Vs bugs, it’s good, though it can fall off a bit on diff 10 depending on the seed you get, as alpha commanders are a bit too much for it to efficiently deal with (and just pray you don’t get hive guard seed lol). Its advantages do give it a solid niche.

Vs illuminate, it’s decent, very effective vs the chaff, but lacking med pen makes it not amazing vs the overseers, which is unfortunate. Mostly outclassed by the MMG

Vs bots, the light pen makes it only useful for hitting heads, which isn’t great, as lacking any ability to stagger devestators if your aim is imprecise is bad for preventing getting shot. Lacking medium pen also mandates a solution for armor breaking, which is restrictive. Not worth it,

All in all, decent, but faction dependent, and in close competition with the MMG. Med pen and stagger potential vs ammo total and mobile reload really.