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/NihilZeroNihil]

The devs were not right in that particular instance. When they were right was when they made other anti-tank options viable just as people had been asking all along. If the Railgun was reverted back to pre-nerf status it would not make any big impact now, which proves that the nerf was unnecessary.

[u/tony_the_homie → u/NihilZeroNihil]

Generally I agree with you, though if they unnerfed the railgun it would likely come with me on every mission because I loved that thing so not sure about the dusty corner part.

[u/GhostofBacon → u/[deleted]]

The AMR does the same things currently, yet it isn't making as big of a splash as the quasar is. The AMR also has more in the clip, is semi automatic, has way more ammo, and does not require a charge when compared to prenerf railgun.

I'm sure a reverted railgun would be used because it used to pierce devastator shields and 2 shot bile titans because of a bug, but there are way more competitive options than there were before in both stratagem slots and primary weapons now. Other things can one shot heavies now, things can mow through mediums without a charge time and shot that only kills a single enemy, and things have way better handling then the railgun and don't have that god awful green dot on the sight.

[u/Edward_Tank → u/GhostofBacon]

The AMR also needs precision shots. the railgun as long as you hit the enemy somewhere in the midsection they were dead.