I'd argue that CAS/Mortar fire is viable as well, but only if you have a good person lazing and a decent pilot.
I'd argue that CAS/Mortar fire is viable as well, but only if you have a good person lazing and a decent pilot.
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Slugs aren't that powerfull in terms of damage as they used to. Before, you had guaranteed broken bone if slug hits you. Now, if in full health and medium-heavy armor, you won't get much besides raw damage. Buckshot however, if you get unfortunatelly PB'ed (even if not stunned) you will get to the point of organ damage. And there isn't much organs in chest. Your heart will be destroyed so you won't be revived. Buckshot also shoots in wide cone, many young ungas can't predict it and will shoot it when they are one tile vertically "away" from you.
You don't use buckshot for anything else than PBs, you just don't. There is no FF potential unless you're one handing or shuffling around on help intent like an asshat. Getting brokenhearted isn't a buckshot flaw, afterall it was designed to terminate un-armored threats.
Just try using buck properly and you'll never want to switch again
I got my share of deaths to Sentinels, Spitters, Lurkers and Warriors. Slugs all the way, pinning them down, others are there to PB.
In terms of "Comprehensive List of Viable Marine weapons (for standard unga)" praising Buckshot only means that those baldos will use it more. Not once, or not twice I saw Bald McBaldson trying to PB lurker/runner after pounce only to click on lying marine sprite, or trying to snipe with buckshot. Standard grunt should use Pulse Rifle, be the one to be suppresing bait, not the killing machine. If everyone is a killing machine, nobody is.
Shotgun with buckshot and miniflamer can keep your ground againts a squad of xenos (as long you don’t get stunned)
M41A MK2 without using AP does a lot of damage unironically. You just have to not be retarded.