JAR-5 Dominator is...

[Kushko]

Horrible! It was the last weapon I unlocked and I know it would be bad from what I heard, but I figured I'd lower the difficulty to 5 and have some fun with a boltergun!

Boy was I wrong. There is nothing fun about this gun. It handles like you're trying to aim a tank cannon and in exchange you get a gun that takes two shots to kill a normal bot with a center mass hit. Oh but the fun does not stop there. Apart from horrid aiming, handling and firepower, it also creates a puff of smoke on every shot obscuring your own vision. One mission was enough to never want to touch it again. Back to my "infinite" ammo, pinpoint accuracy, no recoil, feather light handling, high firepower laser machinegun. :)

[Chocbomb]

There are so many under-powered weapons in this game.
And less 2ndary weapons.

[Hingie]

I for one really like it. It takes a bit of getting used to, but its far better than people give it credit for. A center of mass hit against a small bot will always kill it. I know, I use the gun all the time.
Its also capable of eliminating all destroyers with a headshot, as well as bug warriors. It two-shots Brood commanders if aimed properly. Three or four shots kill a hive guard or Bile spewer. If you turn off the flashlight, it wont blind you. Always put it in burst to retain accuracy. Preferably fire from kneeling or prone when the enemy is a bit farther away. The only flaw I see is that its incapable of dealing efficiently with scout striders. If they fixed that, the Dominator would likely be the best gun in the game, given some practice.

Also, I think they should change its firing sound to something more impressive. Have it roar, rather than sound like a slow-firing assault rifle.

[MagikarpMagi]

The Jar-5 is what you bring when Stalwart is your primary.

[Capt twilight]

I cant aim so the gun must suck XD

[Anarchy]

Originally posted by Kushko:

Horrible! It was the last weapon I unlocked and I know it would be bad from what I heard, but I figured I'd lower the difficulty to 5 and have some fun with a boltergun!

Boy was I wrong. There is nothing fun about this gun. It handles like you're trying to aim a tank cannon and in exchange you get a gun that takes two shots to kill a normal bot with a center mass hit. Oh but the fun does not stop there. Apart from horrid aiming, handling and firepower, it also creates a puff of smoke on every shot obscuring your own vision. One mission was enough to never want to touch it again. Back to my "infinite" ammo, pinpoint accuracy, no recoil, feather light handling, high firepower laser machinegun. :)

What is a "normal" bot to you?

Because if you mean the dev's, they aren't normal bots like the regular rifle and rocket dudes

If you mean the heavier duty ones with heavy weapons that can spawn with shields and rocket pods?
Those aren't regular bots

Those are heavier duty.
and the dominator 1 shots the actual regular dudes like most other weapons do.

So either you're misunderstanding what a regular bot is or you're lying to ppl.

Railgun copers need to stfu already and actually just git gud.

[Kushko]

Originally posted by Chocbomb:

There are so many under-powered weapons in this game.
And less 2ndary weapons.

True. I was going in expecting an underpowered weapon though, but at least thought it would be fun on a lower difficulty. How can you make a boltgun firing armorpirecing selfpropelled projectiles not fun??

[JuX]

it allows you to live the Terry Crews fantasy from expendables.

It's effective against the bugs and it's recoil is only a problem when moving and aiming at longer distances. However crouching fixes this issue and there is even armor to reduce recoil.

[Anarchy]

Originally posted by CritMasterFlex:

The Jar-5 is what you bring when Stalwart is your primary.

Yeah this is what I do with the scorcher vs bugs

Scorcher for bile spewers/chargers

Stalwart + stratagems for chaff.

[Ordaeli]

It's pretty good against bots and has great stagger, wdym.

[Vivicector]

Well, its rly not that bad. It oneshots regular bots with a torso hit and makes short work of any other bots, except for heavies. Its also kinda works against bugs since it can take down hive guards and deals full damage against light armor. It sucks against small bugs, rapid fire pistol or heavy weapon help there.
Its made to be clumsy and unwieldy. Thats ok. I won't mind some more damage though, to bring DPS up a bit and make it better against medium enemies.

[CmereSweetHeart]

Dominator goode.

[aCidVicious]

Originally posted by Kushko:

Horrible! It was the last weapon I unlocked and I know it would be bad from what I heard, but I figured I'd lower the difficulty to 5 and have some fun with a boltergun!

Boy was I wrong. There is nothing fun about this gun. It handles like you're trying to aim a tank cannon and in exchange you get a gun that takes two shots to kill a normal bot with a center mass hit. Oh but the fun does not stop there. Apart from horrid aiming, handling and firepower, it also creates a puff of smoke on every shot obscuring your own vision. One mission was enough to never want to touch it again. Back to my "infinite" ammo, pinpoint accuracy, no recoil, feather light handling, high firepower laser machinegun. :)

It's not the most fun to shoot with low rate of fire and high recoil, but I've been using the dominator quite a bit lately, it's pretty effective with high damage per shot. If I'm not aiming down the sight it is too slow to catch up with my reticle, and I end up having to take two shots like you describe because the first one misses if the target is moving.

[NotReallyMyName]

it isn't exactly 'horrible', it is decent against bots, but it is ♥♥♥♥ against bugs from my experience. The burst fire mode is atrocious though and must be switched with full auto for all weapons.

[Anarchy]

Originally posted by NotReallyMyName:

it isn't exactly 'horrible', it is decent against bots, but it is ♥♥♥♥ against bugs from my experience. The burst fire mode is atrocious though and must be switched with full auto for all weapons.

Not bad against bugs, but it's not something you should run without a fast firing secondary with big ammo cap, or something like a stalwart as a support weapon

It can let you pop bile spewers heads which is worth it alone.

But also would prefer to just use the scorcher v bugs for same reason since it also lets me kill chargers.

[Dew]

Scorcher's existence nullifies its usage; slugger also makes the jar a hard pick