Just_mike wrote...
According to this, the Vindicator is BETTER than the Revenant machine gun! And the Carnifex Pistol is the BEST weapon in the game save for the sniper rifles.
This makes me want to ask...Should I get the Revenant Machine gun? Or the Widow Sniper Rifle?
There is no universal right answer to this question. The "correct" answer depends on the player. Are you a sniper or a sprayer? Do you go for long range precise shots (headshots whenever possible) and keep moving backwards to keep distance from enemies, or do you tend to just run in and blow s#*t up?
I always go for accuracy and conservation of ammo. With adrenaline rush, I can lay down two very accurate 3 - round bursts (both headshots) before things speed back up. This is my standard M.O. Fight from cover with AR & headshots. If the enemy starts closing, I run backwards like crazy with storm and give myself another long killing field. I've played with both the Vindicator and the Revenant, and, for my playstyle I much prefer the Vindicator (even though I never use it for anything but 3 -round bursts). To me, the accuracy and efficiency is much more important than the raw DPS. As you might guess, I also use sniper rifles a LOT, so getting the Widowmaker is a nice side effect here (I DO think it's the "best" sniper rifle), but the truth of the matter is that I would almost never use the Revenant over the Vindi even if I could have both of them for free.
Many of my friends hate the way I play (they've told me that it gives them headaches). That's okay though. I am similarly dismayed by their "run straight at the enemy and spray bullets until everything is dead" style of play. I'm not saying they're wrong - what they're doing works for them, and Lord knows they clear levels much faster than I do, but it just isn't for me. If this is what you like, however, the Revenant is a MUCH better choice than the Vindicator. If you try to full-auto the VIndi, you will constantly be out of ammo. I would also be at fault if I failed to mention that the Revenant is an absolute wet dream for people who always use Cryo Ammo. I've seen my friends do some terrible things with squad cryo ammo and the Revenant.
To address one other thing that you mentioned (first actually), the Carnifax Hand Canon is only the "best" weapon in the game if you completely ignore everything but DPS. Sure, only the sniper rifles beat it in per-shot damage, but it has a slow rate of fire, a low magazine capacity, and it isn't nearly as effective at longer ranges as a rifle. While it IS better at long ranges than shotguns, it lacks their ease of aiming in close-range situations. So, again, "best" or "worst" is determined by what you want a weapon to do for you rather than its raw DPS.
Before closing, I will mention one other thing though. It's the closest thing I've seen to a genuine problem with ME2's weapons system. From what I've seen so far, I am VERY underwhelmed by shotguns. It seems to me that they are trying to overcompensate for how unbalanced they were in the first ME. They fixed the range issue that shotguns had in the last game (BIG TIME... they are almost useless farther away than 10 feet), but they reduced their damage as well. So, as near as I can tell, shotguns are slow-firing, short-range, weapons with poor armor penetration that are totally outclassed by almost every other weapon in the game. They aren't even that great at Husk-killing (a role they formerly excelled at).
Modifié par Bartlebyfinch, 05 février 2010 - 08:56 .
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My guess is that even though they don't get "name changes" the Collector/Geth ARs do benefit from all AR upgrades, hence why people seem to be having different experiences with them.
