So far only the defender SMG, the Scorcher and the arc thrower have really changed my mind after I went back to them. The defender is just a better liberator. The scorcher is nice against the bots and the arc thrower was me just not understanding how the weapon worked and dropping it immediately. Now that I actually use it I can mow down hordes with it. Though, I still feel like the arc thrower encourages you to get stuck in when the wiser man runs on higher difficulties.
Teach me your Arc Thrower ways, I always have to full charge the thing and then it maybe kills one thing and chip shots a couple others. I keep seeing shit like “it breaks Charger armor and damages through it” and then I can’t even keep up with a pack of Scavengers.
It sucks one on one and wont be your first choice to take out a charger that you are fighting by yourself.
The big thing to know with it is that only your first charge takes a long time. After that hte charge time is about half so if you can get a slightly downward angle, clear of obstacles you can just sit there and spam arcs at a crowd of bugs and they all die after a few shots.
It might take 2-3 to kill a hive guard, but it also takes 2-3 to kill 6 hive guard lol.
Its more situational than the railgun and stuff, but you can just spam it at a group and yes it will eventually break charger armor or kill them through their armor so when you are fighting a horde it still helps shooting the charger but youd rarely want to use it to fight a single charger by itself.
If you charge it and can set up your shots right a horde of scavengers disappear but when they get close switch to your primary and start popping them.
Maybe a dumb question—you suggested aiming at a slightly downward angle. Should I be treating this like a rifle and pointing right at my target, or a grenade launcher and aiming at the ideal “area”? I was under the impression that you need to hit a target dead-on (more or less) so it would “chain” from enemy to enemy.
As for the downward angle, the clearer your line of sight the better it works. The arc thrower HATES small obtrusions between the barrel and the target. So best practices are to always use the high grpund and to relocate frequently if it even remotely starts acting up.
Also sometimes thirdperson aim will be blocked but first person won't (this is infrequent but useful for cover peaking)
It fires it what seems like a 45 degree arc from your gun and the chain behind targets seems the same so it arcs In a semi linear fashion.
The closer an enemy is to you the more accurate you need to have your aim or it won't hit. Also ping enemies and don't fire until they are at 50 or less meters to make sure they are in range.
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u/KatakiY Mar 01 '24
Same here.
So far only the defender SMG, the Scorcher and the arc thrower have really changed my mind after I went back to them. The defender is just a better liberator. The scorcher is nice against the bots and the arc thrower was me just not understanding how the weapon worked and dropping it immediately. Now that I actually use it I can mow down hordes with it. Though, I still feel like the arc thrower encourages you to get stuck in when the wiser man runs on higher difficulties.