I recently discovered an excellent reason to do the weapon challenges if your manifest is not maxed.
Completing the Crusader challenge with my level I Crusader caused the store to drop the level II and III versions in the next two PSPs I bought. Yes, the store is watching you....
Hardest: SMG Use because I don't like most of the SMGs, especially the Shuriken. Here's what it says for my Shuriken Use:
Volume of assault rifle makes that one easy
The fact that I only like a few of them makes sniper rifles hard
pistols are the best
This topic has some nice surprises. It's nice to see folks on BSN using many other weapons instead of just sticking to one or two. Really put a smile on my face.
I recently discovered an excellent reason to do the weapon challenges if your manifest is not maxed.
Completing the Crusader challenge with my level I Crusader caused the store to drop the level II and III versions in the next two PSPs I bought. Yes, the store is watching you....
Yeah I know this. That why before the big 63 million spending spree I played with nothing but my Lancer 4. And guess what, the Lancer was the first UR to max out around halfway through that spending spree. I was so super freaking happy.
In my early manifest days the Revenant was my most used AR, and thus is was my first maxed Rare weapon.
When I first got the Lancer, I played it like crazy, and thus it quickly jumped to level 4. After that the big savings started... and now after that big saving my manifest is almost maxed. One thing that got me through that saving period was playing with all the maxed weapons I had for the most part, and didn't use that many UR weapons cause they weren't maxed. Played Gold like this for a long time. Even skimped on the high level consumables, to the point that now I got lots and forced to use some too close to 255 or at 255, cause after that number whatever I get goes to waste, sadly.
They are all equally easy since you accumulate XP with all of them in the same way.
The fastest to do is SMGs. Slowest is hard to say, but it would be Snipers unless you took a sniper infiltrator for every game.
Dunno why but weapons like Spitfire and Typhoons are much more enjoyable on PC.
Is it the ability to actually hit stuff with them? 
They are all equally easy since you accumulate XP with all of them in the same way.
The fastest to do is SMGs. Slowest is hard to say, but it would be Snipers unless you took a sniper infiltrator for every game.
I don't agree they are all equally easy. Getting the 140k points with the Harrier is a lot less effort than with the Mattock, for example. And if one isn't accustomed to SMGs, then in practice the 5x140k can take longer than the 9x140k for ARs.
The easiest weapon banner for me is definitely AR mastery, my 1st banner ever and now I've got more than a dozen of it, the number is still climbing, I find the histscan ARs have the most reliable damage output when playing off host, the projectile-based ones (Striker, Adas) are more effective on host, but nevertheless fun to use off-host.
The 2nd is SR mastery, because I use infiltrators a lot, after one good Plat match with Javlin GI I can usually complete that gun's challenge from scratch, same goes for the BW or Widow, the SR category also has great variety.
The 3rd one for me is SG mastery, don't get me wrong, I love shotguns, but there are too many projectile-based ones(Graal, GPS, Venom) which is less effective when used off-host, thus increasing the difficulty to get the banner.
The other 2 categories, Pistol and SMG are the same to me, I find pistols way more fun to use, but SMG banner is way easier to get, so they have little difference to me, also I tend to use them only on casters, but powers are generally hard to connect when lag kicks in, another reason I rarely use those guns.
Easiest are shotguns and pistols. Variety triumphs all
- One shot weapons (check): claymore and executioner
- Close range weapons (check): raider and talon
- Good accuracy weapons (check): wraith, paladin, arc pistol, crusader
- Access to good mods (check): Pistol power magnifier, melee stunner, omni blade, HVB, heavy barrel, smart choke
- Stagger sticks (check): Acolyte, scorpion, venom, GPS
- Fits every class (check): Power spammer or weapon platform, doesn't matter. They fit like a glove.
ARs come next in terms of ease. Decent variety, fit most, if not all classes well and do good damage too. Most of them are easy to use too.
Snipers are fourth. Have nice variety (javelin, BW, valiant, kishock, indra, CSR etc). But the really good ones are heavy and need an infiltrator to use them, and are bad choices for power focused classes. The lighter ones are really fun to use - valiant, CSR, indra but I am not all that big a fan of scoping and so, they are below ARs.
SMGs may require only 5 weapons but boy, do they feel boring. Way too similar (point, press down mouse button and kill enemies). Hornet is a bit different - I like it.
My feelings exactly!
I'm impressed that some of you have gone through the weapon challenges so many times. I did them all exactly one time for BOTB but there are just a few weapons in each category that I care to use regularly (e.g., why use the Carnifex when you can use the Paladin or the Talon?) I have enough of a challenge without packing gimped weapons too.
I'm impressed that some of you have gone through the weapon challenges so many times. I did them all exactly one time for BOTB but there are just a few weapons in each category that I care to use regularly (e.g., why use the Carnifex when you can use the Paladin or the Talon?) I have enough of a challenge without packing gimped weapons too.
HTFU 
from easiest to hardest (for me): AR (23) -> Shotgun (17) -> SMG (15) -> Pistol (12) -> SR (11).
Hornet SMG: I barely escaped epileptic fits. Would I repeat it, I'd be in danger of having a stroke or blowing some arteries.
I don't agree they are all equally easy. Getting the 140k points with the Harrier is a lot less effort than with the Mattock, for example. And if one isn't accustomed to SMGs, then in practice the 5x140k can take longer than the 9x140k for ARs.
Mattock is in the same class as Harrier, so I fail to see any relevance there. Additionally, clicking more does not make it more difficult to accumulate the points, even if it has more finger effort. And since you only need to complete 9 challenges with ARs it is easy to skip the Mattock if you want.
There isn't anything to get accustomed to with SMGs. You hold the trigger on the target until they die. Like with most other weapon categories. The only exceptions are projectile guns, which occur sporadically throughout the classes, but mostly in the shotgun category.
I have no idea, they just completed themselves after a while.
Best way to think of it. +1.
Easiest to hardest:
Shotguns, because almost all of them are awesome.
Snipers, because I like sniping a lot
ARs, while there are a lot you have to do, there is a solid number of good ARs
Pistols, I tend to stick to a few. Less challenges needed, so this one may actually be tied with or easier than AR
SMGs are the hardest. I hate them.
Exactly This!! I did my challenges in this exact order (still haven't finished the SMG - lost the will to live....)
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