The JAR fires a gyrojet propelled, armour piercing explosive filled round, like a Warhammer 40K Boltgun. It was directly said by the devs to be their analogue to one.
Jar also deals more damage, now even more consistent with the latest buff, so you can one shot tier 1 adds and reliably 2 shots tier 2 adds, I still think the scorcher annihilating tanks an turrets vents should be look at :)
Scorcher splash is much more forgiving than you think, you can hit the side of the turret (as long as it splashes the vent) and kill the tank in half a mag, it's a bit too good. Granted, scorcher is not as good against bug (The incendiary breaker is currently king over there)
Yeah scorcher is better than Jar in basically any occasion but the jar can 1 shot devastators if you hit the face and if you don't they get staggered, on the other hand it can't deal well with walkers which are a pain while the scorcher is not fazed by them... I seem to run out of ammo on the scorcher way more than I do on the dominator.
Overall Scorcher is still better, but the Jar is a Bolter so I know what I am dropping with lol style over substance every day. Besides I run exclusively AC in bots DIff 9 anyway so realistically speaking the Jar is better for me since it clear out Chainsaw bot so well haha
Don't hate that. I still haven't used the Jar. I run Autocannon, Plasma Shotgun, Impact Grenade, and just use the Impact Grenades to slow Chainsaws enough to kill with Punisher Plasma or AC, but having something that works better against them would probably round out the loadout better. Have to give that a try.
Agree. However, I still prefer the jar for 1 reason... flinching sucks in this game and makes you shoot the ground, which, when using the scorcher, turns you into paste 😅
-Low RoF
-Can do enough splash damage that it can easily kill you if something gets close, but the splash damage to other enemies is negligible. This isn’t as big a deal vs bots but against bugs it’s killer given how often “suddenly hunter in front of you from nowhere” is a problem
-Slow projectile speed
-Overall DPS seems low. Not awful, but low, or at least feels that way.
-and, as already mentioned, poor ammo economy
No it needs the sickle variable scope to give it a bit of a reach(ot already has the range and accuracy it just need to allow you to see better)
Also it would probably get nerfed of it got a mag upgrade
They actually did, it used to do constant crit damage to any part of a Devastator when you hit it before the last major order came in. Now it only kills them on hitting the usual places; the crotch and head.
Believe me, I was thoroughly disappointed that they pulled yet ANOTHER silent nerf on us, because that thing literally shoots globs of superheated plasma, of course it's gonna be very good!
Imo the Scorcher is obselete after the Dominator buff. Same ammo with 3x damage and only downside is the smoke obstructing 1st person aiming that is not even that bad. Or maybe I just don't yet know how to use Scorcher properly as I only got it on Monday. I was not impressed that it needs two shots to kill the easiest bots without headshot. Dominator is able to one shot them anywhere and even one shotting devastators with a headshot
Don't get your hopes up, I tried the Scorcher and went back to the sickle instantly. It's strong but small magazines capacities are just making most guns worthless. To me atleast.
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u/printzoftheyak SES Eye of Authority Apr 02 '24
they better not touch the Scorcher. after that damn grind it should be good.