Help me choose the bonus weapon for my next ME2 Soldier playthrough

In previous Soldier playthroughs:
- Revenant twice
- Widow twice
- Claymore once

Widow is always solid (one-shot kills are always great.) But I think Viper is better for Soldier.
Claymore is fun. But I like all shotguns on the Soldier. I had a lot of fun with Scimitar on my last Soldier playthrough.
Revenant is... okay i guess? I have never really liked the Revenant; I actually prefer the Vindicator. Last time I picked up the Revenant, I ended up basically ignoring it for most of the game and used other weapons. Maybe I need to give it another chance?

At this point, the bonus weapon for Soldier is almost an afterthought for me as i prefer other in-game weapons on the Soldier instead of any of the bonus weapons. I like to make a point of actually using the bonus weapon I pick up though, so I do want to make it count. So I will just let other people decide for me.

You made Claymore Soldier PT with vids with continuation in ME3, though to my question about using it in some DLCs you did not remember. And as you have mentioned, it was fun and you are a SG-fan.

Maybe you can give the Revenant another chance indeed? But to help with that you can make a full Revenant Soldier PT with making videos? And end up using the Revenant all the time (mostly). Your yourself told about that intention and tendency with new weapon training.

Just a suggestion, sort of push to continue using the Revenant all the time and might as well see another side of using that weapon and find another appeciation.

Moreover, as understand, Revenant is the only weapon for a soldier you just left on Shep's back and continued to use SG, which can just lure (such thing happens to me all the time, struggling, yes).

Anyway, yesterday myself started Revenant Soldier PT, like that weapon very much in ME2.
Claymore was fun as well with continuation in ME3.
Widow-Soldier was not fun at all for me, and in my case want to give Widow-Soldier another chance, just do not have kick or push.
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Considering this phrase


just use the least favorite/usable weapon. That's the reason.

I voted Widow. IIRC the Revenant has too much spread and thus I prefer that Mattock or the Vindicator. For Shotguns, I prefer lower damage and larger magazine size so the Claymore never was my thing either. But the Widow is a nice special purpose weapon when you need to deliver a big punch from a distance to open up a fight. It shines right in after its acquisition against that awful praetorian on the collector ship.

So the Window it is.