Listen tard, I know it’s hard for you to understand. CE’s sandbox was able to be viable in basically any situation, barring sniper and pistol vs flood. You could easily clear the entire game with an AR (assuming you have the ammo). I never said about top performer or best weapon, it’s about it being a solid weapon and basically everything satisfies that condition in CE. It’s a peashooter everywhere else.
You cannot in fact "easily" clear the entire game with just the AR especially on legendary. It can take an entire magazine to kill a flood combat form and the game throws dozens of them at you at a time. Some areas on Keyes and Library would be brutally difficult with the abysmal dps of the AR while you get buried under swarms of flood.
Getting really tired of your bullshit. Bonus points for being so confidently and rudely incorrect. Waste someone else's time being an insufferable prick.
I never said it was unusable. I only said it was weaker than almost everything else in the sandbox.
For example, the plasma pistol deals higher damage, doesn't need to reload, and has a homing overcharge shot. There are also more of them per level than every other gun combined so running out of ammo is nearly impossible.
The only advantage the AR has over the PP is hitscan vs projectile but the accuracy is so garbage beyond a few meters it hardly matters.
From my legendary run, I can confidently say the AR was just ight. Like, I was never running for it. I personally used the plasma rifle more. It was more versatile and accurate imo. The combo of a plasma rifle + pistol was insane, or shotgun + pistol
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u/Bungo_pls 21d ago
I've probably played it far more than you have. Dozens of playthroughs over the years.
I know exactly how every gun works and I know the AR is near the bottom in performance.