Guns Now

It might sound silly, but the S Variants are actually decent guns (for their class), getting magical space variants of those are actually worth considering over a lot of non-variant URs.

X5 Ghost is fine if you don't mind low damage per shot (But is pinpoint accurate, so sustain headshots is a thing, Concussive X5 Ghost is a good AR). Scattershot is a godly weapon, if you get a Siphon version of that, which is easier than getting the UR you want, then you're pretty much set. Viper S is a very good non-UR Sniper, especially in variants, it's similar to Vanquisher, but slightly better, imho. Charger S and Talon are very good pistols, though Rozerade/Ushior/Silhesh/Hurricane are better, those are all UR, so difficult to get, and much more difficult to get variants of.

Honestly, most of my characters use Scattershot, and those that don't, use Rozerade/Silhesh/ChargerS.

Yup, MEAMP is all about the Debuffs. Something like the Artificer can turn any gun into respectable DPS, just need to find one that "handles" the way you like.

Assault rifles are really only good on Turbocharge characters, and that means only the automatic rifles. The X5 Ghost in the hands of a turbocharge character is almost ideal. Has a decent punch, pretty accurate, and has the magazine capacity to outlast the entire Turbocharge duration.

The exceptions are the two Remnant rifles. Both are fairly good on almost any character that can handle the weight.
The Sovoa is... well, it has a good punch but its magazine capacity is terrible. For that one, you definitely want Turbocharge 6B.

Other than that, assault rifles are outclassed in every way by every other weapon category. Pistols have both higher damage weapons and higher rate of fire weapons, sometimes in the same firearm. Sniper rifles have better damage and better accuracy. And shotguns do more damage and are more useful in the close-in fights you get in routinely.

There are far too many guns in the game, almost all of them being bad. I still wish the enemies were less spongy.

Still waiting for that PAW siphon to drop plz god of RNG do eet.. DOOO EEET NOW

It's not just little children, a sovoa user on my team can prematurely end my play session, even if it's the first match, if I cannot stay far enough away from their seizure inducing vomit. This game is bright and flashing enough without it, with it, it's just over the top.

This thread made me want to highlight some lesser-used guns.

So, coming up next is my Human Male Adept Platinum solo using the X5 Ghost Siphon X and the N7 Valkyrie Siphon. The X5 Ghost is certainly no Rozerad or Hurricane, but it got the job done... slowly and with help from the Valkyrie and all my Cobra RPGs during a stressful Wave 4 Boss objective!

  Not really, no. Full-auto pistols are usable by all characters without the heavier weight of an assault rifle, do equal or more damage than an assault rifle, have more ammo than an assault rifle, have the same range as an assault rifle, and are only slightly less accurate as an assault rifle. Unless its the Rozerad, which is basically the best full-auto weapon in the game and better than any assault rifle.

As a result, the only people who can use automatic assault rifles, that are *not* better off just using a full-auto SMG, are characters with Turbocharge. Turbocharge, you see, is designed to overcome the deficiencies of the assault rifle categories. Boosts ammo, accuracy, stability, damage... while you can use Turbocharge with an SMG, it doesn't do nearly as much for them as it does for an assault rifle.

The difference (or the lack thereof) in weight and range are unaffected by Turbocharge, so they're irrelevant. All the differences (come to think of it, the former two as well) also exist between any random (automatic) AR compared to any other gun, even if it's another AR. Everyone is better off using an SMG over an AR, TG or not...

Perhaps an even better way to put it would be to list all the characters that assault rifles are good on.

Here's the list: