Anti-matter rifle

[Armaged]

How come i don´t see people running this weapon on the bot fronts?

The rifle is amazing, it can literally melt anything from the front in seconds. Only tanks and bypedals have to be hit from the back, but still it is amazing at crowd control.

[☢ARMac☢]

Personally I think AM rifle lacks precision. I lost count how many times I had the bots head in the middle of the crosshair, dead center, and somehow still missed.

And pretty much useless with all the damn fog on all planets.

[Chaos]

The sight is off, that's why.
Right now you are better off with AC than with AMR.

[Drake Duckson]

Originally posted by ☢ARMac☢:

Personally I think AM rifle lacks precision. I lost count how many times I had the bots head in the middle of the crosshair, dead center, and somehow still missed.

And pretty much useless with all the damn fog on all planets.

That's because crosshair isn't centered correctly. You need to aim by top-left corner of the crosshair, not its center.

AMR is my first choice for automatons. Followed by AC, if there's -1 strat modifier.
I'm using railgun from time to time, but the only good thing about it is that you can stagger hulk even if you miss its visor. Usually, it gives enough time to reload and make another shot.

[Vespertellino]

I honestly even run it for the bugs to deal with bile spewers and broods

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Armaged:

Anti-matter rifle
How come i don´t see people running this weapon on the bot fronts?

The rifle is amazing, it can literally melt anything from the front in seconds. Only tanks and bypedals have to be hit from the back, but still it is amazing at crowd control.

No idea what you mean. Ran yesterday with it as main weapon and took out the biggest threats on the field steadily with > 83% accuracy.

[Fizzie]

I usually bring it/quasar with a personal shield or Autocannon, depends on what teamates bring. I enjoy stunning a patrol/squad and sniping their head plates, especially two tapping hulks. The sights can be a pain, especially the sway/recoil/flinch recovery, but still rewarding.

[ulzgoroth]

AMR isn't bad, but I'm super confused why you'd describe it as good at crowd control when it's a semi-auto gun with a not-very-big mag. You've got to individually address every target, and do so precisely for some of them.

A basic auto-rifle clears actual crowds of regular bots faster, and at just as much range.

Though it's surprisingly close to equaling the autocannon in terms of actually killing things, at least assuming you haven't figured out some way to actually use the automatic mode. Slightly worse on striders, and I think it doesn't stagger devastators, but it's comparatively easy to handle and might even be better at face-shooting hulks.

Takes more shots to blow turrets, which is a bit of a drawback, but it still can do it if you get it right.

[shadain597]

Originally posted by Wutever:

Originally posted by <⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️>:

Killing hulks wont win you the missions, the quasar can 2 tap towers and autocannon is the best multitool, the anti mat rifle still pretty cool tho and usable but still little niche

"Two-taps". In what? 12 seconds? An AMR or AC will have killed 2 - 3 of them by that time as long as they have an angle on the exhausts.

The Quasar against bots is a complete meme.

That's a big damn if. Alternatively, there's a horde of bots and the turrets are currently shooting in your general direction, at which point the Quasar is a hell of a lot more useful for taking out the turret. And even if you don't have aggro, circling around to get an angle on the vents can take a fair bit of time. On a related note, AMR sucks at dealing with mortars, which isn't a problem for the Quasar. Don't think it's an issue for the AC, but I might be misremembering the effective engagement range. AMR also doesn't shoot down dropships. It is a little tricky to get the ship before it unloads if you're running Quasar, but it's at least possible.

Sure, Quasar isn't a direct replacement for the AMR, but that works both ways.

[Frost Spectre]

Originally posted by Ethical Lune:

Well the sight is misaligned so it's a bit painful to use, and if you're willing to give up the backpack slot the autocannon can snipe very well while inflicting more damage and having more ammo.

In my opinion the spherical dot on the middle hurts AMR and other weapons that use the same scope, makes high precision shots from afar far harder, as it is not as good as cross sights.

[mo.schuitema]

Pro Tip for people who want to try the AMR, put a teeny piece of press stick or masking tape on the centre of your screen to give yourself an aimpoint. then don't even bother with the scope, just run around no scoping everything.

[Shaabhekh]

I was using it myself; i opted for a ranged support role with jump pack helping me get into position to pop stuff from on high - really good when the maps are more open and arent obstructed by swathes of trees etc.

And while it worked for the most part, there were occasions when patrol spawns would pop up behind me and be drawn to the sound of my gun and that would catch me off guard from time to time - but not everyone wants a ranged support player; was doing rather well in one map covering the other 3 players as they darted around the map but they ended up kicking me :/ dno if it was because they thought i was afk or something or what but since then i've just kept the laser cannon on hand and have that medium support range where people can actually see me contributing, lol

[Swanky McSwanky Pants]

TBH I think the only reason people don't run AMR is cause Quasar is just objectively the best option on bots and it's really not close.

[N.KagnitO)))]

I hate Hulks the most and I bring AMR + Stun Grenade to kill them with 2 shots to the eye, even with the misaligned scope. Also, I really don't like the scope on the AC. I much prefer an actual sniper scope that I can adjust.

My usual loadout for bots is Defender/Ballistic Shield/AMR/Stun. It has never let me down and I need the backpack slot for my loadout to function properly, so AMR was a natural choice.