Updated to patch PATCH 01.000.400

Got a nerf - not sure increased recoil and mag reduction was necessary. still a good gun. Would increase mag back up to 16 and keep high recoil

Fire damage has been increased to 60~ dps. Gun may have been over buffed with damage increase and burn damage increase - reduce pellet damage to 18~.

Decent spot is? - slow tracking not necessary increase handling - needs a mechanic to take advantage of the massive spread. increase damage to the body when you pop off limbs, or increased damage to enemies per limb missing? Mostly just a bad breaker Inc. currently.

increase RoF to 1.6~, reduce reload time to .5~ animation, .3~ per shell - still significantly longer than non round reload weapons (5~ seconds) for full reload

increase RoF to 1.5~, reduce reload time to .6~ animation, .3~ per shell - still one shots medium bots through face plate - Nerfs didn't make a lot of sense. Should be less accurate, not less stagger/DPS as a shotgun.

significant boost to RoF (12~), increase rounds per mag / decrease reload speed to increase DPS without more burst. Less dps, similar sustain version, easier to use knight with possibly more ammo reserves? currently a bad liberator.

Increase rounds per mag to 55-60 (DPS seems more than sufficient but with massive recoil, and low total ammo, it could use larger mags to be viable) slow down reloads/decrease recoil slightly.

Low damage - High stagger weapons should be good vs high value targets (Stalkers e.t.c.) but bad vs hordes. Possibly increase AP and durability damage to better gear towards elite killing.

Increase mag to 30~ and decrease recoil to 30~ (this should have LESS recoil than the standard diligence)

Mag size increase, possibly slight reduction in reload speed to give better sustained DPS. Magazine size is the primary problem for all AR style rifles, and is why Sickle feels so much better than the rest.

The knockback is awsome, and ammo is finally okay. Mag size and overal DPS are still horrible and not worth looking at for higher difficulties. RoF increase to 6.5, mag increase to 40/45. Possibly a slight increase to durability damage to boost elite killing without affecting mob clear

medium armor pen is nice, but having the damage is low making it struggle to kill medium armored enemies in a reasonable amount of time or ammo. DPS increase needed - increase mag to 45, possible slight boost to flat damage (no change to durability damage)

reduce excessive sway when firing and standing, drastically increase accuracy for easy followup weakpoint shots. possibly increase mag if that isn't enough. Marksman rifles should be more accurate but do less DPS than Assault rifles?

Decreased sway, increased tracking to enable getting multiple shots on weakpoints - possible slight mag increase

faster firing, should likely have 60+ RoF. or have 45 RoF and a single bounce. Give it firemodes to toggle between wide and narrow spreads to allow for more control on the number of enemies hit. Possibly between bounce and RoF? Improve targeting so it will hit enemies that are partially behind cover.

Partial reload speed reduced?

They increased velocity but also drop rate - revert drop rate. slight AOE and mag buff. Resolve hit reg issues.

Very underwhelming due to slow charge, and almost no additional damage over Scorcher, but 1/4 the rate of fire. Id have the damage double the Scorcher~, and reduce mag to 8-10

.2~ seconds to begin firing 1.6~ seconds to cooldown per second fired, Takes 13+ seconds to cooldown from max heat cools around 215 damage per second. high durability damage

needs to be around double damage. Rate of cooldown reduced to 6-7~ seconds instead of 12 at max heat. Longer than reloading, but not so much you must reload every time. Partial reloads should be less time than total reloads. possibly remove the inaccuracy you get as you fire longer with laser - or increase damage/armor pen for sustained shooting.

Takes .56~ seconds to start firing, 6.8~ seconds of firing till overheat. Takes 10.8~/11.8~* seconds to cooldown 1.6/1.7~* Seconds to cooldown per second fired at max heat (*Counting the 1~ seconds from time you stop shooting till cooldown starting) Cools about 400 damage per second

Great baseline for assault rifles - Bring base mags back up to 4~ or remove cooldown delay/possibly reduce cooldown time

correct shooting below reticle in 3rd person/hit where reticle is aiming. possibly reduce damage to 250~

230/340 impact/explosion damage - will destroy holes and outposts. Tactical reloads give +1 to mag - and greatly reduce reload time. Always reload at 1 ammo when possible. Slow velocity and low handling.

Im still not sold on low handling, slow velocity bullets on a sniper? Should be increasing impact damage, as most durable parts (like heads) are immune to explosions.

Increase AoE back to 8m (nearly double the Area). Possibly increase mags to 6, and RoF to 1.

Needs significantly more damage, likely Mag increase, Rate of cooldown reduced to 1~ second per second fired.

250/350 Impact/explosion damage - will close bug holes. Reload is buggy/inconsistent - also starts with +1 in the chamber on drop for 2 shots before the first reload. Attack rate only relevant on second shot after drop. No arming time

in a decent spot. Possibly reduce RoF and increase mag slightly? Seems like it should have less DPS, but better sustain/ammo efficiency than the Redeemer.

This feels like a good benchmark sidearm

Increase ammo per resupply to full (40)

Increase ammo per resupply to 8 - I like the idea of a high ammo side arm to pair with low ammo primaries (i.e. Scorcher)

Similar issue to machineguns - only good vs Medium enemies while giving up support weapon slot feels awful - Long reload, low ammo, and only decent against groups.

