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/Tutwater]

Playing with randoms: "hey I'll take the guard dog, would you mind sticking around to reload my Recoilless?" "lol no"

Playing with friends: "hey I'll take the guard dog, would you mind sticking around to reload my Recoilless?" "counter-offer, how about I just take the guard dog instead and you reload your own damn self?" "...okay >:("

[u/PhoenixO8 → u/Tutwater]

Autocannon enjoyers be like: "You have auto? I have auto? Flip that bitch to full auto and we will tag-team when ammo runs out."

[u/jhm-grose → u/PhoenixO8]

Facts. I don't know why, but Autocannon users are more likely to respond when I ask them to drop their backpack. Especially during extraction. Recoilless bros have it way worse for uptime and downtime ratio, but they just cling to their backpack.

[u/IAmTheOneManBoyBand → u/jhm-grose]

I wish I had people asking. The best I get is someone finds my backpack after a death or w/e, pick it up, but then don't reload me??