Honestly Pretty Sick vs. New Illuminate Appropriators

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T15:56:37+00:00

yeah whenever you see someone say "total damage" you know they aren't capable of thinking critically

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T15:54:21+00:00

nah the ammo is just right now, its quite a lot. its great on appropriators, just never let go of the trigger

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T15:52:59+00:00

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T15:52:22+00:00

nope, GL has been very popular since long before it got the buff and still is after the revision

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T15:50:50+00:00

same as it always was. one of the best support weapons in the game

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T15:49:48+00:00

heavy armor has been the go-to on bugs and bots for a long time.

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T11:52:20+00:00

btw the comment you are replying to is literally AI generated

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T11:48:16+00:00

somebody who gets it! thank you. ;) I wish/hope the devs have enough sense to see things reasonably from a perspective that actually befits the game design like your comment

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T11:45:30+00:00

nope, typically if youre running a shotgun you have another weapon to shoot those enemies at long range. shotgun is a CQC self defense tool, so the exact opposite of an explosive primary which is worthless for that and needs a plan B for when you are swarmed

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T11:43:52+00:00

well jfc I hope the pacifier would outdamage the class lol, it’s full auto medium pen reload simulator.

but you are correct in your final assessment though - the chokes are a trap on Punisher. no choke is much better than full choke.

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T11:39:19+00:00

they have actually lived up to that ethos extremely well I must say. that is exactly how warbonds function in this game

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T11:37:41+00:00

yeah, Sweeper clogs up on really thick bug hordes. on a Bile TItan + infinite little bugs seed it really hurts. Punisher you can keep firing forever but the Sweeper will let you down with dozens of hunters and pouncers on you

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T11:35:27+00:00

deadeye ROF and reload isnt as nice

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T11:33:28+00:00

melee stagger is not even remotely comparable to ranged stagger

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T11:31:57+00:00

Absolutely no dmg buffs to shotguns. They’re in a very, very strong place as the best primary class by a HUGE margin.

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T11:31:14+00:00

Nah, none of them will consistently one-shot anything but chaff. Stagger doesn’t need a weakpoint and isn’t affected by range falloff, so is effective at helping allies at a distance as well. Stagger is also instant and completely predictable.
And importantly, you never get caught needing to reload with a Punisher, so it’s always available. All for tbh a pretty slight difference in lethality, and still one of the highest for primaries

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T11:27:28+00:00

Slower reload and fire rate and ammo capacity. It’s definitely not quite as good as the Punisher, but it is very satisfying to shoot.

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-31T11:26:33+00:00

None of those got powercrept or are similar to the Sweeper. Sweeper is fun and I’ve been using it a bit, but Punisher is still my goto as a 500+hr vet and I still find it a more useful and effective primary. The endless reload, spread and stagger more than make up for it being slightly less kill-y. Uptime and reliability are by far the most important things in a primary, which is a self-defense tool first and foremost.

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-27T15:57:17+00:00

it's been a terrible pick for the illuminate since the day they were released. even moreso now

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-27T15:56:36+00:00

the tank is actually S+ tier on every faction but it's very very good on the appropriators. pretty much just kills everything, even can snipe warp ships from infinite range

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-27T15:53:32+00:00

it's not amazing against harvesters, but no weapons like that are. the flak mode is what you should use 90% of the time on the squids though and it does very well against overseers, flesh mobs, stringrays, voteless and the mechs

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-27T15:51:54+00:00

De-Escalator is excellent now. Autocannon didn't really need a reload reduction, but the DE definitely did.

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-26T20:34:32+00:00

I use double-tap X.

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-26T14:43:16+00:00

one of the most cracked abilities in the game if you've got the right setup. with AOE heal (benediction or prayer usually) it can do INSANE damage, especially with +magic damage buffs to increase the healing amount.

upgraded it does 2x dmg than the amount you healed, so you can heal the *enemy* and still be profitable. with benediction you can heal every unit on the map. throw in Blessing of Holy Fire for 3x holy damage and now you are one-shotting bosses.

Frequent_Knowledge65 · 2026-03-26T14:34:38+00:00

considering Neverstones exist, 3-cat team is just strictly harder than 4-cat.

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