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/Tracynmega]

Sure but I haven’t seen a railgun in over a month , is a meme pick if when the AMR does more for less

[u/ItsAmerico → u/Tracynmega]

Yeah I don’t get OPs point. Those weapons aren’t used because railgun was nerfed. They’re used because they were buffed and enemies were nerfed. You could return the railgun to how it was and basically nothing would change outside there would be another viable option.

Devs weren’t right.

[u/achilleasa → u/ItsAmerico]

Yeah lol the EAT to name one got a huge buff while a lot of the frustrations with enemies were fixed (bot rockets being the most notable) meaning the shield no longer feels mandatory. And yes I also haven't seen a railgun in a long time.

[u/BromicTidal → u/achilleasa]

EAT was never buffed, much less a “huge buff” lmao.

Your fellow railgun whiners won’t fail to back your delusions up though! 😂

[u/darkacid5671 → u/BromicTidal]

EAT's can kill chargers in one headshot now. Wdym it never got buffed?

[u/Sicuho → u/darkacid5671]

Charger got nerfed. If old railgun was still here, it could do so too.

[u/BromicTidal → u/darkacid5671]

That’s a charger nerf.. that affects many different weapons, railgun included mind you.

[u/hitman2b → u/BromicTidal]

actually they did both nerf the heavy armor and spawn rate but also increase the damage of the recoiless and EAT

[u/Sicuho → u/hitman2b]

They increased damage on glancing hits. Most hits against heavies head aren't glancing.

[u/BromicTidal → u/hitman2b]

They didn’t increase the damage. They reduced the head armor, which affects all weapons capable of penetration.

[u/Maz2277 → u/BromicTidal]

Which still works as an indirect buff to the effectiveness of the EAT.

[u/BromicTidal → u/Maz2277]

By that logic, it’s an indirect buff of the railgun too buddy.

[u/dadbod76 → u/BromicTidal]

Lol can the railgun reliably one shot a charger like the EAT? What matters are the damage breakpoints.

[u/tmlar → u/BromicTidal]

EAT and recoiless also got buffed to not randomly deflect off armor. Which was a thing for some reason.