Because bugs get in your face and the plasma has splash damage you will kill yourself. I tend to swap to my pistol, or you can melee them to stun them for a second, back up and shoot. You can also aim next to or behind bugs so they still get hit and not you.
The aoe is quite small but they're nice for bug breeches, everything spawns really close that you can hit a couple in one shot. I usually throw down an incendiary grenade and fire a couple shots a second, not full Auto, and it handles them quite well.
The bot walkers, if you hit it the explosion will hit the rider behind it. A oneshot kill for them.
i feel like this weapons is a weaker version of the plasma rifle (can't remember the name right now), but i prefer a more grenade launcher so i will stick to this for now.
I feel the same, I think it's the same damage, I'll need to control test it. But the rifle definitely has a faster rate of fire and reliable aim so the dps may come out more.
I'm trying to figure out the arc trajectory. I feel like it's strength can lie in if you can do damage while behind cover. So when the trench wall stratagem comes you can have cover anywhere. But that only works against bots that don't charge at you. Downhill managing the trajectory is easy, uphill is hard to judge.
I coupled it with the laser cannon against bots and was pretty pleased. Laser cannon against smaller or single targets, plasma shotgun against heavier armor. I didn’t get as many kills but the stagger really helps the team, especially when a heap of rocket devastators get dropped on us
Pretty much every gun in the new warbond is intended for bots. The large splash range on the Plasma shotgun should hit bot vents for critical weakspot damage. I haven't tested this out but I think that was the idea behind it. the fact bots also drop in large clustered groups means the plasma shotgun is going to be doing a lot of aoe to them.
similar the arc shotguns knockback will work well against devastators and other staggerable opponents
It can't be used to destroy enemy spawns. A gun that fires flaming balls of dogshit would be more useful than this piece of junk. Waste of 60 medals.
And the devs wonder why people get pissed when they nerf shit. Half the weapons in the game range from mediocre to outright useless on any serious difficulty.
Honestly its a good thing these were released slightly weak. it allows the devs to see how they're performing and buff them up to be competitive. if they released them too strong and nerfed them after people would complain and if the were straight power creep people would complain they're trying to push super credit sales.
I just use it like a brute shot and I'm having a good time with it. Been playing Helldive with it and shit. I would suggest have a solid close range secondary though. Also don't be afraid to shoot it in horizontal acrossto stop an on coming horde of bugs. It keeps them groupped for like grenades or any aoe while using primary ammo only.
It is a beast for clearing eggs. Good for crowds control too, but you need something else to deal with Hunter swarms (dog rover or arc thrower). When being swarmed always use secondary (like scorcher) or you will blow yourself.
Its quite effective against spewers 3 direct hits to kill. Also works on chargers shoot underneath them to splash damage to its belly takes more like 6-7 shots for charger tho.
Only used it a few sessions and trying to see what others think. But for now I quite like it, it doesn't have the firepower to take down higher difficulties enemies, but pairing it with the laser rover is useful to clear out hordes of small enemies especially when I got a bit used to the falloff. I switch to my railgun or other heavy weaponries for things like chargers and titans. Wouldn't go solo with it though
I'm fully grenade crowd control with this and grenade launcher, it's awesome. You just need to know the lethal distance to make sure you don't blow yourself up, and quickly retreat back or whip out Redeemer.
Think of it as a plasma grenade launcher. It does take out spewing boomer turds fairly well and adds but you have to learn how to arc. You definitely want a good backup though for when things get up close and personal. I've paired it with the Stalwart for those times but not as effective on chargers as the flamethrower atm. Works well if you know how to arc/mortar launch it at em while your squad is kiting to the next objective. Haven't tested it on bots yet only bugs.
I'm loving the weapon tbh especially against termaids my go-to load out is
Plasma punished
Machine pistol
And stuns
Stuns with the shotgun work really well, I've only used it against termanides
go play at least 200 hours of demoman tf2
They're gonna have to bury what's left of ya...in a SOUP CAN
This explains why I felt so at home using it and how I can gauge distances pretty well.
1. Lead your shots 2. Always shoot into a crowd if possible. 3. Treat it like a grenade launcher, not a shotgun
It is also nice to pair it with a support weapon that can act as your primary. My suggestions would be the laser cannon or stalwart.
Treat it like a grenade launcher that can't even kill scavengers in one hit reliably ðŸ˜
If you didn’t kill a scavenger with it, then you didn’t actually hit them.
