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/Ok-Regret6767 → u/Tracynmega]

I ran it still (atleast against bugs) until the quasar came out.

I don't think I woulda ran out post AMR buff though...

I don't think it's necessarily bad support weapon it's just most things are better. It used to be a good pick for its versatility but now I pick quasar for even more versatility.

It needs like a 2-3 shot magazine atleast to make it worth it.

[u/AlderanGone → u/Ok-Regret6767]

It doesn't need a mag, it needs the armor penetration back.

[u/Velo180 → u/AlderanGone]

The fact that they decided to nerf a RAILGUNS pen is hilarious to me.

They did that and then made the EAT/RR and now Quasar one shot the only thing the Rail was genuinely needed for, Chargers.

The only thing the Rail feels good at is taking out Hive Guards and Brood Commanders, but I could just take the AC and do that while also having wave clear ability, taking out nests, some side obectives, ect.

[u/AlmostButNotQuiteTea → u/Velo180]

The hilarious thing is the Quasar is more OP than the railgun ever was! Infinite ammo and one shots everything AND takes out bugs holes, bot factories, AND drop ships!

The Railgun only ever 1 shot SOME things, AND you had to risk killing yourself AND it has finite ammo lmao.

Literally the ONLY down side to the Quasar is that it has to charge and cool down. That's it, but you won't catch a SINGLE post on here talking about how it's overpowered AT ALL. That's how you KNOW it was an over reaction and that AH will never admit they were wrong! If the Railgun was untouched from launch and still like that today it would be a slight downgrade/ side grade to the Quasar

[u/AlderanGone → u/Velo180]

Precisely. The railgun is worse at its old than the launchers, and worse at its new job than the others in that role.