No SAW love?

[zsadistdeath]

I've been reading posts for awhile and I see ALOT of posts about how great infectors and shottys are, and this and that, but I have yet to see a single thing about SAWs. Dont get me wrong, infectors are fine, I LOVE shottys, but I LOVE MY SAW. I have a FRC SAW ( has incendeniary(sp) rounds). I mean damn.... a SAW that shoots FIRE rounds!!!! Call me old fashioned, but my military days have taught me to stick with the guy with the SAW

Im about to go up against NIM, I have a healer weapon thing(sorry cant think of its name), so hopefully the combo of it and the SAW can blow his face clean off. I am open to suggestions tho.

Z

[KodiakX]

Uhm there's whole threads dedicated to how ridiculously OP the SAW is in PvE.

It's just not as talked about anymore because of the impending nerf in the first patch and no one knows how bad it'll be.

[ChaosOneX]

reload is going to kill you. Maybe not literally, but I went vot pulser for fast reload and so I didn't have to aim to be accurate. You might consider it.

[KodiakX]

reload is going to kill you. Maybe not literally, but I went vot pulser for fast reload and so I didn't have to aim to be accurate. You might consider it.

Who reloads with Overcharge and Preparedness?

[Galactimus]

reload is going to kill you.

The thing is.. the SAW can hold anywhere from 110 - 150 rounds in a single magazine depending on your mod and the SAW's initial weapon trait (mag size). Now combine that with an Overcharge build; the ability automatically reloads your weapon for you. This let's continuously fire over half of your entire ammo supply without ever having to reload. And when you do have to reload you can bet there isn't much left alive to stop you.

[Tgreen]

LMG does not sound like the weapon of choice for Nim. Maybe as secondary for the phase where the multiple Nims charge up around the room, but other than that you'd be hurting yourself with that choice.

It's just not as talked about anymore because of the impending nerf in the first patch and no one knows how bad it'll be.

It will be brought into line with the other LMGs, simple as that. And those receive a slight buff first, so rate of fire will probably be sitting at around 6 after the patch.

[Lambchops]

LMG does not sound like the weapon of choice for Nim. Maybe as secondary for the phase where the multiple Nims charge up around the room, but other than that you'd be hurting yourself with that choice.

Yeah the lack of mobility a SAW provides would mesh poorly with that fight.

Until they nerf it (at which point it will still probably be pretty good for the role it fills) it's actually pretty OP for general PvE encounters, although I find using it incredibly boring personally.

[Ralifur]

reload is going to kill you. Maybe not literally, but I went vot pulser for fast reload and so I didn't have to aim to be accurate. You might consider it.

Bring 2 SAWs and switch when you need to reload. then when the second one is about to be empty you pop overcharge and get another fresh mag. going with the basic saw you have 85 bullets without mods nor any extra stats adding clip size.
So that makes 85x3x400 (404?) before you will even have to hit your reload button and this is counting just the basic dmg of the gun and not counting weakspot hits nor hellbug armor.

In most cases you will get alooooot of possibilities inbetween where you can reload without loosing dmg really. :-)

SAW getting a nerf when patch hits tho. Reduction on fire rate for FRC lmgs and the SAW is an FRC!

[zsadistdeath]

I dont have Overcharge, I have decoy

[Ralifur]

I dont have Overcharge, I have decoy

Level your ego some more and you will soon have all 4 :-P