The Not So Mighty Soned VIII...

Just unlocked this today but haven't used it yet, and now I probably won't after reading this. The stats look okay but clearly they don't tell the whole story. What was even the point in including all these terrible weapons in the game? Just why.

Friend of mine used it for the first time yesterday.
Pretty sure I heard the Kett Anointed he was shooting at burst out in laughter from the other side of the fucking map before my friend had to rage-gel.

Used it a game on a krogan merc earlier specced for max accuracy. Still can't hit a barn door even with that specc and jsut tickles unless you stuff it up inside the enemies head. Then it does something but not a lot.

Now we know why the Claymore is not in the game. It was too good.

No, no... the Claymore remembered how. This angered the devs and GallowsPole, thus MEA.

All I want is one good shotty, my favorite class of weapon. I like the piranha in single player but haven't gotten it in MP yet to see if I like it as well. My other shotties including my N7 Crusader are basically trash. Disciple is half decent but still gimp compared to sniper and pistol options.

I think guns like this (and the Typhoon in ME3) really benefited from the accuracy + stability boosts from hard cover. I have a Soned 1.. and it's pretty bad. I feel it would be better if I could consistently hit the head.. but you could say the same thing for a bunch of other guns in the game too. Assault Rifles are my favorite weapon class, and unfortunately I haven't found one I'm thrilled with. The Revenant is the best one so far.. I have it at 8. The Thokin is very inconsistent for me, even burst firing it.

I got it at level 1 last night but only tried it in 1 match.. thought it would be an improvement over the Cyclone but sadly I'm not that impressed.. seeing the comment that it does not get that much better at level VIII is not great...

Weapons need rebalancing.  It is actually best on the Merc, and still only ok. I'm thinking accuracy boosts don't help it at all since the expanding reticle in sustained is the same.  Sustained fire being the only way to go.  It's not like you can snipe with it

What it does benefit from is munitions 6a, which krogan has, for the rapid defense debuff; munitions 5b, for the magazine increase and fast reload; and flamethrower 5b, for its dot, something which can be applied instantly and often to multiple enemies to help your dps

Once the soned is wound up you can actually dodge, flame, melee and the soned will keep shooting right after so long as the shooting button is held