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[Kogia]

I really want to like this gun, it looks cool, sounds funky, fires a laser beam and means you never have to worry about reloading or standing in line at ammo boxes. In theory it should a create a different type of play.

On paper it should fit very nicely with my power spamming rotation on my Salarian Engineer. However I just find it doesn't apply ammo powers (I have him set up to cryo) as well as the Indra. The Indra I can reliably spam bullets to freeze targets, but the CSR just doesn't seem to do it.

Am I doing something wrong?

[Quarian Master Race]

I've never had the same issue with disruptor or Incendiary (I never use cryo ammo) but ROF is 800 compared to Indra's 500, so each projectile has a smaller chance of ammo proc. CSR additionally seems to lose rounds if fired on full auto. Don't hold the trigger. Treat it like Raptor or Mattock

[Kogia]

I do fire it in short bursts, but it just didn't ever seem to be freezing anything. I've always aimed for the chilled evo on Incinerate with the Sal Eng, but I'm starting to wonder if I'm gimping him with the inherent issues with cryo ammo in doing so.

I'll try the CSR with incendiary and disruptor and see if that works better.

[ALTBOULI]

It melts with incendiary ammo. I find it best on the Salarian Infiltraitor though

[Loufi]

As previous posters said, the CSR works very well with incendiary rounds.

[Marksmad is waving goodbye]

It melts with incendiary ammo. I find it best on the Salarian Infiltraitor though

^^What he said.

[Kogia]

Yeah just tried it with disruptor rounds and wasn't impressed.

[frank_is_crank]

Incendiary ammo.

 

Edit: HOLY SH!T, I got ninja'ed 3 times during the last half hour. I should learn to post faster...

[Kogia]

I think I've given up with it, for the Sal Eng anyway. It just wasn't doing what I wanted which was set things up for cryo explosions.

I just ran him with the Kishock to try something new and killed things so much faster.

So now do I stick with cryo ammo and trying to ammo prime for the extra Incinerate damage combo, or go with disruptor or physics for extra shield damage?

[Turian Master Race]

IMO go for AP or drill and shot the head of the enemy. It kills so fast that there is no use to fiddle around with ammo primed explosions. As you said the Indra is much better for that or the GPR (for high a RoF weapon, though obviously it is not a sniper rifle).

[Turian Master Race]

If you want to set up easy cryo explosions use the Talon. Talon headshot with cryo ammo will freeze up any humanoid mook with shields/barriers. Also good cryo primers are the follwoing guns: acolyte (duh), falcon, adas, krysae, claymore (not kidding).

[xelander]

1. Put Incendiary ammo on.

2. Learn to pulse the shots and stop before overheating (from my experience stopping when the clip is one-third full works best).

...

3. Retire it from use because it's too powerful.

[Chealec]

I don't like having to pay attention to the ammo remaining, the clip size is too small for the RoF IMO, especially considering that if you overheat the gun, by the time it's cooled down the next cycle will have begun and the Reapers will be back (if Shepherd takes the "refuse to choose" option). Since you have to be pretty accurate with it as you're burst firing the thing, I'll just load up with something that packs a proper punch with every shot instead... like the Javelin. If I've got to be accurate, I want that OSK. The Javelin doesn't do your CDs any favours though.

 

However, if I remember correctly, sniper rifles get a bonus on priming ammo effects anyway, so if you're just using the SR to prime targets from a distance then practically any lightweight SR will do the job; I use the Viper on the SE to pretty good effect (with Disruptor rounds) - even take the tier 6 SR weight reduction to be silly and keep 200% CD.

[Kogia]

I sort of feel that with the Sal Eng if you're just aiming to one-shot with a sniper, you'd be better served coming in as the Sal Inf. I really want to make the Engi work and that would seem best achieved by making things explode as much as you can.

 

Hence, setting Incinerate up for added chilled damage bonus and trying to prime with cryo ammo. This does also give him some extra (needed?) useful crowd control.

 

I suppose this thread really should be 'Trying to make the Salarian Engineer work with Sniper Rifles'.

[Turian Master Race]

Yeah but why with sniper rifle? As said if you want cryo explosions take Talon, falcon, Adas, etc. If you want fire explosions take the GRP, CSMG (very good for applying ammo).

[Chealec]

I sort of feel that with the Sal Eng if you're just aiming to one-shot with a sniper, you'd be better served coming in as the Sal Inf. I really want to make the Engi work and that would seem best achieved by making things explode as much as you can.

 

Hence, setting Incinerate up for added chilled damage bonus and trying to prime with cryo ammo. This does also give him some extra (needed?) useful crowd control.

 

I suppose this thread really should be 'Trying to make the Salarian Engineer work with Sniper Rifles'.

 

In which case, I'll stick with what I stated: SE / Viper + Disruptor rounds, with 200% CD you get a nice rhythm of:

 

Incinerate

Shoot

Shoot

Shoot

Incinerate

Shoot

Shoot

Shoot

Reload

Repeat

 

6/6/6/6/0 build, don't need Fitness with Energy Drain; it makes Reapers a little interesting but you totally own Geth.

 

Doing that you detonate so many Tech Bursts you actually get crowd control; and, whilst not as effective as it used to be, the Decoy still works. Number of times it's saved my arse from Geth Hunters as they all decloak and stand around shooting my Decoy until I ED, shoot and Incinerate them into spare parts.

[NuclearTech76]

As others have said incendiary rounds or you're doing it wrong. I like it with the Vorcha Hunter personally. SI and FQI are also pretty good with it as well as is the QME.

[DisturbedPsic0]

Setting up cryo explosions with ammo is annoying and slow. They have to be down to health, and then they have to be completely frozen which takes a few seconds. If you want to know how to use the CSR, use incendiary and tap the trigger. If you want to know how to play the Salarian engineer you put a Venom with disruptor ammo on him and tech burst. If you want cryo explosions, play the Paladin.

[Pheabus2009]

CSR rocks when used with:
1. Incendiary ammo w/ double penetration mods;
2. Trigger discipline.

[FasterThanFTL]

Incendiary Ammo. Semi-automatic firing.

[JRandall0308]

Salarian Infiltrator or Quarian Male Infiltrator rock with it.

 

I sometimes use the Thermal Scope on it because its default scope is a little weird to me. When I do that I pre-select Cerberus and then laugh at their smoke.

[Excella Gionne]

Tried it in SP with super OP'd IA and was still not impressed. Things died too fast with little to no agony.

[EviiiL Jus7iiCe]

Ap4 + snipe amp 3 + snipe gear on a sniper GI! "How did he get 350k score in a UUP match???!"

[bauzabauza]

all you need is some Space Magic 

[Quarian Master Race]

As others have said incendiary rounds or you're doing it wrong.

Or you simply don't like abusing the incendiary stacking glitch on an already extremely powerful weapon.

As others have said, Incendiary and piercing mods are the most "effective" use but then you are basically just using a long range not-quarian Reegar with infinite ammo and will probably fall asleep from boredom.

If you just want to ammo proc for cryo explosions, the sniper class has better options like the Viper, Indra and Raptor. The CSR will usually kill the target long before it freezes.