Pulsar is BAD

[Benro]

If you were ever thinking of using your money to buy Pulsar, STOP yourself from buying it now. It is really innacurate with triple so you basically can still only hit with 1 beam, and it's damage output is so low that even if you can aim all 3 beams of shots at an enemy (which is incredibly dangerous since you have to get right next to them to do so), it still has lackluster damage and even the default weapon is better. Save up your money for the supply kit or railgun instead of spending it on this short-range, innacurate, garbage and if you've already bought it disable it so you have a better chance of actually finding a GOOD item

[TemmieNeko]

it bruns through ammo, too.

[Benro]

Originally posted by TemmieNeko:

it bruns through ammo, too.

I really should have saved up for Railgun, the description for pulsar doesn't even say it fires fast and makes it sound bad. It has a few good combos (see the 'Overpowered Combos' discussion), but really its best use most of the time is gaining health and ammo from the salvage upgrade

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by IV:

Originally posted by TemmieNeko:

it bruns through ammo, too.

I really should have saved up for Railgun, the description for pulsar doesn't even say it fires fast and makes it sound bad. It has a few good combos (see the 'Overpowered Combos' discussion), but really its best use most of the time is gaining health and ammo from the salvage upgrade

railgun is kinda bad imo, same with drill, pulsar, any charge wep, i havent gotten the spear one yet, but im pretty sure it's garbage.
al hail the mighty razor.

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by IV:

Originally posted by TemmieNeko:

it bruns through ammo, too.

I really should have saved up for Railgun, the description for pulsar doesn't even say it fires fast and makes it sound bad. It has a few good combos (see the 'Overpowered Combos' discussion), but really its best use most of the time is gaining health and ammo from the salvage upgrade

i beat all 6 levels with triple razor, in under 20 minutes lol. you're given like 30 minutes for the speedrun cheevie if you do 6 levels, 20 for the first 5 xD

[Benro]

Originally posted by TemmieNeko:

Originally posted by IV:

I really should have saved up for Railgun, the description for pulsar doesn't even say it fires fast and makes it sound bad. It has a few good combos (see the 'Overpowered Combos' discussion), but really its best use most of the time is gaining health and ammo from the salvage upgrade

i beat all 6 levels with triple razor, in under 20 minutes lol. you're given like 30 minutes for the speedrun cheevie if you do 6 levels, 20 for the first 5 xD

I have yet to beat the game yet and I have no idea how to unlock the drill but I have heard it is really good. Railgun becomes stupidly good with homing, phasing, or piercing. I think the laser is insanely good and probably the best weapon in my rotation. I also don't have the razor either.

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by IV:

Originally posted by TemmieNeko:

i beat all 6 levels with triple razor, in under 20 minutes lol. you're given like 30 minutes for the speedrun cheevie if you do 6 levels, 20 for the first 5 xD

I have yet to beat the game yet and I have no idea how to unlock the drill but I have heard it is really good. Railgun becomes stupidly good with homing, phasing, or piercing. I think the laser is insanely good and probably the best weapon in my rotation. I also don't have the razor either.

i play with controller ^^ railgun is murder xD

[Bee Rye]

Razor is terrible against bosses unless you have certain keywords, and bosses are way more important than clearing a regular room.

[Radical Rat]

Yeah... i don't understand Pulsar.
At all.

Maybe it should have some bonus properties like Drill, or maybe just increase weapon range little bit... . Damage is ok if you choose single beam or shotgun keyword ( or triple + homing combo ), but it's not good enough to be worth the risk.

I wish there was an option to manualy salvage current weapon to add more flexibility. Some weapons are pretty good for clearing normal rooms, but during boss fight i would rather switch to regular peashooter, especially if ' Reserve ' upgrade is active...

[Snitchez]

Pulsar with shotgun style + triple shot + wider spread is the most powerful weapon I've come across. It will literally 1-shot bosses with the Intense modifer on

[Garo]

Maybe it's just me, but I sometimes like a personal challenge. If I ever come by a triple shotgun widespread Pulsar, I grab it, and there's nothing quite like it.

[muzzL]

+100% agree pulsar is a bad weapon. The range is limited and it does far less damage than even the default weapon. I may be imagining it but it seems to do even less damage than it normally does when shooting bosses.

Having said that I don't know that it needs a change... Bad items in rogue-likes are a thing. Even cursed items in some of them.

I wouldn't feel like I beat it until I do it with everything unlocked, even if there are items I would never pick up. It is just one part of the balance equation. Usefulness of items vs amount of items vs difficulty of enemies vs etcetc.

I haven't tried it with shotgun modifier yet. That may be the only thing that can make it good. IMO the DoT effect is the only time fireball is good.

[Red Chu Jelly]

Pulsar may be bad overall, but it definately has its own unique feel compared to the other guns. It handles fast enemies, hordes, and melee opponents with ease thanks to its fire rate, but it is no doubt the WORST weapon for bosses. That range is just too big of a hinderance. I'll say if it had buffed damage and ammo, it would be a fine weapon.

P.S. Someone said they didn't have the Spear yet, but it was "probably garbage", and nobody responded to that. JUst to clarify, spear is great against tough opponents and bosses, but weak against large numbers of enemies. Each spear that hits deals a good amount of immediate damage and a small damage over time effect, which stacks with each extra hit, and really builds up after a while. It's not the best weapon (only a little above average, in fact), but it's definately my favorite.

[Fomalhaut]

Yeah, I avoid Pulsar, Razor and ThunderHead. I only pick up Razor if it has homing, giant, and bullet negation Keywords. Or I have no other options. Honestly, I don't like most weapons in this game. Don't like charge, pulsar, razor, thunderhead, vulcan, or revolver. I just hope for laser or fire. But I'll use most of those since they can do work usually.

[stagemasterk]

Agreed. I unequiped it.

[Nick]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhnZuBos8a8