The return of the Saber - buffed up Sandstorm Concussive gameplay

Was this a recent buff? Or did I miss it because I use the Hurricane with everything?

Edit:  N/m.  I'm up to speed.  Carry on.

The saber is already in the game in the form of an andromeda weapon

Many people don’t even have a levelled up Inferno, let alone a Concussive variant. Plus, an Inferno starts with just a 5 round mag (and that 5th shot causes the lengthy recharge). You’ll need a high-level Inferno to get the extra 2 rounds. Even then you only have 7 rounds compared with 21 on the Sandstorm (with the extra mag mod). The Sandstorm has so much extra ammo (177) that it’s practically infinite when specced out as a headshot build.

These guns have been shit from day 1. I just wonder what took them so long to notice.

I don't think I have the Inferno at all.

Good change to the Sandstorm. Logged in and played last night for the first time in a week. Liked it enough to finish the challenge for it despite starting the night with something like 3800 points.

Halberd still feels extremely meh to me. IMO, it was so bad before that it should've kept the old damage value despite the RoF increase. That, or double the magazine capacity to pair with the RoF increase. Damage is middling, and reloading every ~4 seconds is a pain in the ass.

Good on you man. I tried but switched to destiny before finishing wave 1. This game... ugh.

Why do people keep saying that.... the gun is better for sure, but its in no way any saber. I think you guys need to go back to ME3 and see how much damage the saber actually put out. This gun isn't even performing half of that. Inferno has Higher RoF and is behind by 42 damage per shot. +80 RoF more than makes up for that.

Ok if you don't have the inferno, then yes I can understand this overestimation, but no sandstorm is still mediocre in this hurricane/dhan reality.

And dude, how the hell do people endure that shyty RoF on the sandstorm. I'd rather have it at 300+ with hella compensatible recoil. Still no reason to use most of the mods...

It also has a hipfire penalty whereas the Sandstorm doesn't.

Plus it's ugly.

Now I'm hating myself for slogging through the gruesome Sandstorm Challenge 2 months ago, should've waited...
Although I never expected the Sandstorm to actually get buffed. Will definitely try it out.

I'd prefer the guns to be recoil based too but they aren't going to make that big of a change at this point. But you're right. I do a lot of target shooting IRL so I get it. They applied a tabletop RPG mechanic to something that should be more organic feeling.

As for the Sanstorm's ROF. The reason I decided on A fast ROF for the Halberd and slow ROF for the Sandstorm is because of the way they sound. The Halberd has a short clap so at 300 RPM there was no way to tell when you could pull the trigger again. The Sandstorm has a longer ring to it that just so happens to coincide with a cyclical rate of 100 RPM. If you listen to it the gun will tell you when it can shoot again. I hope that helps.