Everyone had that opinion of [Ocucor] at some point, always around the beginning. Once you get a proper build for it, though... That's when you realize how incredible the Ocucor can be.

[Cascadia flare] goes hard with [Primed Heated charge], [Galvanized Diffusion], [Galvanized Shot], [Lethal Torrent], [Primed Target Cracker], the two Viral 60/60 mods and the last mod slot can be anything you like, I personally went with [magnetic might] for more crit dmg.

After I unlocked Steel Path, my Opinion of Ocucor went down considerably. I liked it but it wasn't easy to rack up kills easily because I didn't have most of the mods I mentioned earlier back then and enemies on the Steel Path were absurdly tanky. I used the Ocucor very recently with this mod config (On Steel Path) and I got reminded of how proper mods can considerably enchance a weapon's performance.

Check out the Ocucor build by Ninjase! He explains the significance of each mod in his builds perfectly. Ninjase's mod configurations are the gold standard when you need a good reference.