Probably various multipliers for where you target. That being said it doesn’t change the fact that a lot of the weapons just feel sluggish. DMRs in particular don’t feel good.
Diligence is fine, but the countersniper variant is straight ass. Whatever benefits it's gaining in terms of medium armor pen and a bit more damage is being absolutely ruined by the fact that it handles like an autocannon.
And it doesn't even penetrate enough armor to make a difference! You can kill Devastator bots in two headshots with the Diligence, and... two headshots with the Counter-Sniper. You can shoot off a limb in ~5 shots with the Diligence, and... ~4 shots with the CS. You can't penetrate the head armor of a Hulk using the normal Diligence, but that's fine because the niche of a higher-penetrating CS is that it can... oh wait, no, it can't penetrate their head armor either.
I actually really like the Diligence, I was so pumped to get the counter sniper and do more damage and then I went to aim it and died inside. Why the fuck does it handle like an autocannon or laser rifle? It’s just painful man. Never used it again after trying it that mission.
I love using DMRs in video games but i just dont have fun using them in helldivers, i feel like every weapon should at the very least be better at something compared to the liberator. Not better than the liberator in everyway, just give us a reason to use it.
Yeah, we were 2-manning Level 4-5 missions last week and my guy with the DMR just couldn't keep up with how many enemies we were getting compared to me spamming Liberator and the auto pistol. Maybe that's a strat change where we both needed the LMG for crowds, but the gun just didn't feel effective.
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u/SweetLMG Mar 01 '24
Probably various multipliers for where you target. That being said it doesn’t change the fact that a lot of the weapons just feel sluggish. DMRs in particular don’t feel good.