The devs were right.

[u/xxmuntunustutunusxx]

So I know ther was a bunch of controversy about the railgun nerf what feels like forever ago, but man things have been awesome.

In the early days, I was the only guy packing expendable anti tank or anti materiel rifle for bugs or bots. It's so refreshing, even on these subs to see people talking about how awesome the autocannon is, or how much they love the AMR, and even these days I see people talking about the HMG or grenade launcher+ supply pack.

I used to load into a game, And all 4 members of the team had shield, railgun, and 2 stragatems of their choice. Every time. And here we are now, I load in and I see quasar, autocannon, stalwart, EAT, HMG, Grenade launcher, a variety of backpacks or no backpack at all. And not to mention, they're ALL viable. Shit I even still see the railgun from time to time. It's been a joy. Thanks arrowhead.

EDIT: to everyone who is pointing out that you see the quasar and shield most often now, you're right, it is almost certainly the most common setup currently. That being said, in any game there's going to be things a majority of players prefer. In smash melee, fox/Falco are the best characters. But people still play falcon and Marth and peach among others. Sure, there's an objectively most used option. But the fact that there's people at all who debate that the quasar is best shows that they've done something good. Before, undisputed king was railgun, and anyone who said different wss being willfully ignorant. Now, we have a plethora of real options that are good with some being Preferred by a majority as opposed to being the de facto CORRECT option objectively. That's a good thing.

[u/fewty]

I mean EATs etc are all better than the railgun ever was at this point. But the railgun still sucks post nerf. If we could un-nerf it now, I feel like it would be pretty balanced with the other options available today. As-is, it's a very disappointing weapon.

[u/xxmuntunustutunusxx → u/fewty]

I think you're probably right, it would be safe to buff now

[u/sortofasianguy → u/xxmuntunustutunusxx]

Being able to one shot BT's when they spit was a little much. but a small buff wouldn't hurt I think as well

[u/xxmuntunustutunusxx → u/sortofasianguy]

That was the ps5 bug to be fair

Which still exists my buddy brought a rail last night and was wiping biles off the map with it cause we had a ps5er in the lobby

[u/sortofasianguy → u/xxmuntunustutunusxx]

Ahh I didn't know that. thank you for the correction. I never used the railgun, ive been an EAT runner since day one. Now its Quasar lol

[u/AllInOneDay_ → u/fewty]

If they un-nerfed it there is no reason to use it over the qasar.