After damage increase AMR performs well vs Robots - still not a high performer vs bugs.

1~ seconds to full charge, seems to do half damage to titans? may just be spreading damage out across many parts or titan may have damage reduction against it. 35m Range 3/4 targets

Better target registeration, specially at point blank ranges and around cover. Stop the screenshake.

Reduce reload penalty when totally empty. possibly reduce some sway and increase tracking speed to make weapon more enjoyable to use.

.7 Seconds to start shooting. 17m~ range? Burning appears to do around 70 DPS on self and bugs. Doesn't appear to do full damage to titans - Could be damage reduction and not armor, or both!

In a decent spot - kills chargers too fast. Increase range by 50%~, Decrease on hit damage to 120~% instead of 150%.

Seems largely fine, could use a prox trigger - and slightly larger AOE/less damage fall off

16? seconds to cooldown from max heat 1.6~ seconds to cooldown per second fired.. Pens medium armor. (11~ on cold, 20~ on hot worlds) Slow tracking. 60% durability damage

damage significantly increased, perhaps ability to damage through armor? and rate of cooldown reduced to 8-9~ seconds instead of 16~ at max heat. Longer than reloading, but not so much you have to reload. Partial reloads should be faster than reloads on empty? Remove inaccuracy for sustained fire, or increase damage/armor pen.

Functions as a light AMR when playing it effectively, not heavy machinegun. Faster reload does help significantly, still plays like light AMR.

Reload changes didn't go through. with damage buffs mag increase and assuming they fix the reload this should be a very strong horde clear weapon.

650/150 impact explosion damage, deals an extra 100% durability damage 3 Seconds to charge/Fire and 15 seconds to cooldown (doesn't need to be at 0% to start charging again) can close bug holes.

Reduce time to charge to 2.5~ seconds now that it had such a long CD.

Max charge is less necessary with buffs to armor pen. Id still like to see faster charge (2 seconds to max) and Give a .3~ second safety buffer at 100% so you can actually use 100% charge. Railgun NEEDS more durability damage to be consistent at high prio targets(shouldn't take 7+ shots to kill a gunship, or 20+ to kill a titan) and less damage falloff.

Ally reload is much less viable in HD2 than in HD1, needs to be balanced better for solo use, reduce reload time (3-4 second) or allow movement during reload. Increase ammo per resupply to 4+. This is a team game, weapons shouldn't encourage players to eat half a resupply. Perhaps allow allies to reload you even if you carry the pack? allow for easier reload (do not force them to be on a specific side)

1000/200 impact/explosion damage. Explosion has AP 5. 1.3 second lockon time - there is some memory, so it is faster if you keep requiring lock. Angle hit affects armor pen unlike EAT/RR/Quasar. 1.5* second assisted reload.

Ally reload is much less viable in HD2 than in HD1, needs to be balanced better for solo use, letting reload have stages, and perhaps faster reload. - testing locking and missile trajectories.

Good sustained DPS at medium range - but loses to the Breaker and does much less burst. Could add line penetration (ability to hit multiple medium bugs in a line) OR just increase overall DPS by changing reload to 4~ seconds and RoF to 20~. Needs a serious look at, a stratagem that requires a support weapon slot shouldn't struggle to compete with normal primary weapons.

Reload numbers are approx based off video testing/going frame by frame from the time you hit reload, to when you can fire again. rounded to the nearest 10th of a second

Most of the 3+ second reload weapons will have an animation after completing reload of .2~ seconds where you can dive e.t.c. but not shoot.

Most primary weapons start with 1 round in the chamber when you drop. Most non-round reload weapons get +1 in the chamber when you perform a tactical reload including Stalwart, grenade launcher, AMR, and Machinegun. Doesn't work on many of the less standard primaries like Scorcher, Plasma Pen. or Dominator.

Penetration is a best guess based on testing and datamined info, you have light 1-2, medium 3-4, and heavy is 5+ (Chargers and Titans appear to both be 5?) making the assumption brood commander is at the top of light armor (2) and Guards are the lowest of Medium (3)

*Round reload weapons are total bullets, not based on mags for # of reloads

**For Round reloading: Shotguns it is .85~ second startup animation with .35~ seconds per round. For Senator 1.2~ second startup animation and .63~ per reload.

Support Weapon Damage is mostly based off Leaked data, but also testing various enemies

Sickle fires for 6.88~ seconds before overheating which is at least 85 but more likely 86 rounds fired.

AMR shoots fast enough that there is possibly significant user error when calculating RoF (It was as fast as I could make it shoot without a macro)

Autocannon damage is a very rough guess, based on the lowest possible ammount it can do - direct damage only not counting explosion damage - 2 shots will blow off a mech arm (1500~ life) counting the explosion. Appears to do slightly less explosive damage than frag grenade/grenade launcher but way less AOE - maybe around 200?

Very little damage testing done on Railgun - more approximate than others

Railgun - I appear to be getting a variable amount of damage at 95%~ charge based on what I am hitting. I assume it has to do with it doing extra damage to enemy durable parts and possibly not hitting armor breakpoints? It is doing at least 700 damage on headshots

Explosive damage weapons often have very high durability damage (often 100%) And normally have Expl Pen of 3.

Superior Packing Methodology: With the bug fix all support weapons should get max mags. I will leave the OG values up as it is still relevent to anyone without the ship module.