compared to something like the Arc Thrower. Both have infinite ammo but the Arc Blitzer seems to fall short in comparison.

Anyone have any data to compare the two or just have an opinion on this topic?

[ImHelping]

Well, it deals damage... So expect a lot of people to scream that makes it overpowered. Even ignoring the 'comparing a primary to support weapon' thing.

But at least it is lackluster in a more consistent and predictable way than the plasma shotgun.

Plasma shotgun keeps getting your hopes up as it slips another shot between the legs of a robo soldier lifting a flare gun, and not killing it with the splash damage. Or not killing a spitter before it kills somebody. or watching people die from the splash damage when they fell for people calling it "Overpowered because it can totally quick kill chargers"

Arc blitzer meanwhile, lets you down in the same ways forever. Not killing a hunter, or deciding to zap an imaginary friend between you and the hunter on flat pavement. Easy to plan around!

[McFuzz]

I tried it. It's problem to me is that it doesn't hit enough targets. Seems to only hit two? But the description says it hits all.

If it ACTUALLY hit all, it would be worth using. But it ain't.

[asura]

Arc thrower - higher range, you can technically aim with it, does often not "go off" because it hits dust in the air or something
Blitzer - All of the problems with the arc thrower but far less range and the thing splits off into multiple targets killing nothing. Doesn't hold up with any of the shotguns at all.

Blitzer is useless.

[Anzuvere]

Simple answer is the Arc Blitzer leaves you room to pick another support weapon like the expendable rockets that 1 shot basically everything remotely threatening in the game, leaving you a with still a solid tool for clearing mobs.

[Speed Malus]

Originally posted by asura:

Arc thrower - higher range, you can technically aim with it, does often not "go off" because it hits dust in the air or something
Blitzer - All of the problems with the arc thrower but far less range and the thing splits off into multiple targets killing nothing. Doesn't hold up with any of the shotguns at all.

Blitzer is useless.

Arc Thrower is a Support weapon, not a primary tho.

It's like comparing the Scythe and the Laser Cannon.

[Imnuktam]

It is so inconsistent. I played with it all night testing it out and sometimes it hits 3-4 enemies, others it just hits 2. Sometimes it does pretty good damage and kills more than one hunter at a time, others it takes as many as 3 shots to kill just one.

Worst part about it is it targets whatever. Dead corpse, shoot that. Lights around you, explosive barrels, teammates... Seems regardless of where you are aiming it just shoots what it wants.

Really needs its ROF uppded and damage upped a bit and made consistent.

Also should stop targetting weeds, corpses and barricades and other various non targets that no person would intentionally shoot at.

Can be fun to use, but no where near as good as a scythe, slugger or breaker

[asura]

Originally posted by Speed Malus:

Arc Thrower is a Support weapon, not a primary tho.

It's like comparing the Scythe and the Laser Cannon.

Yes. Yes it is. That's a bit obvious.
And that's not the worst comparison because the Scythe is useless.....

The problem here is that the Arc Shotgun is worse than every other shotgun. Slow RoF and pretty much useless. If you make a comparison to something that's not the most well known junk weapon (the scythe) and use something like Stalwart vs Liberator then you have a better baseline.

[Anzuvere]

Originally posted by asura:

Originally posted by Speed Malus:

Arc Thrower is a Support weapon, not a primary tho.

It's like comparing the Scythe and the Laser Cannon.

Yes. Yes it is. That's a bit obvious.
And that's not the worst comparison because the Scythe is useless.....

The problem here is that the Arc Shotgun is worse than every other shotgun. Slow RoF and pretty much useless. If you make a comparison to something that's not the most well known junk weapon (the scythe) and use something like Stalwart vs Liberator then you have a better baseline.

Things will change when all the relevant enemies come equipped with shields that take bonus arc damage.

[talm bout dang ol bugs man]

It's not better than the best primaries but it's super slept on. I enjoy it right now.

Only weapon I don't like atm is spear cause the targetting is weird for me. It works all the time for my friend, though. He swears by the spear to this day.

[Kyo]

I think the issue is the Arc Blitzer fires multiple arcs that together add up to 250 damage, not sure how much damage per arc it deals, but definitely noticably low damage when used single target, same with the arc thrower.

I really wish they were better because they're some of the more "fun" weapons to use imo.

[asura]

Originally posted by FishingGod🐟:

Things will change when all the relevant enemies come equipped with shields that take bonus arc damage.

:v say Illuminate without saying Illuminate

[Anzuvere]

Originally posted by asura:

Originally posted by FishingGod🐟:

Things will change when all the relevant enemies come equipped with shields that take bonus arc damage.

:v say Illuminate without saying Illuminate

It could be cyborgs! Or other things!

[ZeroCool]

It'll blow the head off a commander in one shot. I noticed if you're too close it only hits one target but farther away it spreads out pretty good. 4-5 enemies at a time. I find it useless against bots but good against bugs.

[TwinChops]

Shorter Range as the Thrower and somehow less armor piercing wich dosnt make much sense to me, but its a primary weapon.

[Driverben]

I've had very mixed success with it. I've had times where all the arcs hit the same target and it just destroys them. Other times I've killed a friendly who was probably 10ft to my left, and about 5ft forward, well out of my crosshairs, and somehow the gun managed to arc to him and not the 5 bugs directly in front of me. More often than not I've noticed it hitting terrain or dead bugs.