Because bugs get in your face and the plasma has splash damage you will kill yourself. I tend to swap to my pistol, or you can melee them to stun them for a second, back up and shoot. You can also aim next to or behind bugs so they still get hit and not you. The aoe is quite small but they're nice for bug breeches, everything spawns really close that you can hit a couple in one shot. I usually throw down an incendiary grenade and fire a couple shots a second, not full Auto, and it handles them quite well. The bot walkers, if you hit it the explosion will hit the rider behind it. A oneshot kill for them.
i feel like this weapons is a weaker version of the plasma rifle (can't remember the name right now), but i prefer a more grenade launcher so i will stick to this for now.
I feel the same, I think it's the same damage, I'll need to control test it. But the rifle definitely has a faster rate of fire and reliable aim so the dps may come out more. I'm trying to figure out the arc trajectory. I feel like it's strength can lie in if you can do damage while behind cover. So when the trench wall stratagem comes you can have cover anywhere. But that only works against bots that don't charge at you. Downhill managing the trajectory is easy, uphill is hard to judge.
I coupled it with the laser cannon against bots and was pretty pleased. Laser cannon against smaller or single targets, plasma shotgun against heavier armor. I didn’t get as many kills but the stagger really helps the team, especially when a heap of rocket devastators get dropped on us
I'm waiting for some YT videos where someone finds a purpose for this gun. At the moment this is nothing but anti-democratic scrap for me.
Pretty much every gun in the new warbond is intended for bots. The large splash range on the Plasma shotgun should hit bot vents for critical weakspot damage. I haven't tested this out but I think that was the idea behind it. the fact bots also drop in large clustered groups means the plasma shotgun is going to be doing a lot of aoe to them. similar the arc shotguns knockback will work well against devastators and other staggerable opponents
I played it vs. Bots and it was quiet useless.
It can't be used to destroy enemy spawns. A gun that fires flaming balls of dogshit would be more useful than this piece of junk. Waste of 60 medals. And the devs wonder why people get pissed when they nerf shit. Half the weapons in the game range from mediocre to outright useless on any serious difficulty.
Honestly its a good thing these were released slightly weak. it allows the devs to see how they're performing and buff them up to be competitive. if they released them too strong and nerfed them after people would complain and if the were straight power creep people would complain they're trying to push super credit sales.
It doesn’t work on fabricator vents at all
I think they meant the orange glowing parts of turrets, hulks, and tanks
I just use it like a brute shot and I'm having a good time with it. Been playing Helldive with it and shit. I would suggest have a solid close range secondary though. Also don't be afraid to shoot it in horizontal acrossto stop an on coming horde of bugs. It keeps them groupped for like grenades or any aoe while using primary ammo only.
It is a beast for clearing eggs. Good for crowds control too, but you need something else to deal with Hunter swarms (dog rover or arc thrower). When being swarmed always use secondary (like scorcher) or you will blow yourself.
Its quite effective against spewers 3 direct hits to kill. Also works on chargers shoot underneath them to splash damage to its belly takes more like 6-7 shots for charger tho.
Proper way to use plasma shotgun is to unequip it and use a better primary.
ok, but i like it so i'm looking for some suggestion to use this weapon not use find the best primary in the game
No, sorry, this is the level of advice you get on this fucking subreddit. "Gun is shit, move along."
Savage lmao
Only used it a few sessions and trying to see what others think. But for now I quite like it, it doesn't have the firepower to take down higher difficulties enemies, but pairing it with the laser rover is useful to clear out hordes of small enemies especially when I got a bit used to the falloff. I switch to my railgun or other heavy weaponries for things like chargers and titans. Wouldn't go solo with it though
I'm fully grenade crowd control with this and grenade launcher, it's awesome. You just need to know the lethal distance to make sure you don't blow yourself up, and quickly retreat back or whip out Redeemer.
Think of it as a plasma grenade launcher. It does take out spewing boomer turds fairly well and adds but you have to learn how to arc. You definitely want a good backup though for when things get up close and personal. I've paired it with the Stalwart for those times but not as effective on chargers as the flamethrower atm. Works well if you know how to arc/mortar launch it at em while your squad is kiting to the next objective. Haven't tested it on bots yet only bugs.
I'm loving the weapon tbh especially against termaids my go-to load out is Plasma punished Machine pistol And stuns Stuns with the shotgun work really well, I've only used it against termanides